PDI-P politician Aria Bima responded positively to the Ministry of Culture's decision to set October 17 as a Cultural Day every year. The date was set to coincide with President Prabowo Subianto's birthday.
Aria Bima emphasized that he had no problem with determining the date and refused to associate Culture Day with Prabowo's birthday.
"Let's welcome the cultural day. I appreciate Mr. Fadli Zon. (But) don't be minimized, don't be too small, dwarfed by things related to the similarities with Pak Prabowo's birthday," said Aria Bima at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, July 14.
The deputy chairman of Commission II of the DPR believes that President Prabowo as a statesman does not want his birth day to be treated as a big momentum such as Cultural Day.
"Pak Prabowo is well aware of being a statesman, he doesn't want to talk about culture and then it is analogized to the day of his birth, I think so," he said.
Aria also appreciated the existence of Cultural Day which can direct the nation's attention not only to political and economic issues, but also to pride in the values of civilization.
"I think we have to be able to place the pride of the nation. This nation's civilization is something we have to make a value, core value, the development of our nation's nation's nation's nation's nation's nation and character. The nation's big nation because of its cultural belief factor is the nation's value," said the legislator from Central Java.
He gave an example of national songs such as Indonesia Raya, Halo Halo Bandung, and Maju Tak Gentar as symbols of culture that more stimulate the spirit of struggle than physical weapons.
"The song Indonesia Raya, Halo Halo Bandung, Maju Tak Gentar is more feared than pointed bamboo. That is what unites the spirit, the will for independence is culture, art," Aria added.
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Aria hopes that Culture Day can foster the pride of the Indonesian people towards the various civilizations inherited by the ancestors and national figures.
"And it is able to protect Western cultures, Arab cultures, foreign cultures that will make this nation uncharacterized and not proud of itself," he concluded.
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