The Mayor of Malang, Drs. H. Sutiaji in his speech read by the Head of the Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda) of Malang City, Dwi Rahayu, SH., M.Hum hopes that the Mbois 6 Festival can encourage creative economy actors to be more dynamic.
"The creative economy is the pulse of Malang City, especially since Malang has a world-class creative industry in the digital era," he said.
The same thing was conveyed by the Chairperson of Dekranasda Malang City, Hj. Widayati Sutiaji, S.Sos., MM at the Creative Talk which was held in a series of Grand Show Festival Mobis 6 are very proud of the work of Malang's creative economy actors.
“The human resources (HR) of Malang City are extraordinary. if God allows "We are able to optimize and have been recognized by the world. For example, craftworks of accessories, bags, and also fashion," said the graceful woman.
Widayati added that what is even more extraordinary is that the mbois nuance presented does not mean expensive and in fact many products are made from recycled materials, such as bags decorated with stove wicks and necklaces made from used cans that she is currently wearing.
"Unlimited creativity that provides multiple economic added value from Malang City's proud products," he said proudly.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Malang City Trade and Industry Office, Muhammad Sailendra, ST., MM, in his report, revealed that the holding of the Mbois Festival was a major activity to expose the creative industry in Malang City which had become creative landmark event national scale. "The Mbois Festival is a statement that we are a great and rich nation," he said.
The Mbois Festival consists of a number of series of activities, namely Creative Talk, Malang Mbois Pillow Festival 2021, Mbois Live Shopping, and Mbois Playlist. It is a streaming video compilation of works by musicians and artists of Malang City. All of them are held to accommodate the role and appreciation of creative people from 17 creative economy sub-sectors in Malang City.
"Alhamdulillah, the results of the Live Shopping sales of Malang City UMKM creations have been sold for Rp15 million. In just one and a half hours," added Sailendra in his report.
Visually, the Mbois 6 Festival elevates the symbol of the Gunung Sari mask from the play Panji Malangan combined with VR Glass as a symbol of the blend of culture and technology. Gunung Sari is one of the Javanese knight figures who is worthy of being a role model.
"This event explores this philosophy in the form of collaboration between the creative wealth of Malang and Indonesia to realize Advanced Indonesia," continued Sailendra.
The series of Mbois Festival 6 events can still be watched online via the Mbois Festival YouTube channel. (ndu/ram)[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column] [/et_pb_row] [/et_pb_section]
