Bukan Gunung 'Sembarangan,' Tim Ahli Proposkan Gunung Srobu Sebagai Cagar Budaya Milik Kota Jayapura

Photo archives - The Neolithic Site of Mount Srobu in the Yotefa Bay area, Abe Pantai Village, Jayapura City, Papua Province. (HO-Balai Archaeological Jayapura)

PAPUA - The Jayapura City Cultural Heritage Expert Team, Papua, will propose Mount Srobu in Abepura District to become a cultural heritage belonging to Jayapura City. Secretary of the Jayapura City Cultural Heritage Expert Team Grace Yoku said that his party would immediately hold a trial to propose to the local government to be used as a cultural heritage as evidenced by the Mayor's Decree (SK). "After the trial and proposal to the regional level, it remains only to be submitted to the national level," he said in Jayapura, Antara, Thursday, February 22. According to Yoku, based on research results from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) since 2014, Mount Srobu has many cultural objects so that there is a stone in the form of a human face. "So there are around 50 to 100 cultural objects within Mount Srobu so this must be preserved by establishing it as a cultural heritage," he said. He explained that Mount Srobu covering an area of more than two hectares with a height of around 98 meters above sea level surrounded by Kampung Nafri, Kampung Enggros and Kampung Tobati. He added that Mount Srobu is a great civilization in Papua that has occurred since pre-history so that it must be preserved and utilized, one of which is to establish it as a cultural heritage.

"So that it can provide benefits, especially to attract tourists who want to see Mount Srobu," he said.