Yogyakarta Arts Festival opens

Yogyakarta Arts Festival opens

YOGYAKARTA: The 14th two-day Yogyakarta Arts Festival opened
on Friday evening with performances staged along the city's main
roads.

Various performing artists from both modern and traditional
performing art groups as well as district artist representatives
performed various attractions.

The performances started at Purawisata complex on Jl. Brijen
Katamso, then proceeded along Jl. Parangtritis, Jl. Mangkuyudan
and ended up at Minggiran Square in Mantrijeron district.

A number of attractions, including a Chinese dragon dance, a
Javanese traditional Ketoprak drama and a shadow puppet enlivened
Minggiran Square. --Antara