Village of Arts Nitiprayan, the stage art community

Kampung Seni Nitiprayan, Nitiprayan art village, located in the village Ngestiharjo, Kasihan, Bantul regency. The origin of the name "art village" because most of its residents are artists. Even among artists Yogyakarta, there are anecdotal, "not yet called the artist if had never lived in the village Nitripayan".

Nitiprayan art village, stems from the idea Ong Hari Wahyu. He wants to make Nitiprayan village as a village polarization nuanced art, ranging from residents, neighborhoods, until the daily activities. Given the a long time ago, a lot of artists who live in Nitiprayan. Ong Hari Wahyu initiated the Nitiprayan village into an "stage art". First step by inviting the local residents and newcomers make some arts community.

These artists teach residents take advantage of existing goods as a medium of art, such as leaves or used goods. Through this independence, the Village of Arts Nitiprayan, it has its own peculiarities. With the independence of art infrastructure, ranging from the stage performances up to art tools, communities are able to work creatively and innovate, to capitalize on a variety of used goods around it, into a work of art and art equipment.

Various events such as arts festivals and cultural performances often held in this village. Nitiprayan art village is not only presenting the artists, who are really devotes itself to the arts, but also display artistic creativity of the residents, who previously very blind to art. Society is then directed and guided by the artists, so being part of an artistic community. This is the typical value of its own in the Village of Arts Nitiprayan, namely the residents actively involved in arts activities.

Nitripayan village still retains its traditional values to the present. Physical form of buildings, such as the traditional Javanese houses, mainly of type "limasan", or pyramid, with its variations. On social values, customs, mutual assistance, and a culture of mutual respect is still maintained, even able to beat the materialistic culture that is being developed at this time. The values of this tradition is able to give effect to the local culture. So that the work of community art, is an exploration and expression of social values.