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Palembang to highlight Sriwijaya kingdom, Asian Games in upcoming festival
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Ampera Bridge at night. The bridge is an iconic landmark in Palembang. (Shutterstock/File)
Palembang in South Sumatra is set to host Sriwijaya Festival 2017 on Aug. 22-28 at the Kuto Besak Fort.
“The theme is Sriwijaya fashion, art and culture. The fashion show will feature young males and females from regencies across South Sumatra,” said South Sumatra Cultural and Tourism Agency head Irene Camelyn Sinaga.
The festival is said to be the third most popular event in Indonesia.
This year’s theme, maritime commerce, aims to promote South Sumatra as a national priority tourist destination.
“There’s something special for this year’s festival as we're going to promote the Asian Games XVIII by conducting a countdown for the event,” Irene added.
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The festival itself will feature colossal dance, drama, art and culture performances from 17 regencies and cities across South Sumatra that will illustrate the journey of the Sriwijaya kingdom that was ruled by King Dapunta Hyang until it become the biggest maritime kingdom in Southeast Asia.
Visitors of the event can also expect to explore culinary festival and mobile cinema that plays educational, cultural and tourism-related movies.
On the second day, the event will host a painting competition, art performances, art exhibition, caricature painting, batik-making demo, t-shirt painting competition, street music parade, Dul Mulul traditional theater parade and a stage showcasing ethnic music performances.
On the fourth day, there will be mini-theater performances, Nine Batanghari Festival of 60 solo guitar players, street music performance and Palembang-style wayang kulit (leather shadow puppets) performance. (kes)
