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Boediono promises to develop local culture
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sun, 06/14/2009 4:45 PM | Presidential Election
Vice presidential candidate Boediono has pledged that he and presidential hopeful Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) will develop concrete programs to encourage local culture and arts, kompas.com has reported.During a campaign rally in Magelang, Central Java on Sunday, Boediono said globalization must not discourage the Indonesian people from creating new art.
He believed Indonesian people had the creativity, based on a free, dynamic and unbounded soul, to take on globalization.
During the two-hour event, Boediono watched performances from 14 groups of artists organized by the Mendut Studio.
Politician Eros Djarot and top writers Goenawan Muhammad and Ayu Utami attended the event. (ewd)
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