Tenggarong International Folk and Art Festival - TIFAF 2020

  • Location at: Kutai Kartanegara, Kalimantan

About Festival

Tenggarong International Folk & Art Festival ’'

27th June – 5th July 2020

Tenggarong, East Kalimantan - INDONESIA

 

About The Festival

 

One of the oldest and interesting festival in the city of Tenggarong in East Kalimantan will be re-organized. This year the festival will be heldon 27th June-5th July 2020, located in King City, Tenggarong, Kutai Kertanegara, East Kalimantan. Tenggarong International Folklore Festival continues to transform into a harmonious collaboration between the festival tradition is still well preserved and dynamic contemporary atmosphere.

Besides watching
the art performances and cultural traditions, museums and KutaiKartanegara palace, visitors can also view or participate in sports attractions and a variety of traditional games. In the exhibition area,various products and services are also exhibited in a good arrangement. Public and tourists are also facilitated with musical performances, community attractions, and various other performances.

Tenggarong International Folklore
Festival in 2020 as the organization of the previous year will present a variety of art and culture from across the Kutai Kartanegara regency and even involve the arts from around the world. Last year Tenggarong Cultural Festival will include art teams from 6 countries to participate in it.

 

Host by CIOFF® Indonesia and Tenggarong City Government and supporting by Governor of East Kalimantan and Ministry of Culture and Tourism Indonesia. The main objective of Tenggarong International Folklore and ArtFestival is to promote Indonesia, specially East Kalimantan Province and to promote “ Visit Kutai Kartanegara 2020”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date and Venue

 

All international groups must arrive on 26thJune and depart on 6th July 2020.The venues for performance are in culture places, market, parks, streets etc, located in Kutai and Tenggarong City.

The stages are on the open stages, indoor auditoriums, park and cultural places.

 

Arrival and Departure

 

All international groups must arrives anddeparts at International Airport Sepinggan- Balikpapan, or at Samarinda Airport, East Kalimantan Indonesia

 

Note: there is no direct flight from your country to Balikpapan and Samarinda. You have to connect your flight from Kuala Lumpur International Airport - Malaysia , Singapore International Airport - Singapore or from Soekarno-Hatta Airport - Jakarta o

 

Travel Arrangement

 

All groups have to make their own travel arrangement and bear the cost of air tickets,visa application, travel insurance including accidents & hospitalization, excess baggage and cargo expenses.

 

Internal Transport and Sightseeing

 

1. Provided by Organizer from and to SepingganAirport or Samarinda Airport, East Kalimantan for arrival and departure. During the festival, transport is provided daily.

 

2. Sightseeing includes trips to many cultural places and you can swim at the hotel.

 

Food and Accommodation

 

1. Three meals per day are provided during the duration of the festival at the hotel, where the group is staying, mineral water is provided every day by the festival and please note no alcohol drink in this festival.

2. Accommodation is in the forms of Hotel . rooms are usually for double, triple and quadruple sharing ( NO COUPLE room ).

3. Food, drink, laundry, telephone, room amenities and other services taken and requested from the room must be paid by the group leader.

 

About The Group

 

1. All groups must not exceed 25 members including officials, musicians and performers. The ratio of Officials / Performers is 10 / 90 percent. Age of the performer must over 16 years old. Those groups with more the 25 persons must notify the Organizer and where necessary be prepared to pay for their own expenses.

 

2. Official Invitation will initially issued by CIOFF® Indonesia.

 

3. These letters together with the group’s detailed name list must be brought along during the group’s travel and stay in Indonesia and to be presented to the relevant authorities when necessary.

 

4. Number of invited groups : 7 foreigncountries and 20 local groups.

 

Activity Programs

 

1. Out and indoor performances.

Performances on big stages, mostly outdoor.

2. Cultural exchange.

Festival will give time for group to teach their dances to other group or to public.

3. Exhibition.

There will be exhibition near stage area. Group is welcome to sell their product, but there is must be one person incharge during exhibition (non performer). Please notify us on your application.

4. Visit cultural places (included swimming at the Hotel).

Swimming pool available in hotel. We will arrange sightseeing to cultural visit to museum, palace etc in Tenggarong)

5. Gathering ( Countries night, 30 minutes for each country )

Each countries will show their traditional dances/music/games to other international groups. This program is in hotel ballroom after all performances has finished.

6. Reception with Mayor of Kutai Kartanegara, Sultan of Kutai Kartanegara, Director of Festival (Head of Tourism Office Kutai Kartanegara and CIOFF Indonesia)

 

7. Gift exchange.

Please bring 4 gifts for the authorities.

8. Parade

Parade will be 2km and in the finish line your group will perform 3-5 minutes in front of the vip.

9. Press Conference and TV programs.
10. Dance in the park.

In the afternoon there will be dance performance in the park, where you can perform and take the audience to dance together with you.

11. Plant tree.

Green Tenggarong program, where each country will plant some trees with their name on it. Those trees will be memorabilia from your participation in our festival.

 

Performance Program

 

1. Invited group must be able to prepare a 6, 10, 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes show which include folk dances, folk songs, instrumental traditional music and teaching the audiences to dance one or two of the most popular dances of the group / national identity.

 

2. Performances at shopping malls are both indoor and outdoor. Some venues have dance stage and some on the floor / road pavement. The same situation is applicable at the hotel venue. Basic on stage, off stage and lighting facilities are provided by the Organizers, shopping malls and hotel management

 

3. Dance Street performance is daily between 16.00 to 18.00 hours and other performance from 19.30 to 22.00 hours. Each group is encouraged to carry out their own sound check before their performance.

 

4. Usually there may be no programs in the morning except for visits arranged by the Festival.

 

5. The final program will be issued a few weeks before the invited groups arrives Indonesia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grand Opening Ceremony

International groups will take part. The program includes 2 km parade and 5 minutes dance performance at the main stage and also spot dance at location along the parade route.

 

There will be a main stage where all the musical instrument and musicians will be placed. The Minister of Culture and Tourismand Governor of East Kalimantan shall officiate the opening ceremony.

 

Closing Ceremony

 

The closing ceremony will take at Regents office area, and each international groups will be perform for 5 minutes. Program for exchange of gift is included. One gift is for the State Government and 3 gift for other authorize.

 

Sales of Craft / Souvenir Items

 

Group wanting to sell craft / souvenir items, can do so at the performance sites only,

Organizer will provide big area (at Cultural Park Area/ night market) and table to selling.

 

 

Outpatient Treatment

 

Should any member of the group fall ill or injure during the performance, they will be referred to the nearest clinic or hospital for treatment. The Organizer will not cover the cost of surgery and hospitalization arising from such illness and injury.

 

It is important that each invited group has their own accident and hospitalization insurance coverage purchased before they come to Indonesia.

 

Publicity Material and Activities

 

Each group must provide their group’s profile, group photos, dance photos, list of past tours and achievement and CDs. The audio and video CD/ link YouTube of folk songs and dances are for the local radio and TV station to publicize the group and the festival.

During the group performance, TV and Media coverage are common at this festival and no payment will be made to the group for such publicity program.

 

 

Group’s Responsibility

 

Each group is responsible to abide and accept with the facilities and program prepared by the Organizer. These facilities and programs are subjected to changes from time to time. These changes are not peculiar only to festivals in Indonesia but also at other festivals overseas.

 

 

Contact Address:

 

CIOFF® INDONESIA

Jl. Tomang Utara III / 270

Jakarta 11440 – INDONESIA

Phone : 62-21-5657882 

Mobile : 62-8159325644

: 62-818180122

Fax: 62-21-5657882

Email : cioffindonesia@yahoo.com 

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Web: www.cioff-indonesia.org