Banten Police Chief Lifts Golok As A Local Cultural Heritage Heritage

Banten Police Chief Inspector General Rudy Heriyanto opened the 'Banten International Seminar in the World Eye' to support the determination of a Banten machete into one of Indonesia's global heritages. Hopefully the realization of a synergy between the Police and the Banten machete conservation as the ancestral heritage of the Indonesian people who were justified, both regional, national and international," said the Banten Police Chief in his statement in Serang, Sunday, November 13.. The Banten is a region full of struggle history in supporting the independence efforts of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). The Banten community has one proof of the struggle of its ancestors by fighting against the invaders to seize independence using traditional weapons relics, he said. Traditional weapons are known in particular in the Banten area with a million heirlooms in the form of machetes. Because, machetes are weapons that have had high historical values since the era of the Sunda Kingdom or Padjadjaran and the era of the Banten Sultanate to the era of independence. Banten sword art trafficking has been tested at the Metallurgy Laboratory which includes elements of chemistry or material, iron and photo micro violence levels, which have how extraordinary adhiluung is the empunes or iron experts in the Banten region, "he said explaining. According to him, in the past Banten machetes were able to survive sustain excise for hundreds of years or perhaps thousands of years that could still be seen in the form of art roughness, either shape, kitchen, pamor, model, or other types of things that are visible to the eye. Banten machete shocks are assessed from two aspects, namely exotries and isotries, from exotries in the form of understanding that is more related to machete manufacturing techniques through the fitting process, beatings and folding of the mixed metal material of choice, thus becoming a form of machetes with a beautiful prestige.

Meanwhile, from the isoterial aspect, the understanding of machetes is more about individual experiences that are more mysterious in nature, which are quite enjoyed by themselves and become self-enrichment.The isoterial aspect is more deeply looking at things that are invisible which can usually only be seen by certain people or have certain advantages.As children of the nation, the sons and daughters of the mothers must participate in preserving the Banten machete, so that the grandchildren can know the history of the struggles of their beloved ancestors. "We advise the younger generation to participate in preserving the Banten machete," he said. Banten Police Public Relations Head Kombes Pol. Shinto Silitonga said the implementation of the Banten International Seminar in the World Eye, because there are two aspects of the machete as a local heirloom of Banten culture and it is a shared responsibility to be able to preserve, according to the intention of the Banten Police Chief. To preserve the local Banten Police Chief's intention of holding the Banten International Seminar in the World Eye, it aims to raise Banten's Golok as an Indonesian heritage which is also registered at UNESCO. "We will work together with other agencies to lift Banten's machete as a world heritage, and will attend seminars on December 16-17 from Nederlance Penaksilat Federacti, and hopefully the good intentions of the Banten Police Chief to preserve Banten's machetes can become a world recognition for Banten and Indonesia, "he said again.