Mission
Tunas Mekar, Inc. is a State of Colorado 501(c)(3) nonprofit, all-volunteer, community organization which has a mission to: learn, experience, and perform the cultural traditions and arts of Bali, Indonesia and offer community engagement through education.
The objectives established by Tunas Mekar as it relates to our mission include:
● to maintain a community ensemble which will learn and perform the arts of Bali
● to foster inclusive participation in the organization for people of all backgrounds and abilities
● to encourage social interactions modeled on those in Bali
● to demonstrate the value of tradition and culture as an outreach organization to the
community
● to collaborate with individuals and cultural organizations toward propagating the diversity of
the world’s arts and cultures
● to educate youth in Balinese arts
● to create and perform new art based on a knowledge of the traditional and new arts of Bali
● to foster reverence and respect for Balinese culture and tradition
● to enhance the spirit of community and to reciprocate the cultural ideals of Balinese artistic
idioms
● to participate in cultural exchanges through informal social gatherings and joint artistic
achievements.