The National Sports Week (PON) XX will be held 2-13 October 2021 next. The Torch Relay of National Sports Week Papua is scheduled to pass 7 cities for 20 days in the opening of the National Sports Week.

Starting from the eternal source of fire in the city of Bintuni Teluk Bintuni District West Papua province to 6 other cities in the Papua province, namely Biak city in Biak Numfor, Timika  in Mimika, Wamena in Jayawijaya,  Merauke then Jayapura and Sentani 

The Deputy Chairman of the Ceremonial field of The National Sports Week Committee Papua, Moh Umar S. Reliubun, S. Sos said, Monday (August 17, 2020) in Jayapura.

"The torch relay is taken from Bintuni and is parched through five indigenous areas in the land of Papua, the Bintuni Bay regency of West Papua province representing the customary territory of Domberai, then Biak Numfor representing Saireri, Timika representing Meepago, it represents that the city of Jayapura and Jayapura District represent Mamta customary territory," said Umar.

According to him, Carnival of the National Sports Week XX in Papua will involve the Army/police and former Papuan athletes. And enlivened with various cultural arts activities for one to two days in the towns were passed.

"The torch relay will be filled also with cultural festivities of indigenous peoples in each city and music performances of local artists," said Umar who was also the Secretary of the Papua National Committee for Indonesian Youth (KNPI).

He added that there are a number of activities that as the responsibility of the Ceremony Field of the National Sports Week Committee to enliven and make the Papua National Sports Week as success event, namely the raising of the flags of the 34 provinces contingent plus the red and white flag, welcoming the National Sports Week contingent, the National Sports Week dinner and the opening and closing of the National Sports Week XX.

"Special for dinner with the governor of Papua, it will take place in a state building which is filled with artistic performances of Indonesian culture representatives."

Umar said the opening and closing of the National Sports Week XX centered on Papua Bangkit stadium with various art attractions. By involving 2000 of people for the ceremony, and attended 30 thousand of people.

"The ceremony involved 2 two thousand people and was attended by 30 thousand people. The opening and closing ceremonies involve Papuan artists in Papua and the national, " he said.

Previously, the daily chairman of the National Sports Week Committee in Papua, Yunus Wonda said that Papua artists will be involved in the opening ceremony of the National Sports Week XX Papua in 2021.

In the opening moment, We will launch Papua songs for the National Sports Week event created by Papua artists. "We will ask the Papua artist to create the song for the National Sports Week XX and will be launched in the opening of the National Sports Week," said Yunus Wonda.