Sanur Village Festival to be held Sept. 26-30

Sanur: The 7th Sanur Village Festival returns to Bali’s popular seashore community from Sept. 26 to 30.

This year’s festival will be headquartered on the grounds surrounding the Inna Grand Bali Beach Hotel, a move from last year’s event on Jl. Matahari Terbit.

The theme adopted for the 7th Sanur Village Festival is Salampah Laku – the title of the Balinese poem written by Ida Pedanda Sidemen, who hailed from Griya Taman Intaran in Sanur.

In explaining the motivation behind the theme, the organizers stated their wish to inspire from the life of the multi-talented Ida Pedanda Sidemen, who, in addition to being a poet, also worked as a sculptor and an architect. Salampah Laku is meant to motivate and inspire the people of Sanur to make meaningful contributions to the local community through care for culture, the environment and educational advancement, as quoted by Bali Discovery News.

While final details for this year’s Sanur Village Festival are still being finalized, activities to be included are a food festival, environmental projects, a bazaar, golf tournament, photo exhibition, a jukung flotilla, mass yoga exercises and staged musical entertainment.