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Tantri,
the theme of
BALI ART FESTIVAL
The complete theme itself is "Tantriwakya
Amrddhyaken Kaprayatnan, Yama, Mitra, Jagadhita" or through the Tantri
theme, we increase our awareness, self-control, friendship and the weT-fare
of our country.
This is in accordance with the current
Indone-sian situation at this time that requires awareness, self-control
and friend-ship that can be threat-ened with disintegration.
Tantri is a famous piece of literature
about a young beautiful, wise and brilliant girl, the daughter of
Patih Banderswarya, the name of the minister of Petali King.
As the story begins, King of Petali named
Aeswaryadala suddenly had a strange behavior. Re desired a young beautiful
girl every night, and he was ashamed to tell his true feelings to Diah
Tantri.
After all the virgins were tasted and
the only one left was Diah Tantri, Patib Banderwasya be-gan to worry.
He told to his daugh-ter about his problem.
Surprisingly, Diah Tantri was willing to take her-self to the king.
Aeswaryadala was so cheerful that his
desire was fulfilled.
However, Diah Tantri cud not give herself
eas-ily, she told continous stories to the king about animal behavior that
contained moral guid-ance. Her purpose was to tease the king without being
recognized.
Finally the king real-ized his faults
and mar-ried Diah Tantri.
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