On welcoming the Caka New Year 1932 (Nyepi Day) on Monday (March 15) Denpasar city government will hold an Ogoh-Ogoh or papier mache demon competition among the Sekaa Teruna or customary village youth club throughout Denpasar City. Other than intended for ritual need, the competition also becomes an arena of creativity for the young, especially Sekaa Teruna in Denpasar. It was revealed by the Mayor of Denpasar in the face Sekaa Teruna not long ago.
Denpasar Mayor I B Rai D. Mantra said that ogoh-ogoh competition held this year posed an attention of Denpasar city government in responding to the creativity development of major communities, especially the adolescence. At that time, the teens will be given the opportunity to fully express their ideas and creativity in art. “Creativity based on this superior culture has been shown by the teenagers in events like kite competitions, ogoh-ogoh, traditional sports such as metajog, mecingklak, gale-gale and others,” said Rai Mantra proudly.

ON the creativity, Rai Mantra admitted to feel very proud because in entering the “competitive” world, the identity has a very important meaning. Throughcreativity was also expected to encourage the art creativity transmitted to public, the youth chiefly sekaa teruna to always be creative with a variety of innovative designs.

Each sekaa teruna making the ogoh-ogoh was given development incentive worth IDR3.5 millions. Komang Astita, Chairman of Denpasar Assembly of Cultural Advisory (Listibiya) explained more about the technical requirements of the competition. According to him, the assessment would be divided in two stages, namely for the level of subdistrict would be taken 3 champions and then assessed at Catus Pata (around central crossroad of Denpasar). Astita also added that the competition once turned dormant denoted an arena of art and cultural creativity in combination with the religious activities.
In the meantime, Made Karim, the Head of Denpasar Assembly of Customary Village explained that sekaa teruna played important roles and functions being very strategic in societal life. According to him, Sekaa Teruna was the children of hamlet because they would continue the devotional services of their parents as well as the cultural heritage.

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