JAKARTA - The Ministry of Culture considers the importance of education, research, and academic-based activities important to maintain the values contained in the kris as the cultural heritage of the ancestors.
The Special Staff of the Minister of Culture for History and Cultural Heritage Protection, Basuki Teguh Yuwono, in Semarang, Friday, February 14, considered it important to have formal education on the culture of perkerisan.
He conveyed this at the opening of the National Heritage Exhibition "Keris re(imagined): New Breath of Ancestral Heritage" which took place at the Front One HK Semarang Hotel.
Currently, he said, the Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI) Surakarta has a Traditional Weapon Keris Study Program, as a vocational education department (S4) that has produced many graduates.
"There are many of these artists who have graduated from masters, even some who are doctors and so on. This is a device in building education for the younger generation so it's easier," he said, quoted by Antara.
He admitted that there are still many people who consider keris to be synonymous with klenik or mysticism, without seeing the whole cultural values contained in the actual keris.
"There needs to be how the information avoids the often-occurring bias, and also needs to be straightened out based on more scientific principles," he said.
According to him, the academic and scientific research apparatus is proportionally able to provide information more fully and not get stuck in an endless debate or a kusir debate.
"For example, understanding that kris is identical to klenik, musyrik, and so on. Of course we have to provide a more proportional device. How are these academic-based devices built well, research, and so on," he said.
Meanwhile, the Head of Cultural Protection, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy Agency of Central Java Eris Yunianto emphasized that what needs to be prioritized from the kris is its value.
"When (talking about the kitchen, ed.) the mattress is ulih, the wall crow is meaningful, it has a philosophy. Not to mention the prestige. It actually guides people in life and builds harmony," he said.
So far, he said, the process of regenerating keris lovers has been going well, for example, there are local loads in schools to special lectures on learning about traditional weapons.
"Of course this will also depend on how the capacity of existing resources is. Are the teacher friends one of the resources that are able to explain or transmit the kris as a cultural work entity that has extraordinary noble values or not?" he said.
In addition, Eris reminded that the strength of the community is also a major pillar that plays a role in transmitting cultural values to the younger generation.
"It must be remembered that the strength of transmission actually comes more from the community. This community is actually the main pillar that bridges between this preservation and the interests of the state," he said.
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