Niken Saptarini Widiyawati Zulkieflimansyah, head of the NTB Provincial Regional National Crafts Council (Dekranasda), conveyed the information during a coordination meeting on the international festival at the NTB Governor's Office in Mataram city on Tuesday.
"The enthusiasm is remarkable," she noted.
According to her, the festival will be attended by international designers from several ASEAN member countries, such as Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Brunei Darussalam.
"Meanwhile, the national designers will come from various regions across Indonesia," she said.
Head of the Industry Office of NTB Nuryanti informed that apart from the fashion exhibition, the 2023 LIMOFF will also serve as an opportunity to promote the province's other featured sectors, including tourism, handicrafts, cosmetics, and halal culinary items.
"We are pushing to package fashion, industrial, culinary, and cosmetics activities in a single event in order to promote the tourism sector of NTB," she said.
In addition to drawing international designers, the 2023 LIMOFF is also expected to attract representatives of craft councils from several regions of Indonesia, such as Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Palu (Central Sulawesi), North Kalimantan, North Sumatra, Bali, and Bengkulu.
"Meanwhile, the NTB Province will be represented by Dekranasda of the districts of West Lombok, East Lombok, Central Lombok, Bima, and Sumbawa, as well as Bima City," she informed.
The international fashion festival will also feature a number of additional activities, including a "Begawe Nyesek" event, during which an attempt will be made for breaking the national record for the highest number of weavers.
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