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Borobudur festival offers writers forum, arts and culture
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The Borobudur Writers and Cultural Festival opened on Oct. 5 in the Atria Hotel in Magelang, Central Java. (Shutterstock/File)
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he fifth Borobudur Writers and Cultural Festival launched on Wednesday with participants including writers, religious figures, historians, artists and humanists.
Slated to run until Oct. 8, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo said this year's festival focused on eroticism and spiritualism, or tasawuf. "The theme varies and the event also features live performances like singing, dancing and music combined with traditional arts," he said during the opening ceremony at the Atria Hotel in Magelang, Central Java, as quoted by Antara news agency.
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The festival's executive chairman Yoke Darmawan said the event highlighted two main activities: a writers forum and an arts and culture festival. "It aims to become an educational space as well as a networking opportunity for scientists, writers and readers in order to develop creativity and cultural knowledge. The festival also celebrates local creative works that hopefully could give a fresh air of historic culture for the people and Indonesian tourism."
Compared to other festivals, Yoke said this one was unique because of its highlighting of archipelagic history and cultural richness.
"We are also hopeful that the festival could offer intercultural understanding based on scientific development so that cultural creators and the public can benefit from it to project a better future," he added. (fmn/kes)
