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Educational Fund
All support for instruction and performances, including costumes, transportation, and meals, are provided free to students. Çudamani depends on tours, the Summer Institute, and your donations to cover these expenses. Our goal for the Education Fund is $4,000 USD.
Gamelan Çudamani is dedicated to teaching gamelan and dance to children in the Pengosekan and Ubud areas. Organized as a Sanggar (or school), Çudamani has dance instructions in male and female styles and gamelan classes for boys and girls. A team of 10 senior artists form the key teaching team. They are paid as much as our budget can allow. We strive to increase their pay each year.
We raise funds from international touring, the Çudamani Summer Institute, the ACE program, and individual donations. The Foundation for World Arts has been a long term supporter of Çudamani.
The accomplishments of the teaching program are evidenced by the intergenerational presence of members at local temple ceremonies, family ceremonies, and arts festivals. At the forefront of promoting girls’ education and training, the Çudamani girls gamelan have been invited to perform twice in three years at the all-important Bali Arts Festival in Denpasar.
Gamelan Cudamani is dedicated to teaching gamelan and dance to children in the Pengosekan and Ubud area. Organized as a Sanggar (or school), Cudamani has dance instructions in male and female styles and gamelan classes for boys and girls. The groups are in great demand for local temple ceremonies, family ceremonies, and arts festivals. The Cudamani girls gamelan have been invited to perform twice in three years at the all-important Bali Arts Festival in Denpasar.
Cudamani founders have a concern for the artistic, recreational, and social life of village youth. There are very few organized activities for the children of Pengosekan and the forces of modernization and electronic media easily find children lost in fantasy worlds that are disconnected from the social fabric of Balinese life.
All instruction and support for performances, including costumes transportation, and meals are provided free by Cudamani. In any given year they teach about 75 youth ranging in age from 5-20 and have a faculty of ten. Funds to pay expenses and teachers are raised from the Cudamani Summer Institute, international tours by the senior group, and fundraising from individuals.
Please help us in support of this exceptional effort by making a tax deductible donation to the Foundation for World Arts. 100% of your donation goes to support this teaching program. Thank you for your consideration.