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Exhibition to showcase Indonesian cultural heritage for UNESCO list opened
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The exterior of Alila Purnama. Consisting of three decks, the ship is handcrafted in the traditional style of a 'phinisi' as used by the Bugis seafarers from South Sulawesi. (Alila Hotels/-)
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ndonesia is striving for the inclusion of the phinisi shipbuilding culture from South Sulawesi, pantun poetry and the pencak silat martial art on the UNESCO world cultural heritage list, an official has said.
In a bid to push for the inclusion of the three heritage items in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) list, the Education and Cultural Ministry opened a cultural exhibition in the ministry’s complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday. The exhibition will be open until April 28.
“God willing, the ‘phinisi’ will be deliberated in UNESCO’s meeting from Dec. 4 to Dec. 6 in Seoul this year,” said Nadjamuddin on Tuesday, while adding that he hoped for pantun to be included in the ICH on 2018 and pencak silat on 2019.
He said the ministry already submitted the dossiers of supporting documents for the three cultural heritage items to UNESCO.
From 2008 to 2015 seven Indonesian cultural heritage items were included in UNESCO’s ICH, including wayang puppetry, batik, keris ceremonial daggers, angklung (bamboo musical instruments), noken (Papuan traditional woven bags), three genres of traditional Bali dance as well as the traditional Saman dance from Aceh. (mrc)
