BEC (Banyuwangi Ethno Carnival)

Banyuwangi - the Potential for art and the Banyuwangi culture that overflowed evidently still could not attract tourists. So the Regional Government carried out the breakthrough by trying to follow market appetite that is putting forward cultural art that was packed in a modern way with spread out Banyuwangi Ethno Carnival (BEC). The term is konten local but was packed in a modern way in the form of the carnival. Banyuwangi Ethno Carnival (BEC) came from Banyuwangi words, Ethno meaning that ethnic that was modified became modern. Carnival his French the carnival. In karaval this later that will be carried was, art and the Banyuwangi culture. That is, Be Enamoured Of, Darmarwulan and Kundaran. The three arts will be put forward in a contemporary manner with the costume in the style of the carnival. For example the fashion be enamored of will be modified in such a way. For example omprok be Enamored Of was made higher or was decorated materially other as using recycling materials. The shawl be enamoured of was made longer or was changed by his color feature. So as Be Enamored Of was seen far more fantastic but still was seen the Gandrung . So also with two Damarwulan arts and Kundaran.

The carnival will be put forward this coming October 22 put forward the total 300 representative participants in three themes of art above. They consisted of the SLTA level student was equal and the student. Each kind of art will be represented by 100 their respective people will put forward the modification that was different between participants. So as the spectator will be offered 300 performance the heterogeneous costume. Participants who were chosen were them who slipped away the audition. Further they would be Quarantine in work shop to be trained by the foundations of the choreography, the dance, the costume, and the expression that involved the artist and the Banyuwangi culture critic. The culture critics gave philosophy material of the three arts so as when appearing they did not leave his original art. After getting the directive from the culture critic and the artist, they were prosecuted to be able to modify the artistic costume was meant. Moreover they were also led directly by the team of the consultant Jember Fashion Carnival (JFC) under the Dinan Fariz command. Especially material about the choreography and the expression when appearing in catwalk the highway. The choreographer that already five international in order to gives the directive how put forward the performance that apik and could sell Banyuwangi to tourist both domestic and foreign countries. Because of Dinan Fariz had network that was wide against the perpetrators of the tour in the corner of the world.

       With even this the Regional Government hoped could boost up tourists’ domestic visit and foreign countries so as Banyuwangi was wider were known. The "high tour visit eventually will have multiplier effect to the Banyuwangi economy," explained Section Head culture and Tourism, Suprayogi. Suprayogi also stressed, if having the worried side the typical Banyuwangi loss of cultural art might not restless, because after even this will have the Kuwung Festival that will be tricked this coming December. In the Kuwung Festival later all typical Banyuwangi cultural art will appear there.