Makassar Mayor Danny Pomanto Launches The Use Of Traditional Clothes At School

Makassar Mayor Moh Ramdhan Pomanto announced the use of traditional clothes at schools on the 2023 National Education Day (Hardiknas) commemoration in the area.

"I declare that every 1st, every month we wear traditional clothes. This is also to preserve our culture," said Mayor of Makassar, who is familiarly called Danny Pomanto, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 2.

Danny Pomanto said the use of traditional clothes in each school was a cultural commitment of the Makassar City Government which was also included in the 18 education revolutions.

He has also set a Cultural Day to be celebrated every April 1, while on that day, all State Civil Apparatus (ASN) of the Makassar City Government and Laskar Pelangi (P3K) personnel are required to wear traditional clothing.

"Cultural Day in Makassar is always celebrated on April 1 and all city government employees, Laskar Pelangi and BUMD employees, must wear traditional clothes. Well, we also want to be at the school every 1st wearing traditional clothes," he said.

In addition, Danny Pomanto also launched a method of learning math easily, Fun, and Fun (Gasing) on the 2023 Hardiknas commemoration in the area.

"At the moment of the 2023 National Education Day, I also announced an application of the Gasing Learning method to 193,000 elementary and junior high school children in Makassar," he said.

Walkot Makassar hopes that the influence of the numerical or Gasing system on 193,000 elementary and junior high school children in Makassar will make students smart and proud.

"That's nothing but for us to find a way to express our intelligence. I have the hypothesis that Makassar children, whoever they are, are smart children, just how to find intelligence consciously in order to meet a good road for their lives," he said.