Payangan Festival (Pesta Payangan)

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Country and Region Indonesia — Bali and Nusa Tenggara
Type of Festival Dance, Drama, Music
Location of Festival Payangan, Bali and Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Festival Address Information

Payangan Festival (Pesta Payangan)
Dr. Robert E. Brown, President
Center for World Music
4417 Shade Road
La Mesa, CA 91941 USA
Phone: (01) 619-440-7200
Email: rebrown@centerforworldmusic.org

Festival Description

Since 2002 the festival has presented evening performances of old traditional music by gamelan groups from Payangan banjars, together with rare kinds of ancient gamelans from villages in East Bali. In addition the festival presents the larger world of music, dance and theater, with performances of Javanese shadow play, Sundanese music and dance, and performing arts from Africa, India, the Middle East and medieval Europe, among others.

Festival Dates July 4 - 7, 2007
Festival Links

http://centerforworldmusic.org/tours/tours.html

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