Kirab Api PON Papua Lewati 7 Kota

Pekan Olahraga Nasional (PON) XX digelar 2-13 Oktober 2021 mendatang. Kirab api PON Papua dijadwalkan akan melewati 7 kota selama 20 hari jelang pembukaan PON. 

Diawali dari sumber api abadi di kota Bintuni Kabupaten Teluk Bintuni Provinsi Papua Barat menuju 6 kota lainnya di Provinsi Papua yakni kota Biak Kabupaten Biak Numfor, Timika Kabupaten Mimika, Wamena Kabupaten Jayawijaya, kota Merauke Kabupaten Merauke, kemudian Kota Jayapura dan Sentani Kabupaten Jayapura.

Demikian disampaikan Wakil Ketua Bidang Upacara Pengurus Besar PON (PB PON) Papua, Moh Umar S. Reliubun, S.Sos, Senin (17/8/2020) di Jayapura.

“Api PON diambil dari Bintuni dan diarak melewati lima wilayah adat di Tanah Papua yakni Kabupaten Teluk Bintuni Provinsi Papua Barat mewakili wilayah adat Domberai, kemudian Biak Numfor mewakili Saireri, Timika mewakili Meepago, Merauk mewakili kemudia Kota Jayapura dan Kabupaten Jayapura mewakili wilayah adat Mamta,”jelas Umar.

Menurutnya, kirab PON XX Papua akan melibatkan TNI/Polri beserta mantan atlet-atlet Papua. Dan dimeriahkan dengan berbagai kegiatan seni budaya selama satu hingga dua hari kota-kota yang dilewati.

“Kirab api PON akan diisi juga dengan pesta budaya dari masyarakat adat di masing-masing kota dan pentas music seniman lokal,”kata Umar yang juga Sekretaris Komite Nasional Pemuda Indonesia (KNPI) Papua.

Dia menambahkan selain kirab api PON, terdapat sejumlah kegiatan yang menjadi tanggung jawab bidang Upacara PB PON dalam memeriahkan dan mensukseskan pagelaran PON Papua yakni pengibaran bendera kontingen 34 provinsi plus bendera merah putih, penyambutan kontingen PON, gala dinner serta pembukaan dan penutupan PON XX.

 “Khusus untuk makan malam dengan gubernur Papua berlangsung di gedung negara. Dan diisi dengan pentas seni perwakilan budaya se-Indonesia.”

Umar mengatakan pembukaan dan penutupan PON XX yang dipusatkan di stadion Papua Bangkit bakal diwarnai dengan berbagai atraksi seni. Dengan melibatkan 2000 orang untuk upacara, dan dihadiri 30 ribu orang.

”Upacaranya melibatkan 2 dua ribu orang dan dihadiri 30 ribu orang. Upacara pembukaan dan penutupan melibatkan artis Papua yang ada di Papua dan nasional,”katanya.

Sebelumnya, Ketua Harian PB PON Papua, Yunus Wonda mengatakan seniman Papua akan dilibatkan dalam acara upacara pembukaan atau opening ceremony PON XX Papua tahun 2021.

Pada momen pembukaan akan diluncurkan lagu PON Papua hasil ciptaan seniman Papua. “Kita akan minta seniman Papua untuk menciptakan lagu PON XX dan akan diluncurkan di pembukaan PON nanti,” tandas Yunus Wonda.

The National Sports Week (PON) XX will be held 2-13 October 2021 next. The Torch Relay of National Sports Week Papua is scheduled to pass 7 cities for 20 days in the opening of the National Sports Week.

Starting from the eternal source of fire in the city of Bintuni Teluk Bintuni District West Papua province to 6 other cities in the Papua province, namely Biak city in Biak Numfor, Timika  in Mimika, Wamena in Jayawijaya,  Merauke then Jayapura and Sentani 

The Deputy Chairman of the Ceremonial field of The National Sports Week Committee Papua, Moh Umar S. Reliubun, S. Sos said, Monday (August 17, 2020) in Jayapura.

"The torch relay is taken from Bintuni and is parched through five indigenous areas in the land of Papua, the Bintuni Bay regency of West Papua province representing the customary territory of Domberai, then Biak Numfor representing Saireri, Timika representing Meepago, it represents that the city of Jayapura and Jayapura District represent Mamta customary territory," said Umar.

According to him, Carnival of the National Sports Week XX in Papua will involve the Army/police and former Papuan athletes. And enlivened with various cultural arts activities for one to two days in the towns were passed.

"The torch relay will be filled also with cultural festivities of indigenous peoples in each city and music performances of local artists," said Umar who was also the Secretary of the Papua National Committee for Indonesian Youth (KNPI).

He added that there are a number of activities that as the responsibility of the Ceremony Field of the National Sports Week Committee to enliven and make the Papua National Sports Week as success event, namely the raising of the flags of the 34 provinces contingent plus the red and white flag, welcoming the National Sports Week contingent, the National Sports Week dinner and the opening and closing of the National Sports Week XX.

"Special for dinner with the governor of Papua, it will take place in a state building which is filled with artistic performances of Indonesian culture representatives."

Umar said the opening and closing of the National Sports Week XX centered on Papua Bangkit stadium with various art attractions. By involving 2000 of people for the ceremony, and attended 30 thousand of people.

"The ceremony involved 2 two thousand people and was attended by 30 thousand people. The opening and closing ceremonies involve Papuan artists in Papua and the national, " he said.

Previously, the daily chairman of the National Sports Week Committee in Papua, Yunus Wonda said that Papua artists will be involved in the opening ceremony of the National Sports Week XX Papua in 2021.

In the opening moment, We will launch Papua songs for the National Sports Week event created by Papua artists. "We will ask the Papua artist to create the song for the National Sports Week XX and will be launched in the opening of the National Sports Week," said Yunus Wonda.