Save Indonesian Traditional Arts, Profile of 3 Finalists of Local Creative Festival from Performance Category

Kapanlagi.com - The performance business has the potential to generate significant income if managed well. Especially if it is a hobby, the process can run more smoothly. This is proven by the finalists of the 2020 Local Creative Festival in the performance category.

All three of them offer uniqueness and are able to make a real impact on the surrounding environment. To satisfy your curiosity, here are the profiles of the three finalists of the 2020 Local Creative Festival from the performance category.

Congwayndut

Keroncong Wayang Gendut, or more commonly known as Congwayndut, is a business engaged in entertainment services, as an alternative entertainment to enjoy wayang performances in the present day. This business, founded by Muh Subhan, falls into the sub-sector category of Creative Economy Performing Arts. Congwayndut has a vision and mission to regenerate wayang audiences.

As we know, keroncong and wayang are considered ancient arts by the current generation. Therefore, they want to introduce or bring them closer to the younger generation and present them in a contemporary format, combined with fresh, humorous, critical, and educational wayang narratives.

They also combine musical elements elaborated with keroncong, ethnic, and modern music elements. Now their members number 20 people with a business turnover of up to Rp60 million per month. Meanwhile, the impact on the community, among others, is able to provide employment opportunities for local musicians, then the surrounding community as crew or just helping out during events. On special days, they like to enliven activities for the community such as staging their own productions for free.

Serumpun Lima

This business was created by Andin Destian. Serumpun Lima started from traditional performing arts that have a fairly high level of difficulty, because it involves not only the process of arranging movements, songs, or talent compositions. But also the need to first learn about which culture or art is being performed.

In order to present perfect art, sometimes Serumpun Lima has to go to the area first to study the culture in detail and share it with the elders who understand the culture. This is because in traditional arts, there are certain rules and traditions that cannot be changed and must follow the existing cultural roots.

There are also aspects that can be developed or creatively adapted without losing their original values. Not only that, from this business, there are several important aspects that are also highly valued, namely social issues towards the surrounding community. I always invite the artists who are joined together to do many beneficial things in the social field, even it is scheduled to be done 2-3 times a year.

Starting from social service to orphanages, nursing homes, sharing sahur meals, distributing the Quran, etc. We also have several gatherings, hanging out together, staying overnight together, with the aim of strengthening communication, unity, and brotherhood within the team. Because in my opinion, in performing arts, not only skills are needed, but also synergy between one talent and another talent. Almost all the artists we embrace are aged 15-25 years old. Now, Serumpun Lima's revenue can reach Rp9 million per month.

Baskoro Manjer Kawuran Theatre

Baskoro Manjer Kawuran Theatre was founded by Arief Baskoro. The motivation behind this effort is the awareness to preserve the dignity of noble values of a nation, especially in the world of theater and drama through art or culture. Even in the midst of a pandemic, all layers of society can still enjoy it in a virtual framework. Baskoro Manjer Kawuryan Theatre has been touring Indonesia to introduce the cultural stories of Indonesia through theater and drama.

Now Baskoro Manjer Kawuran Theatre can generate revenue of up to Rp7 million per month. The impact it has on the community includes creating job opportunities by instilling arts and culture from an early age, as Indonesian arts and culture are a continuous and must-be-propagated spirit.

Festival Kreatif Lokal 2020 is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity by Adira Finance in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia, with the theme #BangkitBersamaSahabat (Rise Together with Friends), which will be held from August 2020 to January 2021. This activity is Adira Finance's support for the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy's #BeliKreatifLokal (Buy Local Creative) and Proudly Made in Indonesia programs.

(kly/tmi)