The Traditional Art Games and Language Skills Workshop

Made Taro (the second person from the right) is a renowned Balinese storyteller or oral literary figure who has gained worldwide recognition. He travels the world sharing his expertise in storytelling in the Balinese language with Balinese literary content. To enhance the speaking skills of Balinese language educators, the Balinese Language Education program has also conducted workshops focusing on speaking skills, featuring storytelling expert Made Taro. In this context, educators need to improve their speaking abilities with storytelling techniques, which are highly specialized language skills. This is crucial because storytelling must maintain its respected position within the Balinese language.

As a result of the workshop, lecturers of The Balinese Study Program can improve their teaching strategies. One of them is the adaptation of Project-based learning into the Theather Course (attached is the course semester lesson plan). RPS_Theater.docx Moreover, this workshop also gives inspiration for the lecturer of Guideline in Writing Balinese Letters Course to add more teaching material to the semester lesson plan as attached. RPS_Manuscript Conservation

The following documentation shows one of the scenes in a drama performance staged on the open stage of the Language and Arts Faculty of Ganesha Education University is a product of a drama course that has received a touch through a workshop on traditional Balinese games by Mr. Made Taro.

By the end of the performance, the lecturers provided comments and feedback on the overall performance.

Apart from contributing to the development of learning patterns in drama courses, the workshop given by Mr. Made Taro also had an impact on expanding the scope of lecturers’ performance in the practical realm, such as involvement as judges in the Masatua Bali competition at PORSENIJAR Denpasar City, as follows:

Take a photo with the Masatua Bali competition participants after the winners’ announcement, together with one of the judges (first from the left, Mr. I Gde Nala Antara, Udayana University lecturer).

Mr. Made Taro, a Balinese language practitioner who has given workshops on traditional Balinese games at the Faculty of Language and Arts, Ganesha Education University, was also a judge at the Masatua (story telling) Bali competition and also took photos with the participants after the competition.

One of the participants in the Masatua Bali competition is performing on stage.

Award Certificate from the Denpasar City Education, Youth, and Sports Department as the 2023 Denpasar City Porsenijar implementer.

Apart from being a judge, the lecturer was also appointed as the coordinator of the Masatua Bali (Nyastra Bali) competition for the Denpasar City Duta Bali Arts Festival as follows:

The above us the decision letter from the Denpasar City Culture Service regarding the appointment of communities, coordinators, and supervisors for all branches of activities that the City of Denpasar will participate in in the 2023 Bali Arts Festival

Take a photo with two mentors as participants in the Masatua Bali competition, Bali Arts Festival, Denpasar City Ambassadors (Two in the middle), and another trainer from Penyuluh Bahasa Bali of Denpasar City (Right Corner, I Wayan Sukawidana).

Take a photo with one of the students who won the Masatua Bali Competition at the Bali Arts Festival.

As a continuation of the assignment at the 2023 Bali Arts Festival, at the 2024 Bali Arts Festival, the lecture is again appointed as coordinator of the Masatua Bali Competition for the Denpasar City Bali Arts Festival Ambassador as follows.

The above is the decision letter from the Denpasar City Culture Service regarding the appointment of communities, coordinators, and supervisors for all branches of activities that the City of Denpasar will participate in in the 2024 Bali Arts Festival.

In addition to the outcome of workshop participation as mentioned above, the lecturer getting more trust to become a judge for Balinese calligraphy Judge_Prasi.pdf, composed Prasi (Drawing on palm leaf) Judge Baligrafi.jpeg, a Balinese speech competition Judge_Balinese Speech.pdf.