Arts in Bali expected to become international event

Denpasar (ANTARA News) - The 5th arts festival to be organized by the Cooperation Board of the Indonesian arts institutes in Bali was expected to become an international event as it would invite foreign participants.

A number of high learning institutes from Europe, Australia, the United States and Asian countries have expressed their readiness to take part in the event which was scheduled to take place from November 21 to 25, 2007, Rector of the Indonesian Arts Institute`s Denpasar chapter I Wayan Rai S said here Sunday.

Wayan said the organizing committee would next years invite foreign high learning institutioins to the festival as an effort to enhance cooperation and share arts knowledge with the participants.

The event was previously held in different areas in the country and participated in by only five state arts institutes and two private ones.

"We as the host of the festival have been making preparations for the upcoming event in the hope it would run successfully," Wayan said.

The expected success in holding the international festival would give a positive image to the Indonesian high learning institutions in the future, he said.

As part of the festival, the organizing committee was also expected to hold an international seminar featuring domestic and foreign arts and culture experts.

The festival would also feature a collaboration involving all the participating high learning institutes.

The collaboration was expected to create new colors and improve the quality of the respective arts institutes in the future, he said. (*)