Bali Spirit Festival 2009 - Ubud , Bali

Balispirit Festival takes place in Ubud, Bali, INDONESIA.

Bali spirit Festival is an annual international celebration of yoga, dance, and music in Ubud, Bali. Festival Co-Founders Meghan Pappenheim, I Made Gunarta and Robert Weber founded this Festival to showcase the unique creative talents of Bali and Indonesia, and bring conscious global creative artists and yogis to share and inspire positive change within our community.

Mission
A vibrant and uplifting international festival of yoga, dance and music which awakens and nourishes each individuals potential for positive change within our world.

Vision
Honour, respect and promote the power of the sacred arts of yoga, dance and music.
champion the collaborative power of marginalised creative communities, strive to strengthen the ecological health and harmonious vitality of Bali, and the cultural vibrancy of Indonesia.

Balispirit Festival 2009 (28 April - 3 May 2009) strives to further encourage the global spirit of learning and collaboration through a celebration of the world’s creative and spiritual diversity. Balinese and other Indonesian maestros will collaborate with their global counterparts in our 2009 comprehensive Festival workshop and performance program.

focusing efforts on Bhinneka Tunggal Ika Initiative for the 2009 Festival.

Bhinneka Tunggal Ika Initiative
Inspired by Indonesia's motto Unity in Diversity through the collaboration of artistic work and socio-cultural understandings between Indonesian youth and global creative artists / yogis.
For the 2009 Festival, outreach programs are based within the various local banjars surrounding Ubud, including explorations which will also be carried out within the university classrooms in Denpasar and Jakarta.
This initiative is created to embrace and celebrate the diversity of creative talent within our youth and unite them as one.
Focus for 2009 will be music with International artists connecting and collaborating with various youth groups, inspiring and creating music in the classroom.
The collaborations created are slated to be performed on Hari Cinta Keluarga (Free Family Day) Sunday, May 3rd at the Festival in Ubud.

1st annual Balispirit Festival (March 2008), was a 4 day Festival held on the sprawling grounds of Yayasan Purnati in Batuan. Participants comprised of international and domestic tourists, expatriates from Bali and Jakarta, and locals... interacting with Indonesian and internationally-known yoga teachers, dance masters, and world musicians through engaging workshops and brilliant performances. Our 2008 participants truly immersed themselves within the spirit of exploration and discovery.
More detail information : http://www.balispiritfestival.com