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        "id": 1805040,
        "msgid": "banyumas-lengger-bicara-to-feature-5-000-dancers-aims-for-national-event-status-1781535037",
        "date": "2026-06-15 20:47:00",
        "title": "Banyumas Lengger Bicara to Feature 5,000 Dancers, Aims for National Event Status",
        "author": "Heryadi",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "The Banyumas Lengger Bicara 2026 cultural festival will involve approximately 5,000 dancers in a mass Lenggeran Bareng performance, as part of a strategy to boost cultural tourism and secure a spot in the national Karisma Event Nusantara programme. Organisers highlight the event's significant economic impact, expecting it to attract tourists and creative economy players, especially with its scheduling near the BRI Jazz Gunung Slamet. The Banyumas regency government has also committed to making the festival an annual cultural agenda to preserve traditional arts and develop local wisdom-based tourism.",
        "content": "<p>The Banyumas cultural event Lengger Bicara 2026 will involve around\n5,000 dancers in a Lenggeran Bareng activity to be held at Menara\nTeratai Purwokerto on Friday, 26 June. The activity is one of the\nefforts to strengthen Banyumas\u2019s position as a cultural tourism\ndestination while ushering Banyumas Lengger Bicara into the 2027 Karisma\nEvent Nusantara (KEN) programme. Chairman of the Banyumas Lengger Bicara\n2026 Committee, R Satria Setyanugraha, said this year\u2019s event carries\nthe theme \u2018Gemah Ripah Loh Jinawi\u2019, representing natural fertility and\ncommunity prosperity. According to him, the theme was chosen as a\nreflection that the people of Banyumas still possess optimism and the\nability to develop despite facing various challenges. \u2018This theme\nrepresents the hope and spirit to always move forward amidst the\ndynamics faced by the community,\u2019 he said. The man familiarly called\nBagus explained that Banyumas Lengger Bicara 2026 will present three\nmain agendas: Art Camp, Lenggeran Bareng, and a colossal performance\ntitled \u2018Senandung Tanah Makmur\u2019. The Art Camp will take place on 25-26\nJune 2026, targeting children aged 5 to 10 years. In this activity,\nparticipants will be introduced to various traditional Banyumas arts\nthrough learning calung music, lengger dance, and making wayang lengger\nfrom recycled materials such as plastic bottles. Meanwhile, the peak of\nthe festivities will occur on Friday afternoon, 26 June, through the\nLenggeran Bareng activity, which is targeted to be attended by around\n5,000 dancers from various regions. \u2018Lenggeran Bareng is part of the\neffort to strengthen Banyumas Lengger Bicara so it can enter the Karisma\nEvent Nusantara in 2027,\u2019 he said. In the evening, the event will\ncontinue with the main performance, preceded by the presentation of\nawards to two Banyumas art and culture maestros, Peang Penjol and\nSuliyah, for their dedication to preserving and developing regional\narts. Director of Banyumas Lengger Bicara 2026, Ridwan Bungsu, said the\nperformance will open with a staging of lengger maestro Rianto\u2019s work\ntitled \u2018Sastra Jiwaga\u2019, which has previously been performed in various\ncountries. Subsequently, the audience will be treated to the colossal\nperformance \u2018Senandung Tanah Makmur\u2019, which combines various traditional\nNusantara dances on one stage. Besides the Banyumas lengger dance, the\nperformance will also feature ngremo dance from East Java, jaipong from\nWest Java, and a number of other regional arts. \u2018This collaboration\ndemonstrates the richness of Indonesian culture that can blend into a\nsingle performance work,\u2019 said Ridwan. Patron of Banyumas Lengger Bicara\n2026, Andy F. Noya, assessed that the event not only serves as a means\nof cultural preservation but also has a significant economic impact on\nthe region. According to him, the holding of Banyumas Lengger Bicara,\nwhich is close to the BRI Jazz Gunung Slamet on 26-27 July 2026, is\nexpected to attract tourists, art communities, and creative economy\nplayers to come to Banyumas. \u2018We hope this collaboration becomes a\nunified force and is able to deliver economic benefits for Banyumas\nthrough the tourism and culture sectors,\u2019 he said. Meanwhile, Banyumas\nRegent Sadewo Tri Lastiono affirmed that Banyumas Lengger Bicara will be\nestablished as an annual cultural agenda of Banyumas Regency. \u2018The\nevent, now entering its third year, is part of the effort to maintain\nthe sustainability of traditional arts, especially the lengger dance,\nwhich has been one of Banyumas\u2019s cultural identities,\u2019 he said. In\naddition to Banyumas Lengger Bicara, the Banyumas Regency Government\nalso plans to make several other cultural activities routine regional\nagendas, including the Ngibing 24 Jam programme initiated by Banyumas\nartist Rianto. He assessed that strengthening the cultural agenda is an\nimportant strategy in developing a tourism sector based on local wisdom.\nFurthermore, the regional government is also committed to maintaining\njemparingan activities in the Banyumas Old Town area as a tourist\nattraction as well as a means of preserving traditional culture. \u2018I want\nBanyumas to become a cultural tourism destination, including the\nBanyumas cultures that we possess,\u2019 said Sadewo.<\/p>",
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