Bali back to the inspiration of the world

Bali back to the inspiration of the world with the launch of a novelist writing a novel by renowned novelist Belgium, Ingrid Vander Veken 'Aankomen in Bali "or" Arrival in Bali ", performed at De Zwarte Panther galleries in the city of Antwerp, recently.

The launch of a novel that tells about the journey the young Belgian who since childhood has an interest in Asian culture, especially Bali, attended by hundreds of art lovers from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany, said Secretary Three Pensosbud Embassy in Brussels, Royhan N Wahab.

Brussels Ambassador, Arif Havas Oegroseno said in his speech last year launched his book American writer Eat, Pray, Love who was appointed to the big screen with the same title. Today, Ingrid Gives us "Dream, Seek, Celebrate," the Ambassador of Havas.

The launching of the book which is the real story is the cooperation with the Embassy in Brussels Bezige Bij De editing house, which exclusively handles the issuance and sale of the novel by Ingrid Vander Veken.

Ingrid written novel that spent more than two years will be circulated in Europe with specific targets Belgium, Holland, France and Germany.

The novel is lifted from a true story about the life journey of a young Belgian who since childhood have a high interest in foreign cultures, especially cultures of the east.

Martin, a youth leader in the book, since childhood is different from other family members. Even Martin's childhood friends with the Hang, a country boy from China who migrated to live in Belgium.

The more grown up, curiosity and desire to know the deeper eastern culture increasingly felt.

Indonesia became one of the countries that make Martin more interested to know the culture of the east.

After completing his high school, Martin ventured to go to Indonesia with Darmasiswa enroll in the program offered by the government of Indonesia to study Indonesian language.

Shoots be loved, side dish arrived. It turned out that Martin's departure to Indonesia is the early life history of multi-culturalism which has made him curious.

There, he met with Eka, an Indonesian girl who eventually became his life partner.

After completing the program Darmasiwanya, Martin returned to Belgium to ask the blessing of his parents to marry Eka. Currently they live in Bali. Part is then removed by Ingrid in his book.

According to him, not many European citizens who since childhood has been to understand foreign cultures. "This young man is different from other European youth", it said by Ingrid.

The launching of the book closes with a neat game music Rindik Bali Bali in order to give the impression of the atmosphere.

Cooperation with the Embassy in Brussels the launch of the book will continue the art of theater performances of "Aankomen in Bali" is a planned staged at the end of 2011.

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Staging cultural night "A Night in Bali", which held the Embassy / PTRI Vienna in cooperation with the Museum Fur Volker Kunde, riveting about 400 invitations from the diplomatic community, society and citizens of Indonesia Austria in Vienna, Austria.

Pensosbud Counsellor Embassy in Vienna, Sulistijo Djati in his statement to ANTARA News London on Wednesday, said the evening of Balinese culture in Austria is not just a performance culture but also to simultaneously launch luxury edition book entitled "The Balinese Art in Transition" held at the Museum Fur Volker Kunde, Vienna, Austria.

He said luxury edition book entitled "The Balinese Art in Transition" is a testament of the discovery of a collection of art objects and cultural artifacts in Bali are scattered far across the country, Austria.

Collection of Balinese art and culture that belongs to Helene Potjewyd oxunation voluntarily to the Museum of Ethnology, Austria, in 1946 and was appointed to the public in the preparation of a catalog that pioneered early 2010 simultaneously with the arrival of a new ambassador in Vienna, I Gusti Agung said Puja.

On the eve of the Balinese cultural performances, a collection of Balinese art and culture of high-value re-knitted and framed with a full review a few portraits of art objects and cultural heritage of Bali.

Collections are abstracted through the catalog a collection of writings and portraits of Balinese art and culture set beautifully in the book Balinese Art in Transition.

Director of the Museum of Ethnology, Austria, Dr. Christian F. Feest did not say a search of tens of years back about the history of art and culture in Austria will be revealed via flashback the night of cultural performances.

Collaboration with the Embassy / PTRI Vienna with the Museum Fur Volker Kunde in the launch of the book, confirming the magnetic Bali as one of Indonesia's cultural icons.

Ambassador in Vienna, I Gusti Agung said Puja, in his speech said that the inspiration of a Helene Potjewyd valued greatly appreciate oriental culture of Bali's masterpieces.

Although not many people like Helene, Ambassador Puja, exotica expect a very rich culture of Indonesia confirmed neatly stored in the memory a lot of people who have visited Indonesia, and Bali in particular.

Puja Ambassador also mentioned the important role of a Werner Kraus with Walter Spies, who devote a lot of energy and thoughts on the rediscovery of works of art and culture that became "cultural cross-fertilization" in the collection catalog "Balenese Art in Transition".

Kraus and Spies be the last person in the year 2009, which lifted to the surface of the property value of art collections of Balinese culture, he said.

Tribute cultural performances that night, no doubt seemed to be offerings to Helena, Kraus and Spies.

The series of performances of classical dance such as Panji Semirang, Rejang Dewa, and Oleg Tambulilingan demonstrate his deep sense of honor.

In fact, the Balinese gamelan players who dominated the faces of Austrian foreign residents explore feelings by playing touch stanza after stanza of gamelan rhythms that touch the heart.

That night, the tone and rhythm games slick magical Balinese who represent the general feeling of the high appreciation in Helena, Kraus and Spies. Ambassador Puja are also soluble in the stage and plays a kenong and drum along with the local gamelan players.

Appearance that complements the evening performances of Balinese culture which closed with the distribution of the book "Balinese Art in Transition" to any visitors who
packed the hall Museum Fur Volker Kunde, Vienna, Austria as well as dinner Balinese food.

Art museums in San Francisco, United States, the Asian Art Museum, for six months will hold an art exhibition of Balinese culture, which is touted as the largest and oldest exhibition about Bali in America.

According to information from the Consulate General in San Francisco, the exhibition that was opened to the general public on Friday (25 / 2) that displays a collection of art owned by Asian Art Museum as well as special collections on loan from the Netherlands, among others, Tropen Museum, Amsterdam, and the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden.

Works of art are displayed also borrowed from various museums in the U.S., namely from the Library of Congress, Washington DC; Museum of Natural History, New York; and the Fowler Museum, Los Angeles.

In addition to displaying collections of art, specially for the exhibition of Bali's Asian Art Museum also held a symposium, educational activities for children and the performing arts are filled with Balinese arts groups located in San Francisco and surrounding areas.

Exhibition at the Asian Art Museum will take place February 25 to mid September 2011.

The opening exhibition of Balinese tradition itself is enlivened by the appearance of "Purification Dance" by a group of Balinese gamelan and dancers Gadung Kasturi-that some dancers are American citizens.

In addition, the group from Bali, singing Darma, also appear to bring the music world with a strong touch of Bali.

The opening sequence was attended by the Director of the Asian Art Museum, Dr. Jay Xu, Consul General of San Francisco, Asianto Sinambela, as well as Chairman of the Bali Museum (Himusba) Gunarsa, which also comes as an official delegation of the Governor of Bali.

The opening ceremony was also filled with the reading of the proclamation by San Francisco City Hall officials who declared on February 25, 2011 as the Balinese Day: Art, Ritual and Performance.

Asian Art Museum on the site, Jay Xu exhibition called "Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance" as the exhibition's largest and deepest of Balinese tradition across the United States.