Visiting The National Museum, Emperor Naruhito Admires The Diversity Of Indonesian Tribes And Culture

Japanese Emperor Hironomiya Naruhito and Queen Masako visited the National Museum, in Jakarta, Tuesday (20/6/2023). (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Japanese Emperor Hironomiya Naruhito with the Japanese Queen Masako visited the National Museum, in Jakarta, to explore the diversity of Indonesian ethnicity and culture. Amazing this long history of Indonesia," said Emperor Naruhito, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, June 20. Upon arrival at the National Museum, Emperor Naruhito and Queen Masako and their entourage from Japan consisting of approximately 50 people went straight to auditorium A. In auditorium A this, Emperor Naruhito and Queen Masako paid attention to the map of the Indonesian ethnicity which is very large while listening to an explanation of Indonesia's long history. The history of Indonesia was explained directly by the Director General of Culture of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) Hilmar Farid. We are happy that You are already interested in seeing Indonesia's diversity. The collection here (National Museum) reflects Indonesia's diversity, Hilmar said. Among other things, Hilmar explained about the early human civilization in Indonesia, the interactions and culture of the Indonesian people adjacent to the elements of water and the wave of Indonesian civilization from year to year influenced by countries such as India, China and Japan. Emperor Naruhito was very interested in Hilmar's explanation considering that the Emperor was amazed and surprised by Indonesia's variety in terms of culture, arts and others but still able to unite. After auditorium A, Emperor Naruhito and his entourage headed to the corner of the Museum where there were gamelan musical instruments before finally heading to the exhibition room of Building B Floor 4 with the theme of gold. In the room that stores gold objects from the Hindu-Buddha era, Emperor Naruhito and Queen Masako are very impressed with the various gold collections that are full of good carvings in the form of a Keris, musical instruments to a crown. Beautiful. Very beautiful and very well protected," said Queen Masako. After to the gold collection room, the group headed to the 3rd Floor, where the Tugu Inscription, Harinjing Inscription and Palepangan Inscription on water irrigation were exhibited in Jakarta. The Tugu inscription found in Koja, North Jakarta, in the 5th century AD because it tells about the excavation of the Candrabhaga river canal to drain water into the sea in order to overcome flooding in the area. Meanwhile, Harinjing inscription was found in Pare, Kediri, East Java in the 9th century AD which tells the story of Pastors in Wulangi who obtained sima rights or gifts for having created and maintained a water channel called Harinjing.Palapangan inscription found in Magelang, Central Java in the 10th century AD also talked about water management, namely efforts made to manage natural resources (A), especially water and very useful for irrigation facilities for rice fields as well as overcoming floods. It is known, it turns out that Emperor Naruhito is very interested in irrigation systems because it is in line with the irrigation system because it is in line with majoring when the Emperor studied first. Even seeing the Inscription of Tugu is one of its main goals in visiting the National Museum because in the past the Emperor had attended a workshop on irrigation systems and in the seminar it was mentioned about irrigation civilization through the Tugu Inscription.

Therefore, Emperor Naruhito's visit to Indonesia to meet President Joko Widodo is also a very valuable momentum for him because he can at the same time see the Tugu Inscription directly. "The collections visited by the Emperor, especially the Tugu Inscription, were determined directly by the Japanese side. The Emperor was very interested in the irrigation system because the Emperor used to study about it," said Head of the National Museum Ni Luh Putu Candra Dewi.