Sandiaga Uno Wants Poem To Be More Known, Generating Tourism

Menparekraf Sandiaga Uno (Instagram Sandiuno)

JAKARTA - The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, wants poems to become a habit so that tourism and the creative economy will be increasingly recognized.

Sandiaga said that poems are a tradition that has often been carried out in events in regions in Indonesia.

"If you want a good voice, you have to practice your vocals, and you have to learn that is not fake. Ladies and gentlemen, let's preserve local cultural arts so that the potential of Tourism and Creative Economy, is increasingly recognized", Sandiaga said while chanting as quoted by Antara, Friday, April 2.

Sandiaga Uno encourages poems to continue to be echoed to preserve Indonesia's cultural heritage. Moreover, the homeland poem have been recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible cultural heritage.

“This just got it from UNESCO as an Intangible cultural heritage. I always say that if we use it, we use it every day, if our angklung has received an award. So we get this rhyme with an award that we have to use regularly so that it doesn't disappear from our culture”, he said.

Sandiaga also admitted that he would be consistent in inserting poems in every activity he did.

"Now, we receive an award that we must use regularly so that it does not disappear from our culture. That's why I made it a habit to convey poems", he said.

The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy emphasized that Sandiaga fully supported the steps of the library center which designed the national poem competition and would facilitate these activities.

"Incidentally, the library center also welcomed this invitation by holding a national rhyme competition. God willing, we at the Ministry of Tourism will help facilitate this national rhyme competition. We adapt it to local wisdom and poem are present in almost every region of Indonesia, "he continued.

Sandiaga also encouraged creative economy players to rise from the economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic with three jargon as their mainstay.

"I am sure that by moving fast (gercep), moving together (geber), and working on all the potential of the field (gaspol) we can bring about an awakening. This is one of the 5 super-priority destinations, namely Borobudur. We hope to become the locomotive of economic revival in Central Java and its surroundings", he said.