Balinese arts troupe to join Ramayana Festival in India

"The Ramayana Festival in India will be attended by arts troupes from a number of countries, including the ISI troupe which will represent Indonesia," Prof. Dr I Wayan Rai S said here on Wednesday.

He said that the ISI troupe had been invited by the Indian Council For Cultural Relations (ICCR) of the Ministry of External Affairs.

The Bali`s arts team will hold three performances in three different cities in India.

I Wayan said that the ISI had previously taken part in the same activities organized by the ICCR.

In 2004, for example, an ISI team of 15 artists was able to attract thousands of spectators when it staged performances in India. At the time, the ISI team gave two performances.

In the meantime, a 16-member team of BAli`s Jegog Suar Agung arts group will also make a two-week visit to Japan to give dance and music performances on August 12 to 28, 2008.

They would appear on stage at least five times and conduct brief courses at several universities in Japan, chief of the Suar Agung arts group I Ketut Suwentra said here on Tuesday.

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