International Panji Festival returns in October

Henri Nurcahyo, a Panji cultural activist from the East Java Art and Culture Community, poses at the Museum of Panji in Malang, East Java, in 2019. - JP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The International Panji Festival is set to return this year in October with preparations currently ongoing by the Education, Culture, Research and Technology Ministry and the East Java administration.

Similar to previous iterations, the festival will involve participants from Asean countries. Wardiman Djojonegoro, the festival’s programme director, said the festival would be held as an effort to preserve cultural heritage, as well as to tighten connections in the region.