In Front Of The Balekambang Park Artists In Surakarta, Jokowi Hopes That Art Activities Revival After Being Hit By The Pandemic

President Jokowi. (Setpres/Kris)

JAKARTA - President Jokowi provides assistance to art workers when visiting Balekambang Park Surakarta, Banjarsari District, Surakarta City.

In front of art workers, Jokowi hopes that the slowing down of COVID-19 cases will be a momentum to revive artistic and cultural activities after being affected by the pandemic for the past two years.

"It's been two years since there have been no activities, and I hope that after the pandemic we can control it, we hope that these activities can start again. Traditional arts, folk artists, wayang orang, reog, ketoprak, all of them must come back to life in order to care for and maintain our cultural arts," said Jokowi at Balekambang Park, Surakarta, Thursday, May 26.

The former mayor of Solo also wants the revitalized Balekambang Park to become a cultural center.

"It will have a good impact on our cultural arts and above all can show that traditional arts will live forever," said Jokowi.

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On that occasion, Jokowi also said that the government would always support the revitalization related to arts and cultural facilities.

"Everything related to culture, arts and culture, the central government will push it everywhere," he said

When visiting Balekambang Park, Jokowi was accompanied by Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, Governor of Central Java Ganjar Pranowo, and Mayor of Surakarta Gibran Rakabuming Raka.