Four Events Drive to The National Level

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GOVERNMENT of Palu City will push four regional events to national and
international stage. That was said by Mayor Hidayat to a number of journalists,
after the closing of Palu Salonde Percussion, (08/14/2018) night in the urban
forest of Kaombona.

The four annual events according to Hidayat, such
as the Palu Nomoni Charm Festival (FPPN) which has been recorded as a national
agenda, Palu Salonde Percusion (PSP), Mandura Festival and Raodah Festival.
Apart from that, he hoped for the support of all parties, especially the people
of Palu city, “Thank God, this is a good start, tonight the enthusiasm of
the residents is very high on the PSP event, seen from the many people who
flock to this place, “he said.

Furthermore, the Mayor said that he had discussed
the matter with the governor. Where next year the Palu Salonde Percussion (PSP)
event will be held in the same place, namely in the city park of Kaombona.
“We have held a meeting with the governor regarding the implementation of
PSP in the future, for hundreds of years this place has been neglected.
“Starting from last year, we explored the potential and used this location
to be used as a means for the community,” he said.

Regarding the standardization of the organization
at the Palu Saloon Percussion Festival in the city forest of Kaombona, Hidayat
revealed that the City Government together with several parties such as the
Director General of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of
Indonesia and BNI had committed to improving the event in the future. ” We
have committed to the Director General of the Ministry of Education and Culture
and BNI about this activity going forward. We will also compile a program
related to this event, Palu Percussion Round itself will be a branding from
BNI. “Let us show it to other regions and the world, Palu as a pearl on
the Equator,” he explained.

The festival was enlivened by various music
artists from local, national and even international. Like from the Matador
State, Spain, which, during its existence in the land of Kaili, exists to visit
several tourist locations. For example, in the Salena hill, the longest fox flying
in Asia, downhill or mountain bike, Uwe ntumbu will be built.

One of the artists who took part in the event was
Gilang Ramadhan who is one of Indonesia’s best drummers saying that as long as
he knew, only Palu city held the biggest percussion festival, involving local,
national and even international artists. “Other regions in Indonesia, have
never organized such as in the city of Palu,” he said.

In his performance, the former Krakatau drummer,
showed his best skill in beating the drum which was able to make the audience
amazed. Starting from solo performances, by combining several other musical
instruments such as kenong (Javanese gamelan) and ceng-ceng (Balinese cymbals).

At the end of the show, the Legend Drummer
collaborated with one of the world’s composers, Dr. Sutrisna Hartana and an
artist from Palu, Smiet. They performed Javanese style with a blend of Kaili
instruments, namely Lalove and Gimba and Gamelan and drums.
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