Arts Become An Unseparated Part For Seminyak Banjar Youth In Bali

Youths create murals in Banjar Seminyak (Ivan Two Men/VOI)

BADUNG - Balinese society is basically an active citizen. This fact can be seen from the Banjar in Bali, one of which is Banjar Seminyak.

Dozens of youths gathered in Banjar, Seminyak Traditional Village, Badung on Saturday, January 25 afternoon, to carry out various art activities. Multi Bintang Media together with the media crew also came to the banjar, greeted with a dance accompanied by gamelan.

Yes, performing is an inseparable part of the youth. They have known him since he was a child.

"Almost all young people already have artistic talent from childhood," said I Gede Ari Budi Hartawan, Chairman of the Seminyak Banjar Youth when met by VOI.

Not only in terms of performances, they also have the ability in terms of fine arts. Some people are seen drawing a mural designed by Ida Bagus Ratu Antoni Putra alias Monez, a visual artist from Bali.

The image shown is support from the launch of a new variant of the Arak Jeruk & Madu Star, which is a form of blending Balinese local culture with more modern innovations.

In addition to the mural, there is an ogoh-ogoh or a giant statue that has not been completed, which is being carried out by a banjar youth for competition throughout Badung Regency in order to welcome Nyepi Day on March 29.

Although the location where they live is one of the tourist destinations visited by many domestic and foreign tourists, the banjar youth does not necessarily eliminate the sacredness of their culture, which is mostly done in Banjar.

Gede Ari said that young people have been formed as a community that has been bound by existing customs for a long time.

Not only in Banjar Seminyak, said Gede Ari, almost throughout Bali, his youth still carry out their traditions with awareness as cultural beings.

"If we maintain cohesiveness, maybe it has been since we were little. We have been taught to go to Banjar and to Pura. Maybe that is what is instilled in us, if there is a festival or cultural festival, we must come. Even without being ordered, we must come for the event," said Gede Ari.

"Bali is also famous for its culture, so maybe all of Bali, all the young people in Bali, have been taught from a young age to have their own awareness," he added.

Carrying out many activities in Banjar does not necessarily make young people forget other things. They are still carrying out their activities like most humans as economic creatures.

There are young people here who are still students, students, and some who are already working. Maybe if the work here is more tourism. There are also those who build their own business," concluded Gede Ari.