#cultural heritage

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Noken museum to be built in Papua

The Indonesian government is planning to build a museum dedicated to Papua`s woven bag, Noken, in Jayapura, the ...

Jakarta to have Betawi Culture Village ready by 2015: Governor

The Jakarta administration has set itself a target of completing the Setu Babakan Betawi Culture Village project in ...

Becak Must Be Indonesia`s Tourism Icon

The traditional vehicles of Indonesia, popularly known as "becaks", which are basically pedicabs or tricycles, are ...

Ketawanggede site in Malang stunted by McDonald`s

A historian and archaeologist from Malang University, Dwi Cahyono has claimed to have discovered the existence of ...

Indonesia to have navy museum: Official

The Education and Culture Ministry`s Director of Museum And Cultural Heritage Preservation, Surya Helmy, has stated ...

Govt issues regulation on logo of Indonesian batik

The government has issued a ministerial decree on the use of batikmark logo for Indonesian batik. "The ...

RI prepares three strategies to face Malaysia`s cultural claim

The Indonesian government is preparing short-, medium-, and long-term strategies to head off future claims by Malaysia ...

Indonesia ranks 39th in cultural heritage

Indonesia ranks 39th globally in terms of cultural heritage, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF), Minister of ...

Malaysia not to claim Tor-Tor dance as its own?

The Indonesian people have often been upset when Malaysia claims some aspects of their culture as its own, yet the ...

Indonesia govt should not be deluded by Malaysian statement

The Indonesian government and people should not be deluded by the Malaysian consul general`s statement on the ...

Registration of Tor-Tor dance cause for concern

The registration of Tor-Tor dance and Paluan Gandang Sambilan music as cultural heritage in Malaysia must be a cause ...

Indonesia seeks Malaysian clarification on tor-tor dance

Indonesia has asked for a written explanation from Malaysia regarding its claim over the traditional Tor-Tor dance and ...

ASEAN tourism growing, but risks still occur

The ASEAN Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2012 released recently at the Travel, Trade & Tourism Summit ...

Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand lead ASEAN in travel and tourism sector

Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand lead the ASEAN countries in the travel and tourism (T&T) sector, according to the ...

RI cultural diversity unparalleled

Indonesia`s cultural diversity remains unmatched in Southeast Asia and even in the world. With more than 500 ...