Bulungan, 7 November 2023 — Bulungan Regency be appointed as the venue for FTBI for Bulungan Language, North Kalimantan Province year 2023. The Festival be held on 7 November 2023 at the Luminor Hotel, Tanjung Selor.
The Festival was officially opened by Ir. Syahrullah Mursalin, M.P. the Expert Staff of the Governor of North Kalimantan. It was attended by Sri Haryanti, S.E. representing the Agency of Language Development and Cultivation, Ministry of Education and Culture, Drs. Suparmin S., the Head of the Agency of Education and Culture of Bulungan Regency, Tamrin Toha, S.T., M.Sc. Head of the Agency of Education and Culture of Tarakan City, and Halimi Hadibrata, M.Pd. Head of the Regional Office for Language in East Kalimantan Province.
Participants in the 2023 FTBI for Bulungan Language were the young generation of elementary and junior high school students. The competition categories for elementary school students include Poetry, Fairy Tales, and Songs in Bulungan Language. Meanwhile, the competition categories for junior high school students were Speech, Pantun, and Stand-up Comedy in Bulungan Language competitions. There were 52 participants who came from Bulungan Regency and Tarakan City.
Sahabat Bahasa, let us preserve our regional languages.
Translated by Muhammad Erwin Darma.