Dieng Culture Festival to be held in August 2024, with the theme Back to Journey

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Dieng Culture Festival (DCF) is an annual event held in the Dieng Plateau area in Indonesia. Every year, a lot of individuals eagerly await this event.

DCF displays local cultural arts and traditions performances with the natural charm of Dieng. DCF was first held in 2010 by the Dieng Pandawa Pokdarwis (Tourism Awareness Group) in collaboration with the government and various elements of society. DCF has become one of the most popular cultural festivals in Indonesia.

The Dieng Cultural Festival is usually held for three consecutive days and presents various interesting events, such as traditional arts and culture in the form of dance, music, shadow puppetry and ketoprak. One of the famous rituals at this festival is the Ruwatan Bocah Rambut Gimbal, which aims to cleanse children from bad luck.

DCF is not only an event to celebrate and promote Dieng culture, but also plays a role in developing the local economy and tourism. This festival provides an opportunity for craftsmen and MSMEs in Dieng to showcase their products. Visitors can enjoy various tourist activities such as trekking, camping and visiting natural tourist attractions in Dieng.

Dieng Culture Festival 2024

Reporting from Antara, the Dieng Pandawa Tourism Awareness Group (Pokdarwis), Banjarnegara Regency, Central Java, as the Dieng Culture Festival (DCF) Committee determined the schedule and location for the 2024 DCF XIV. This cultural festival event has entered its 17th edition. will be held on August 23-25.

"The timing of implementation of DCF XIV in 2024 has been agreed, that is, from August 23 to 25, but we are still fixing the schedule and location of its activities," said Chief Pokdarwis Dieng Pandawa Alif Faozi in Dieng Kulon village, Batur district, Banjarnegara, on Sunday, June 23, 2024.

According to him, his party is still designing a detailed schedule because the 2024 DCF XIV performance carries the theme "Back to Journey," which focuses on returning to cultural values.

Therefore, he continued, several music performances that are usually held in each series of DCF activities will be reduced.

"In several previous DCF performances there were two music programs, namely Jazz Above the Clouds and Harmoni Above the Clouds. In this DCF, perhaps Harmoni Atas Awan (Harmoni Above the Clouds) will be eliminated first, so there will only be Jazz Atas Awan (Jazz Above the Clouds)," he said.

Thus, according to him, the music event at DCF XIV 2024 will only be held for one night.

He also added that it is possible that Harmoni Atas Awan and Jazz Atas Awan performances will become separate events from DCF in the future, which is expected to increase the number of tourist visits to the Dieng Plateau.

2024 DCF Tickets and Locations

Last year, the 2023 Dieng Culture Festival was not held due to a national strategic project related to structuring the Dieng area. Currently, information regarding tickets has not been officially launched on official pages such as https://festivaldieng.id/ or https://diengpandawa.com/. At DCF 2022, tourists have to queue to get tickets with the lowest price of Rp750,000 including homestay.

The chairman of Pokdarwis confirmed that the location for the 2024 Dieng Culture Festival has not yet been confirmed because it is still being coordinated with the Directorate General of Culture of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbudristek).

For the latest information regarding the 2024 Dieng Culture Festival, you can monitor Instagram social media at @festival_dieng.

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