Ubud Writers & Readers Festival

By carrying the theme ‘Desa, Kala, Patra’, the Ubud Writers & Festivals was carried out afresh this year. Desa, Kala, Patra (Time-Place-Identity), a principle of Balinese Hindu was born from this 2006 festival where issues of place, ancestry and identity constantly arose. In addition, a lot of writers participated in this festival and exposed Bali in the subject of their writings," said Janet De Neefe, Director of this festival.
Added, this festival had an objective to set the wounds to rights after Bali was jiggled by bombs of the terrorists. This festival conferred the issues more than just about the writers, their works and books. It aimed at employing the strength of writings in rehabilitating and fortifying the spirit of Balinese inhabitants as well as taking visitors back to the Island of Bali.
Similarly, this festival would bring together the writers, readers, workers and art observers both from the Southeast Asia and Western world to enhance the understanding between Oriental and Western culture through several information and ideas.
Approximately 100 writers and journalists, either from homeland of overseas took part in this annual event. "We immensely get touched due to the spirit of the writers and literary community. We are confident that the cultural diversity could be coalesced through literature and have been given earnest support by the writers, artists or other Indonesian and international community," observed Janet who is also a writer.
A number of activities came into being during four days (30/9-3/10), like discussion on literature, book launching, book reading in two languages, art and cultural excursion as well as various art presentations. Activity that was no less attractive was the creativity by children such as fairy tale reading and other educative programs. (BTN/Rai)