Festival to make bamboo an environmental issue<\/p>\n
By Rayya Makarim<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The environment has become a much discussed
\nissue in the last decade. Countries, organizations and
\nindividuals are all searching fervently for their role in helping
\nto preserve planet Earth.<\/p>\n
Consequently, the Environmental Bamboo Foundation (EBF) will
\nhold the first Music in Nature Festival on Sunday in Ubud, Bali.<\/p>\n
Organized by internationally renown designer and
\nenvironmentalist Linda Garland, it will host a plethora of
\nartistic traditions which utilize bamboo as their main medium.<\/p>\n
An afternoon filled with music and dances from Bali, Java,
\nSumatra, Sulawesi, Maluku, Flores will be presented on seven
\nstages set up on the contours of the 10-hectare private estate in
\nthe village of Nyuh Kuning, Ubud.<\/p>\n
The spectacle will also exhibit sculptures by local artists
\nalong with concession stands and various restaurants and Balinese
\nwarungs. The famous director Oliver Stone (JFK, Platoon),
\nrepresentatives of Peter Gabriel's Real World Music record
\ncompany and Rolling Stone magazine will be among those present at
\nthe event.<\/p>\n
The festival serves as the introductory event for next year's
\n\"Fourth International Bamboo Congress, Trade Show and Festival\",
\nbut will concentrate on musical performances from Africa,
\nBolivia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Mexico.<\/p>\n
More than 30 countries will participate in promoting the use
\nof bamboo as an environmentally responsible non-wood forest
\nresource for ecological, social, and economical means.<\/p>\n
The EBF was founded by Linda Garland three years ago. One of
\nthe first to introduce bamboo designs for the international
\nmarket, her works have decorated the houses of celebrities all
\nover the world. Today she works exclusively with bamboo in
\nresponse to her personal commitment to finding a solution to the
\nworld's diminishing tropical rain forests.<\/p>\n
Her fascination for bamboo has a lot to do with the multiple
\nuses of the plant, which can, among others, be used for
\nsoundproofing.<\/p>\n
Garland, who has lived in Bali for the past 18 years, is
\ndetermined to encourage other designers to develop prototypes of
\nbamboo products to inspire its use as an esthetic alternative for
\nscarce timber resources.<\/p>\n
\"At the turn of the century there was 150 bamboo factories in
\nLondon because it was fashionable. With the 1995 Congress, we are
\ntrying to make it fashionable again,\" she said.<\/p>\n
The importance of bamboo has reached a global level. Holland
\nis presenting a traveling bamboo exhibition, while Germany is
\ndoing something similar. The growing awareness of this worthy
\ncause will hopefully emphasize the role of bamboo in partially
\nsolving a vital ecological problem. Thus, the upcoming festival
\nwill host thousands of researchers, associates and friends to
\npromote bamboo. After all, as Confucius said, \"Man can live
\nwithout meat, but will die without the bamboo.\"<\/p>",
"url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/festival-to-make-bamboo-an-environmental-issue-1447893297",
"image": ""
},
"sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
"sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}