Sultan HB X: Effective Intangible Cultural Inheritance Through Family

Governor of the Special Region of Yogyakarta Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X (ANTARA/Luqman Hakim)

JAKARTA - The Governor of the Special Region of Yogyakarta Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X assessed that the inheritance of intangible culture is effective through the family in order to form a generation of personalities in harmony with the natural, social and cultural environment of the archipelago. there is a deviation that we don't want," said the Sultan while giving a speech at the 2021 DIY Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebration at Gedhong Pracimasana, Kepatihan Complex, Yogyakarta, as reported by Antara, Thursday, November 25. Intangible Cultural Heritage (WBTB) or living heritage, Sultan said, is the main source of human cultural diversity. According to him, the effort to maintain WBTB is a guarantee that creativity will continue. He said the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has established a convention that refers to aspects of cultural protection, including 2003 UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage."On the day Today, the 44 Intangible Cultural Heritage of DIY that have been handed over are part of the convention," said Sri Sultan.

For the protection and preservation of the world's cultural heritage, he said, Indonesia then ratified three UNESCO Conventions, namely the 1972 Convention on the Protection of the World Heritage and the 2003 Convention which includes the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, as well as the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. obliged to carry out various efforts in protecting the cultural heritage. "Today's cultural inheritance is a follow-up to the convention in the form of certification so that it is documented and readable by the next generation," said Sri Sultan. -The Koran which is currently stored in both the Yogyakarta Palace and Puro Pakualaman as WBTB in the domain of tradition and religious oral expression. In addition to giving WBTB certificates to Regents and Mayors throughout DIY, through the event, the Governor of DIY also launched the WBTB DIY Website. Culture Service DIY Dian Lakshmi Pratiwi said the total number of WBTB belonging to DIY which had been designated as a national WBTB until 2021 was 134 cultural works.