An international festival in honor of Saraswati Day (the Balinese day of knowledge and culture) to celebrate the Balinese language as one of Indonesia’s rich linguistic resources
Celebrate with us in Bali, at Indonesian Embassies throughout the world, or on the web
Join us on November 27, 2015, the Eve of Saraswati Day at 9:00 pm at the ARMA Museum in Ubud, Bali (free and open to the public), Indonesian Embassies in Europe at 2:00 pm and in the US at 8:00 am (contact us if interested in attending) or via www.BASAbali.org or at www.embassyofindonesia.org.
The festival will include:
Live streaming of events in Bali to the embassies and the website
Poetry competition from winners of our online monthly poetry contest
Greetings from Indonesian Ambassadors in the US, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, and more.
Presentation of new books in Balinese by Professor Gde Nala Antara
Dance and music performances by Ayu Laksmi, Banjar Bali, and others
Poetry reading by Balinese living in the diaspora (poem by Mas Ruscitadewi)
Children’s drama honoring Saraswati
Explanation of the relevance of Saraswati by ARMA’s founder Anak Agung Gde Rai and Wesleyan University
Professor Ron Jenkins
Introduction by Professor Gabriela Perez Baez, Director of Recovering Voices, Smithsonian National Museum of
Natural History
