Wacana Kemenbud RI Listkan Warisan Budaya Lebih Banyak Ke UNESCO

Fadli Zon, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Indonesia expressed his hope for a list of more cultural heritages to UNESCO (Adelia/VOI)

JAKARTA - Indonesia with extraordinary cultural wealth continues to strive to preserve and introduce cultural heritage in the international arena.

In this context, the Minister of Culture, Fadli Zon, who is responsible for the preservation of cultural heritage, revealed his plan to register more Indonesian cultural heritage with UNESCO.

Fadli Zon emphasized the importance of international recognition of the cultural wealth owned by this country. For him, recording Indonesia's cultural heritage at UNESCO is not only a global recognition, but as an effort to protect and preserve this cultural heritage so that it can be enjoyed by future generations.

In addition, Fadli revealed that the government had recorded 272 additional cultural heritages, bringing the total to 2,213

This was revealed by Fadli Zon at the Ngopi Morning Insan Budaya event. Former member of the Indonesian House of Representatives admitted that this event brought together dozens of art and cultural actors in Indonesia to provide suggestions and complaints to the Ministry of Culture.

"This cultural wealth is a national treasury that we must strengthen and appreciate together," said Fadli Zon, when met at the Ministry of Education and Culture, Sudirman, Jakarta on Thursday, November 21, 2024.

"This is a big step to ensure that Indonesian culture is not only known in the country, but also in the world arena," he continued.

Not only once, Fadli Zon will often hold meetings for art and cultural actors in the future. In fact, Fadli Zon is interested in inviting comedians to the next event meeting.

"The point is we don't want anyone to be left behind, right, including later we will invite again from tradition, maybe from the comedians, stand up comedy, and from the other side," he added.

Fadli Zon said the newly established Ministry of Culture can be a forum for art and cultural actors and support cultural development in the country.

"We are a tool. This tool must be used so that our culture progresses. We want to move with the community, unite all elements to advance national culture," he said.

Fadli Zon highlighted cultural facilities that still need to be improved.

"We will see the physical conditions in the cultural parks or museums in the regions, it requires support for physical improvements," said Fadli Zon.

"Of course it's the touch, I saw it like yesterday's example I went to Jambi, actually only a few touches like that, improvements in the physical building of the roof structure and so on," he continued.

Fadli Zon hopes that various ideas and opinions from various art and cultural actors in this event can support cultural programs by 2025.

"We want to map out the potential for collaboration between communities, associations, and cultural actors. Together, we will strengthen the nation's culture." he added.