Borobudur Writers and Cultural Festival

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Borobudur Writers and Cultural Festival (BWCF) is an annual meet for fiction and nonfiction writers, content creators, culture activist dan and inter religion with theme to stimulate the participants to realize the uniqueness and richness of various literary, artistic and religious thoughts in the archipelago. [lower-alpha 1] The opening of this international scale event was held in 2012 and took place in Yogyakarta, and Borobudur Magelang for the other event. [lower-alpha 2] BWCF Participants consists of writers, writers, musicians, dancers, artists, reporters, historians, sociologists, archaeologists, philologists, anthropologists, scientists, humanists and theologians. For two full days, participants were invited to discuss, attend symposiums, attend workshop classes, attend book launches, read temple relief tours, yoga and meditation classes in the courtyard of the Borobudur Temple, watching film screenings, and watching art performances at Aksobya Square. [lower-alpha 3] At the end of the event, BWCF handed over Sang Hyang Kamahayanikan Award to leaders, individuals or groups, who were seen as having a major contribution in the field of arts - culture and humanities in the community. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Important figures

Founder

Advisors

Permanent curator and BWCF manager

Organizer

Theme

YearTheme
2012Archipelago's Memory and Imagination: The Great Deliberation of Silat Writers and Archipelago History [7]
2013Backflow: Spice Memory and Bahari Nusantara [8]
2014Ratu Adil: Power and Rebellion in the Archipelago [9]
2015Mountains and mythology in the archipelago [10]
2016Celebrating 200 Years of Serat Centhini [11]
2017Gandawyuha and the Search for Religiosity of Religions in the Archipelago [12]
2018Traveling & Diary, Rereading Foreign Visitors Daily Records of the Archipelago [13] [14]

Sang Hyang Kamahayanikan Award

BWCF awarded Sang Hyang Kamahayanikan Award to:

YearRecipient's nameDedication
2012 SH Mintardja [15] Pioneer of genre silat Literature
2013AB Lapian [16] Historian, for his research on the world of maritime affairs in Indonesia
2014 Peter Carey [17] Historian who writes history of Pangeran Diponegoro Java's war
2015Hadi Sidomulyo (Nigel Bullough) [18] Historian who have studied and reveal the names of villages in the Nagarakretagama
2016Halilintar Latief [19] Empowering the monk community in South Sulawesi
Kartono KamajayaHistorian who translate and Latinized the Serat Centhini
2017Prof. Dr. Noerhadi Magetsari [20] Conducting research, writing a book about Borobudur studies which departed from Sutra studies, the most comprehensive study that has emerged from Indonesian academic circles
2018Dr. Tan Ta Sen [21] Researcher from Singapore who are dedicated to finding out Zheng He trips in the Southeast Asia Region including the Archipelago. Dr Tan Ta Sen also founded the Cheng Ho museum and open it to the public

See also

Notes

  1. Before the opening of BWCF, the executive committee and curator conduct a study of the themes to be appointed, followed by selecting speakers, the location of the event, and curating prospective participants. The results were delivered in Jakarta at a press conference.
  2. In addition to these two locations, BWCF was also held in other places, including Pabelan Islamic Boarding School, Progo River, and others, adjusting with the theme.
  3. All selected participants get facilities such as accommodation, consumption, and local transportation during the event.

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