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