Royal fiesta made interesting

Royal fiesta made interesting

SURAKARTA, Central Java: The cultural and art shows at the next Royal Court Festival in Surakarta (Solo) should be more varied and interesting this year, an official of the Director General of Tourism said.

"The national court festival being held on July 1-7 in Solo should be better than previous ones," Ris Hartadi was quoted by Antara as saying after setting up the festival committee in Solo on Tuesday.

The festival is attended by 35 royal courts and sultanates.

Seven royal and cultural activities will be held: a large procession of royal soldiers, art shows, a traditional fashion show, exhibitions of court artifacts, traditional ritual performances, folk art shows and art and cultural competitions.

The festival will cost Rp 400 million, of which Rp 300 million will be covered by the Central Java and Surakarta administrations. The rest will be provided by the central government, Hartadi said.

Hartadi said that the festival will continue to be held the first week of July in the future. (kod)