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Preserving language, strengthening literature, and realizing talents together with Pekan Sastra of 2024
Indonesian Literature Student Association (Himasindo) is a set under the auspices of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Udayana University. This year, Himasindo again held its annual work program called Pekan Sastra. The Pekan Sastra held by Himasindo is a work program that aims to commemorate the day of the death of Chairil Anwar, poet and writer pioneer of the ‘45 generation.
This year's Pekan Sastra took place within one month, starting from the first activity, namely the participant's technical meeting held on April 5, 2024, until the peak event held on May 4, 2024. The theme that was carried by this year's Pekan Sastra was "Lansara "Which is an acronym for" preserving the language, strengthening literature, realizing talent ". Considering that Pekan Sastra is a competition that opens general-level registration throughout Indonesia, this event is carried out hybrid, namely luring and online. Luring activities were carried out at the Widya Sabha Mandala Auditorium, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Udayana University, while online activities were carried out via Zoom Meeting.
Competitions of Pekan Sastra 2024
The types of competitions organized by the Pekan Sastra of 2024 include the National General Poetry Copyright Competition, the National General Short Story Copyright Competition, and the High School/Vocational School Monologue Competition to the University. The registration period began on March 6 to March 3024. 75 participants registered, consisting of 36 participants in the Poetry Copyright Competition, 31 participants in the Short Story Copyright Competition, and 8 monologue competition participants.
National opening and webinar
Greetings from the Coordinator of the Indonesian Literature Study Program
The opening of the Pekan Sastra 2024 was held on Thursday, March 28, 2024, as well as the implementation of the national webinar online via the Zoom Meeting. In the opening ceremony, there were several events, such as the report of the Chair of the Committee, remarks by the Chairperson of the 2024 Indonesian Literature Student Association, the Coordinator of the Indonesian Literature Study Program, and the Deputy Dean I of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, as well as opening the Pekan Sastra 2024 event.
This year's national webinar carries the theme "Reading (-Repeating) Literature involved" which was attended by approximately 134 participants and presents two competent speakers in the field of literature. The first speaker was Okky Madasari, PhD., A writer, sociologist, and famous writer. He brought material entitled "The Sprouting Not Certainly Gold". Followed by the second speaker, Dr. Cahyaningrum Dewojati, M. Hum., Lecturer of Indonesian Language and Literature Study Program, FIB UGM. He brought material entitled "If the Voice of the People is no longer heard, literature against words".
The Chairperson of the Pekan Sastra 2024, Sastya Himawari, expressed his views related to the importance of raising the theme of the literary webinar that was involved, "Because, in the current era, many forget literature, especially in Indonesia. Even literature is no longer considered important, even though literature is one of the cultures that must be preserved. Even during yesterday's election campaign, no one discussed literature. Literary works such as goods were present but lay just like that between devices, statistical data, political news, and other calculative items that were more convincing for modern society. Literature is a kind of loss of power to convince the public that he is truly able to present the core of life that is usually escaped from observation. Of course, this is not intended to nullify the existence of literary works, but it seems that the Indonesian literature landscape is currently on the periphery of determining our social life. "
Competition Series
On Friday, April 5, 2024, the technical meeting of participants in the 2024 Literature Week competition was online via the Zoom Meeting. In this technical meeting, the guidelines were presented for each race, and the period of collecting works was scheduled for 5 to 19 April 2024, then continued with the assessment period by the jury. In each race, there are three judges. The poetry creation competition judges are Wayan Udiana, Wayan Jengki Sunarta, and Eirenne Pridari Sinsya Dewi. The jury of the short story creation competition is Maria Matildis Banda, Made Adnyana Ole, and I Putu Agus Phebi Rosadi. The monologue competition judges are Muhammad Bayu Lesmana, Kurniawan Adiptra, and Ni Luh Putu Wulan Dewi Saraswati.
Monday, April 29, 2024 feedback from the jury has taken place to the competition participants online via the Zoom Meeting. On the same day, the announcement of the winner of the Poetry Copyright and Short Story Creative Competition was shared through the Instagram upload of @pekan_sastra account. The first winner of the short story creation competition was won by Feyyu Nuril IZMI with the title "Paras Gempal", second place was won by Gusti Agung Ayu Putu Tama Suastini with the title Short Story "Asa Healing Wounds", Champion III was won by Anissa Khoirul Rizqi with the title "Batu". Then, the Champion of Hope I Cipta Short Story was won by Cevina Rahayu with the title of the short story "Enigma Raga Unsiwah", Champion II was won by Harun Al Rasyid with the title Short Story "Menongkah Space Board at the Ujung Chinese New Year", and Champion III was won by Reza Ramadhan with the title of the short story "Fisherman One Leled".
It was also announced the first winner of the poetry copyright competition won by Intan Tri Nur Indahsari with the title of the Poetry "Painting the State's Face", second place was won by Muhammad Iqbal Khoironnahya with the title "Ancient Fear and Bad Weather in the Sky Mata", Champion III was won by Narendra Brahmantyo K.R. with the title of the poem "Amsal Kusir for Delman". The Champion of Hope I was won by Reza Ramadhan with the title of the Poet "Fort Marlborough History".
Final Monologue Competition and Event
This year, the highlight of the event was held in conjunction with the final monologue held on Saturday, May 4, 2024, starting at 13.00 WITA, which took place at the Widya Sabha Mandala Auditorium, Faculty of Cultural Sciences. The final monologue began by displaying five finalists who managed to qualify for the preliminary round.
After the end of the final monologue, continued with feedback from the jury and champion announcement. The first winner was won by I Gede Ananda Prama Abimanyu, the second place was won by Nabila Zahwa Hindarto, and the third place was won by Rahmadaniyah Aliyyawaley. The hope champion was won by I Gede Pranata Wiguna and the second winner was Nashirah.
Closing of the Pekan Sastra 2024 was marked by the beating of the gong
After the announcement of the winner, the event continued with the closing of the Pekan Sastra 2024 and the awarding of the winner of the competition. The series of events carried out in the form of reports of the Chair of the Committee, remarks by the Chairperson of the 2024 Indonesian Literature Student Association, the Coordinator of the Indonesian Literature Study Program Coordinator, and the Deputy Dean III of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, as well as closing the 2024 Literature Week .
The Submission of awards to the winners of the competition
Before the event ended there was a special performance from the Cakrawala Theater, namely the reading of poetry and musicalization of poetry. The event was then continued with an award session for the winner of the Poetry Copyright Competition, Cipta Short Story, and Monologist. After that, the event was closed with the appearance of the Band Goodzign and the delivery of the closing of the event by the MC. The highlight of the event took place very lively with each finalist bringing supporters, so that the atmosphere of competition and friendship felt very thick.
"Through this Pekan Sastra 2024, I hope the committee friends, friends of the competition, and others involved in the 2024 literary week can continue their talents in the work of literature so that literary works remain known in the community," said Sastya Himawari, Chairperson of the 2024 Literature Week.
This year's literary week ran smoothly and successfully with small obstacles that can certainly be resolved to be the color of the committee's journey to succeed in their annual work program. Congratulations to the winners, and hopefully the Pekan Sastra in the following year can run better than this year.
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES