GBA 2015: Preservation and Existence Cultural of the State

March 10, 2015

By Bangkit Dana Setiawan

Editor Bangkit Dana Setiawan

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - Indonesia is a country that has a great cultural diversity left by predecessors. Culture, customs, and history are important heritage that should be preserved. As the times are shifted to the era of modernization and globalization, descendand of the country often has not recognized the wealth of the region's own heritage yet. Anxiety is supposed to be felt by the youth to continue to preserve the customs, culture and local history.

Therefore, to answer the anxiety, a group of young people who are members in Aceh Cultural Unit (UKA ITB) held cultural performances aimed to preserve Aceh culture and introducing the culture to all society in Bandung as well. The show was held on Sunday(08/03/15) at Sasana Budaya Ganesha (Sabuga ITB) is also invited important figures that Fery Mursyidan as Indonesian Minister of Agrarian and Spatial, Dedy Mizwar as Vice Governor of West Java, Kadarsyah Suryadi as Rector of ITB, and Mayor Nagro Aceh, and other guests.

The event was also attended by ITB UKA coaches, Abdullah Sanny, in the middle of his speech acknowledged that this event had the full support of the people of Aceh on the island of Java on post Tsunami Aceh ten years ago and cooperation in the development education by sending 100 Aceh teacher to ITB study and be returned in Aceh afterwards.

Aceh cultural performance was attended by approximately hundreds of people from all these elements get splashed in awesomeness and amazement at every cultural display presented. The reason this show is the result of collaboration and cooperation art agencies such as Saman Gayo Student, Saka UGM, Rafly, Rara Tarmizi, Ida Azwar,Tryo and Theatre ITB Students. The event is packed with elements of Aceh culture like reading Koran, the appearance of songs, poems, and dances a story of Sultan Iskandar Muda as elements of theatrical drama.

Performances that took place in the evening was the culmination event of series of GBA event this year. Because GBA is composed of a wide series of consecutive events Meuratoh Sajan (Pre-event), Saweu Budaya (Cultural and culinary exhibition), and peak events that took place in Sabuga Sunday night. GBA is the grand event from UKA ITB which is held three times in a year and in this year was held 6th GBA whose leader is Mauliady Satria. "Grateful message I deliver to all the comitee, sponsors, and media partner, the society as well that have helped the success of this event, hopefully next GBA is getting better," said Satria in his speech.