Appreciating Pesona Nusantara Bekasi Karen , Ridwan Kamil: This Is What The City of Bekasi Must Show

West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil (left) participated in the traditional dance movement on the Pesona Nusantara Bekasi Keren stage at Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium. (Photo via ANTARA/Pradita Kurniawan Syah).

BEKASI - Bekasi City held the Pesona Nusantara Bekasi Keren. This activity is the culmination of the excitement of the 76th Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia.

This activity received appreciation from the Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil. He admitted that he remembered the message conveyed by the 1st President of Indonesia, Ir Soekarno.

The nation's founder said, an area must have a personality culture, a personality of the archipelago.

"This is what Bekasi City has shown today that Bekasi City is a city with a personality of the archipelago and I see Bekasi City as a forum for the culture of the archipelago," said Ridwan Kamil as quoted by Antara, Saturday, September 10.

The Pesona Nusantara Bekasi Keren activity involved 10,000 participants from students and the arts and cultural studio community in Bekasi City.

This event began with the 100-meter-long Red and White flag procession by TNI soldiers, police personnel, and members of the Bekasi City Paskibraka.

A number of cultural arts performances were displayed at this performance, starting with the dance of 3,000 student dancers, 5,000 Indonesian Cinta Indonesian gymnastics participants in the country, love shovel dances, Bali Kecak, Reog, Saman, totors, Maluku dances, and a thousand Bekasi Cultural Silat participants.

Acting Mayor of Bekasi Tri Adhianto said this activity would be used as an annual agenda as an event to preserve the culture of the archipelago as well as a form of harmony and harmony of religious communities.

"I plan to make this activity the annual agenda of Bekasi City considering that this event can be an event for preserving arts and culture as well as the glue of inter-religious relations," he said.

According to him, this activity is in line with the efforts of the Bekasi City Government to create the area as a city that is smart, creative, advanced, prosperous, and ikhsan.

"In line with the vision and mission of Bekasi City. This is very positive, the aspect of diversity in community life is summarized here," said Tri.