Presented by Dwiki Dharmawan & Antida Music Productions

Music is the voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age or race or gender or nationality, beyond religious or political differences, straight to the heart, body, and soul of all people.

WORLD PEACE TRIO – EASTMANIADWIKI DHARMAWAN PASAR KLEWER PROJECT w/ GILAD ATZMON – ASAF SIRKIS – YARON STAVINICOLAS MEIER & GAMELAN JEGOG – DEWA BUDJANAKAMAL MUSALLAM – RACHA RIZK – NASSER SALAMEH BALAWAN BATUAN ETHNIC – IVAN NESTORMAN – PLANET BAMBOO – BONA ALIT – AYU LAKSMI & SVARA SEMESTA – LISA RUING – GRAND ANGKLUNG SAU – SASANDO

Please come and join us at Arma Musem & Resort Ubud on December 5 & 6, 2015. Ticket info contact: +62 361 285 196

An international festival in honor of Saraswati Day (the Balinese day of knowledge and culture) to celebrate the Balinese language as one of Indonesia’s rich linguistic resources

Celebrate with us in Bali, at Indonesian Embassies throughout the world, or on the web

Join us on November 27, 2015, the Eve of Saraswati Day at 9:00 pm at the ARMA Museum in Ubud, Bali (free and open to the public), Indonesian Embassies in Europe at 2:00 pm and in the US at 8:00 am (contact us if interested in attending) or via www.BASAbali.org or at www.embassyofindonesia.org.

The festival will include:

Live streaming of events in Bali to the embassies and the website
Poetry competition from winners of our online monthly poetry contest
Greetings from Indonesian Ambassadors in the US, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, and more.
Presentation of new books in Balinese by Professor Gde Nala Antara
Dance and music performances by Ayu Laksmi, Banjar Bali, and others
Poetry reading by Balinese living in the diaspora (poem by Mas Ruscitadewi)
Children’s drama honoring Saraswati
Explanation of the relevance of Saraswati by ARMA’s founder Anak Agung Gde Rai and Wesleyan University
Professor Ron Jenkins
Introduction by Professor Gabriela Perez Baez, Director of Recovering Voices, Smithsonian National Museum of
Natural History