UNY believes that cultural preservation efforts need to start at an early age. For this reason, UNY provides an opportunity for 30 young dalang (puppeteers) to compete in the Festival Dalang Cilik (Young Puppeteer Festival) UNY 2024. The participants of this competition consisted of 15 elementary school students and 15 junior high school students. Interestingly, out of the 30 participants, there were 4 female dalang. The festival was held in the UNY-assisted village of Krapyak IX, Margoagung, Seyegan, Sleman.
"Thank you to the village administrators who have assisted UNY in encouraging synergy between Kraton, Campus, Village, and Office. UNY in its efforts to develop the village has designed 9 fields of development consisting of art, culinary, goat farming, tofu business, fisheries, sports, vegetable farming, poultry, and education. Hopefully, the various activities that we are doing and will do...