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Community artists, farmers from the area in the five mountain Magelang regency, Central Java, the Festival will Gunung Lima (FLG) to 8-year 2009 in the area of Mount Andong.

"This is our eighth year the festival wheels independently," said General Chairman of the FLG in 2009, Riyadi, in Jakarta, Saturday.

He said, FLG will take place in the area of Mount Andong, in Hamlet Mantran Wetan, Girirejo Village, Ngablak District, Magelang District on 26 July 2009.

Thousands of artists, farmers came from the five mountains that encircle the Merapi, Magelang, Merbabu, Andong, Sumbing, and Mountain Menoreh presenting various works of art both traditional, contemporary and collaboration.

"The work of art, it's arts, cultural and various cities of the states will have to do is present good showing and watching," he said.

Activities that, he said, as a peak at an annual cultural artists of farmers who joined the Community in Lima Gunung, Magelang.

He mentions, as the area of Mount Andong FLG location in 2009 as the central point dipping reflection time. Similar festival in previous years has been held in the area of Mount Merbabu, Sumbing, and Merapi.

"After last year we berkiprah conserve and develop the tradition berkesenian in the daily life of farmers five mountain communities, the festival has become the most important, the reflection on the pace and variety of our work for this," he said.

FLG 2009, among others, presenting dance mask IRENG, soreng, kuda lumping, ndayakan, rodat, truntung music, reading poetry, the ritual procession, "performance art", and orasi culture.

"It is expected that the festival was able to bring in tourists both from within and abroad," he said