Maintain Local Culture, Natuna Regency Government Holds Malay Song Festival

One of the participants when displaying skills (ANTARA/HO-Natuna Regency Government)

In order to maintain local culture, the Natuna Regency Government (Pemkab), Riau Islands held a singing festival for Malay songs.

Deputy Regent of Natuna Rodhial Huda in Natuna, Friday night, said that the activities carried out at the Sri Serindit Building located in East Bunguran District were carried out for three days from November 29 to December 1, 2024.

He said the activity was a form of the government's commitment to protecting and preserving local culture.

"This activity is a form of our concern for the preservation of culture, both local and national, so that it is maintained and sustainable," he said, quoted from ANTARA, Saturday, November 30.

Not only the song melayu, the dangdut song singing competition was also held, with the aim of providing space for art activists and the younger generation to hone their skills to be born superior seeds in the arts sector.

He hopes that what the government has done can have a positive impact in various sectors, both social and economic.

"Hopefully activities like this can continue to be carried out continuously as a step to preserve culture," he said.

Meanwhile, the Secretary of the Natuna Regency Tourism Office, Wan Abdul Halim, explained in his report that the festival was held to entertain and demonstrate community skills.

He assessed that the community needs to be given entertainment and space to express their abilities, so that their talents continue to develop and have a positive impact on themselves and the regions.

"This activity lasts for three days, the first night for the Malay song festival, while the second and third nights will feature a dangdut song festival," he said.

The festival, he said, participated in 36 participants including 12 participants in the category of Malay songs and 24 dangdut songs.

Each participant, he continued, will sing mandatory songs and selected songs.

"The competition is divided into two rounds, namely the preliminary round and continued with the final round," he concluded.