BOGOR INTERNATIONAL KERONCONG FESTIVAL

Suyitno, the organizer said that the event was planned to enliven the anniversary of Bogor. “It was conceived long time and therefore, together with RRI Bogor and Bogor city administration wanted to per­form the best in this International Keroncong Festival. Although the municipal government officials were busy celebrating the city’s an­niversary, but still spent their time to attend the first event ever in Bogor. Head of Tourism has been present since the morning, then in the afternoon, Deputy Mayor came and even took time to sing 2 songs. It is proof that keroncong also still able to attract the attention of many parties, “said Suyitno who also leads OK Kemala Puspita.

The event was held not only to commemorate and enliven the anniversary of Bogor city, but also wanted to give the op­portunity to the keroncong art­ist to show their performance. The keroncong activists from Sin­gapore such as Mr. Basir Suparti, Mr. Abdul Malek, and Mrs. Siti Aishah were happy to participate, especially Basir, who had been in­volved in music for a long time.

Deputy Mayor of Bogor, Usmar Hariman who was present that day, in addition to give an appreciation of the event, he also had to sing two songs accompanied by OK Kemala Puspita. On that occasion, Hariman said that the presence of guests from Singapore and from various regions in Indonesia to Bo­gor, had the important meaning for the promotion of Bogor in some ar­eas even to other countries.

The Festival closed at 9 pm with the performance of youth and culture leaders of Bogor