Fadli Zon Inaugurates Pugguraharjo Purbakala Park New Collection Building, Strengthens Prehistoric Research And Preservation

Minister of Culture Fadli Zon. (IST)

EAST LAMPUNG - Minister of Culture Fadli Zon inaugurated the New Collection Building in Purbakala Park Pugungraharjo, East Lampung, Friday, November 21. This facility is an important step in strengthening the protection and presentation of prehistoric artifacts from sites that store cultural residences from megalithic to bullying.

In his remarks, Fadli emphasized that this collection building is an important foundation for research and preservation of the long history of the southern region of Sumatra. Indonesia has extraordinary cultural wealth. The range of time is long, from millions to tens of thousands of years ago," he said.

Menbud Fadli also emphasized that environmental arrangements, archaeological excavations, and revitalization of site areas must be used by the public and become a joint work to maintain the cultural heritage of East Lampung.

Head of the Region VII Cultural Preservation Center, Iskandar Mulia Siregar, said that the revitalization of collection buildings is part of the protection, development, and utilization of cultural heritage in accordance with the mandate of the Cultural Advancement Law. This is the first step for sustainable preservation," he said.

The Deputy Governor of Lampung, Jihan Nurlela, assessed that this revitalization revives the value of each artifact and helps maintain the collective memory of the community. He also said that infrastructure development in Lampung continues to be accelerated to strengthen the leverage of the regional economy.

This new collection building allows the arrangement and presentation of archaeological findings with modern conservation standards, so that the public gets a more informative archaeological narrative.

The inauguration was also attended by the Director General of Cultural Protection and Culture Restu Gunawan Tradition, Deputy Regent of East Lampung Azwar Hadi, Chairman of the East Lampung DPRD Rida Rotul Aliah, as well as a number of traditional stakeholders and regional officials.

After the inauguration, Fadli visited the 33 hectare site area, seeing the swelled punden and the latest findings from archaeological excavations.