TRIBUNJATIM.COM, BANYUWANGI – Pagelaran tari kolosal Gandrung Sewu bakal dihelat kembali pada 29 October 2022 coming.
A thousand dancers continue to practice to make the Banyuwangi Festival a success (B-Fest) which is included in one of the national tourism agendas from the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism.
Banyuwangi Regent Ipuk Fiestiandani said that the event has been held since 2012 that, could be a momentum to revive Banyuwangi tourism.
"As instructed by the President, all of them are required to travel within the country, in order to protect the nation's economy. Therefore, we also need to welcome those instructions properly. One of them is by holding the best tourism event," said Ipuk, Monday (24/10/2022).
After pausing on 2020, Gandrung Sewu sempat dilakukan pada tahun lalu. However, the concept is carried out virtually in various places.
Not only in Banyuwangi, but also in a number of cities in Indonesia and the world where there is a Banyuwangi Family Association (Ikawangi) in that place.
"Then this year, we held directly at Boom Beach on 29 this October," explained Ipuk.
Gandrung sehu this time carries the theme of Sumunare Tlatah Blambangan which means Luster of Blambangan Earth.
According to the Head of the Department of Culture and Tourism, MY Bramuda, This theme is taken as the spirit of Banyuwangi to rise after facing a pandemic.
"This is in line with the tagline initiated by the Regent of Banyuwangi, namely Banyuwangi Rebound," he said.
The inspiration comes from the story of Banyuwangi when it was still an area of the Blambangan Kingdom. at that time, the kingdom was hit by a plague. Even, the king's daughter named Dewi Sekardadu, infected.
Nobody can heal. Until later, a cleric named Sheikh Maulana Ishak came to Blambangan.
“Kedatangan Syekh Maulana Ishak yang berhasil menyembuhkan wabah di Blambangan inilah yang menjadi fragmen utama dalam Gandrung Sewu this time,"said Bramuda.
Bramuda also mentioned that this event received an extraordinary response from students in Banyuwangi. Almost 3.000 students from elementary and junior high schools who participated in the selection and were screened 1.248 participant.
