JAKARTA - Indonesia is starting to prepare a stage for cultural diplomacy in China. The Minister of Culture (Menbud) of the Republic of Indonesia, Fadli Zon, reviewed the Song Art Museum in Beijing, Sunday, April 26, as one of the candidates for the location of the Indonesia-China Cultural Year 2027.
The cultural festival was prepared by the Indonesian Ministry of Culture together with the Indonesian Embassy in Beijing to commemorate 77 years of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and China.
This visit is a signal that the cooperation between the two countries is not only moving in the political and economic sectors. The cultural track is now also encouraged as an important instrument to strengthen relations between communities.
Fadli assessed that the increasingly intense relationship between Indonesia and China needed to be supported by a more open cultural dialogue. According to the Minister, the Indonesia-China Cultural Year 2027 is not enough to be a promotional event. The activity must open a meeting room for artists, curators, museums, cultural industry players, and the creative communities of the two countries.
"The Song Art Museum located in Shunyi District also has a public space and an area for developing derivative art products, so it is relevant to present a wider cultural experience and connect with the creative ecosystem," Fadli said in a written statement received in Jakarta, Monday, April 27.
The Indonesia-China Cultural Year 2027 will showcase Indonesia's cultural wealth in a wider format. Starting from cultural heritage, fine art, textiles, to contemporary works that show Indonesia's face as a multi-ethnic nation, rooted in a long civilization, but still open to changes in time.
During the visit, Fadli was accompanied by the Deputy Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the RRT, Irene M. Han, and the Director General of Diplomacy, Promotion, and Cultural Cooperation of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Indonesia, Endah Retnoastuti.
The government hopes that this agenda will expand Beijing's public appreciation of Indonesian culture. Furthermore, the forum is expected to open concrete collaboration between cultural institutions, museums, artists, curators, and the creative communities of both countries.
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