Lake Toba Festival 2010

Lake Toba Festival will be held on October 20-24, 2010 which will come the planned opened by tourism minister. It takes the theme of the revival of Lake Toba. Various kinds of sports, cultural seminars, rallies, and election of best village tourism.
Pesta Danau Toba (Lake Toba Festival) is one of North Sumatra’s biggest tourism events, celebrating the conservation of environment, its community, traditional cultures, sports, and, above all, reminding people of how Lake Toba was once the source of pride for North Sumatera, indeed even the whole of Indonesia. This year, the committee of the festival is determined to do exactly that by collaborating with a variety of travel agents, hotels and airlines.Ceremonial events that feature celebrity artists from the capital city of Jakarta will also be reduced and replaced with local cultural performances. There will be events such as the festival of Gondang (traditional musical instrument), colossal Lake Toba welcoming dance, Batak Opera performances and unique cultural parades in each district around the lake.
Also, the Toba Tao Idol will make its cameo there. The Toba Tao Idol’s objective is to discover new talents, particularly from the surrounding communities. All contestants will sing Batak songs either solo, trio or group. The Toba Tao Idol Festival will be held at eight cities and regencies which are: Medan, Tebing Tinggi, Pematangsiantar, Simalungun, Tobasa, North Tapanuli, Humbang Hasundutan, West Pakpak and Dairi.
The theme of the resurrection of Lake Toba is intended to generate the awareness of the level of ecological damage to the lake area that is getting worse. Before the festival a “Clean the Lake” programme will be held. The committee is hopeful that the Environment Minister can directly inaugurate the opening of the programme to convey a strong message. The Lake Toba Festival is one of a series of initiatives supporting the Visit Indonesia Year 2010 campaign.