Traditional Game Festival In Bantul, Efforts To Live Local Culture

Traditional Game Festival In Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Bantul Regency Government, Yogyakarta Special Region, collaborates with the Indonesian Community Sports Committee (Kormi) to hold a Traditional Game Festival. This event was held as a tangible form of effort to maintain and preserve regional cultural heritage.

"In addition to being a way to preserve regional culture, the purpose of this festival is to realize love for the homeland, especially traditional culture," said Secretary of the Bantul Education, Youth and Sports Office, Titik Sunarti, in his remarks at the festival which took place in Bantul, Wednesday.

Dalam festival tersebut, berbagai permainan tradisional digelar, di antaranya bakiak, egrang, gobak sodor, hingga kasti. Para peserta yang mayoritas pelajar sekolah tampak enthusiastically dan bercompete dengan semangat sportivitas tinggi.

Titik menambahkan, ajang yang digagas Koordinator Wilayah PJOK (Pedidikan Jasmani, Olahraga, dan Kesehatan) Bantul ini juga mencerminkan identitas budaya setempat. "Congratulations on competing, keep your sportsmanship, and stay confident in playing. Following this kind of competition will test your mentality, and later it will be a provision to continue to develop in the future," katanya.

The Deputy Regent of Bantul, Aris Suharyanta, also expressed his appreciation to the Regional Office of PJOK, Kormi Bantul, as well as all parties involved in organizing this activity.

"Traditional beauty is currently increasingly being found, so this festival is very important as an event to preserve it," he said.

Aris also hopes that this agenda will not stop being held only once. "For the participants, to be diligent in learning and worship to welcome Indonesia Gold in 2045. In the future, competition will be tighter, and a generation that is smart and noble is needed," he concluded.