The Ministry of Culture has musical drama children 'Harmoni friends Kila'

Jakarta-the Ministry of Culture had a musical drama stage ‘Harmoni Friends of Kila-Steppping together to achieve ideals’ in the Great Theater, the Jakarta Arts Center for Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM). Keeping this musical drama is the highlight of a series of kila programs, as well as the announcement of the winner of the Kila (Kita Love Children’s Songs) 2025, both the Copyright category for children and a children’s song singing competition. The Minister of Culture, Fadli Zon, said Kila was a national movement aimed at reviving the spirit of creation and appearance of quality Indonesian children’s songs. Browse to continue the content “through the Kila program, the Ministry of Culture is committed to reliving children’s songs that are meaningful, education as well as to form the character of the country,” he said in a written statement on Tuesday (8/19/2025). The musical drama ‘Harmoni Friends Kila’ offers a story inspired by the Kila program itself. This musical drama presents a message about friendship, courage and mutual collaborative spirit of Indonesian young generation performed by music, dancing and the role of talented children from different regions in Indonesia. This stage became the room of the Indonesian children’s talent expression selected in previous years from the winner of the Kila singing competition and brought the children’s songs created by the winners of the Ciptalagu Kila competition. Furthermore, Fadli Zon hopes musical dramas can develop to an important trend in Indonesia. “Musical drama is not only entertaining, but also requires full abilities: singing, dancing, acting and solid teamwork. In the future, we are optimistic that more musical dramas will be born that lift Indonesian stories, including fairy tales and folklore,” he explained. In 2025, Kila picked up 1.023 participants, consisting of 253 children’s singing creation matches and 770 participants’ singing competitions. Through the selection and audition phase through the jury, it was decided to 15 nominations for the children’s songs and 50 nominations for the category of singing children. The musical drama performance “Harmoni Friends Kila” has become an important moment for the announcement of the winners of the two categories, including: The Children’s Song Copyright Competition category that establishes the best children’s songs: Sleep Enough by Andre Natalis Puttranto; Seven great habits by Damianus Arie Senjayanto; And wake up in the morning by Rhindra Suspa. The category of singing children’s songs determines Nyoman Bratasena Danapati of the Bali Province as Champion I, Kadek Divya Ishana Dwija Putri of the Bali Province as second place, Lissie Wilhelmina Kambu Sumule of Papua as third place, Daffa Pradika Bimantara of East -Java Province as the Champion of Hope; Annisa Faiha Adriana of the South Sumatra Province as the champion of Hope, and Beatricia Ashera of the South Sumatra Province as the champion of hope. Fadli Zon gave all participants, both the winners and all participants, appreciation. He conveyed the message that there were always winners in every competition. “Never give up. The competition should give birth to the winner, but the most important thing is to prepare for better in the future,” he ordered. At the end of his remarks, Fadli Zon emphasized that Kila was an important container to find and promote new Indonesian talents. “We all hope that through Kila we will continue to find Indonesian children who will become the cultural stars of the country,” he concluded. The Kila program has been carried out since 2020 and formed the network and database of the Creator and Observer of Children’s Songs from different regions in Indonesia and expanded through the children’s singing competition and the children’s songs competition. Apart from the number of children’s songwriters who increase by the new name each year, this program also increases the number of children’s songs made from every kila competition. The musical drama performance ‘Harmoni Friends Kila’ was directly seen by visitors consisting of high school students in Jakarta, Bekasi, Depok, Bandung, Pati, Yogyakarta, to Surabaya, with no less than 1,250 people. The event was also attended by the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Indonesia, Giring Ganesha Djumaryo; Inspector -General of the Ministry of Culture, Fryda Lucyana; Director -General of Development, Use and Cultural Development, Ahmad Mahendra; Expert staff of the Minister of Culture in the field of law and cultural policy, Masyitoh Annisa Ramadhani Alkatiri; Special staff of the Minister of Culture for Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations, Annisa Rengganis; Special staff of the Minister of Culture for Protocol and Households, Rachmanda Primayuda; Widyaprada Main expert -Directorate -General of Paud, Dikdas, Dikmen Ministry of Education and Center, Dr. Khamim, M.PD.; ranks of officials within the Ministry of Culture; and the jury of Kila 2025. (PRF/EGA)