Indonesia Submits Three Intangible Cultural Heritage to UNESCO

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Culture Minister Fadli Zon has revealed that Indonesia will submit three cultural heritages as intangible cultural heritage to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in December 2024.

“In recent years, we have stepped up efforts to preserve culture. Through concrete programs, such as the submission of cultural heritage to UNESCO, and the closest is in December 2024,” Fadli Zon said while attending the Indonesian Cultural Heritage Appreciation (AWBI) 2024 event in Jakarta on Saturday night.

The three cultural heritage that will be submitted as the intangible cultural heritage of the world are the Reog Ponorogo, the Kolintang musical instrument as well as the kebaya clothing. The concrete step of submitting cultural heritage is one of the government's efforts to preserve, preserve and introduce Indonesia's cultural heritage to the world. Another goal is to retell the cultural footprint and introduce the sublime values embodied in the cultural heritage, for example the value of teaching togetherness, gotong royong and respect for diversity.

“It can be said that we are a very rich country, the most culturally rich in the whole world. I have said on numerous occasions, after traveling to many countries, there is no country whose cultural wealth is greater than Indonesia,” Fadli Zon said.

Fadli also mentioned that another effort made by the government is to create Law No. 5 of 2017 on the promotion of culture, which serves as a foundation for developing high cultural values, cultural diversity, strengthening the identity of the nation and strengthening unity and unity.

There is also Law No. 11 of 2010 on cultural reserves. Through the rules the government is committed to ensuring the preservation of the protection, development and sustainable use of cultural reserves as a national heritage that has an important value for national identity, education and culture.

On that occasion, Fadli hopes that through the government led by President Prabowo Subianto, Indonesian culture can be further developed, utilized and fostered in order to realize a politically sovereign, economically prosperous, and culturally personable society.

“This struggle is not enough just to stop at the hands of the government. The active involvement of the community, academics, arts practitioners, the younger generation is the main key to our success in safeguarding cultural heritage,” he said.

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