Soloevent.id – You know that the Indonesian Umbrella Festival (FPI) will be held soon? Soloevent has news about it, here the list!

FPI will be held at the Garuda Mandala Prambanan Temple, on September 6-8, 2019. Get a colorful background for your picture and also to meet the professional craftsmen there.

Chief Executive of the Indonesian Umbrella Festival 2019 Heru Prasetya told Soloevent that the participants come from Klaten, Tasikmalaya, Kendal, Jogja, and Bali. There are also craftsmen from abroad, such as Thailand, Vietnam, China, Pakistan, and several Asian countries.

The Indonesian Umbrella Festival 2019 also collaborates with creative arts communities that explore their creativity through umbrellas. Among the Indonesian Knitting Community, Perca Nusantara, and many more.

Heru collab with them because he wants to educate the visitor about the archipelago’s cultural heritage, umbrellas (Payung).

FPI also featured by musical performances, dances, fashion shows, and others. “The Umbrella Festival is umbrella preservation and celebration as an archipelago culture through expressive creativity,” Heru explained on Wednesday (6/12/2019).

Here, it is also a place to revive the umbrella craft industry. Heru hopes that from this festival the umbrella craft industry can rise and regain its history.