#intangible cultural heritage

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Pencak silat festival held to nurture Indonesia's cultural heritage

The Betawi Traditional Pencak Silat Association (Astrabi) held the annual pencak silat martial arts festival bearing ...

Pontianak holds Benua Melayu Laut arts, cultural festival

The Pontianak city government, West Kalimantan Province, has organized the Malay arts and cultural festival ...

Wastraprema displays 138 rare woven fabrics at Jakarta Textile Museum

The Association of Indonesian Traditional Textile Admirers (Wastraprema) showcased 138 rare woven fabrics and other ...

Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore join Malay Festival in Batam, Riau Islands

Three neighboring countries, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, and Singapore, have confirmed their participation in the ...

Myriad ingenuities of the Asmat people

Everyone highlights the mastery of woodcarving among the Asmat People, a native of Papua, and it is believed that they ...

Lingao, hometown of Chinese folk arts, glitters on Culture and Natural Heritage Day

- June 11 witnessed China's "Culture and Natural Heritage Day". On that day, Lingao County, located in western Hainan ...

Hainan to host 160+ events to celebrate China's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day

- With the upcoming Cultural and Natural Heritage Day taking place on June 11, the southernmost province of China, ...

Preserve Tirta Empul Temple as cultural heritage: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) visited Tirta Empul Temple, Manukaya village, Gianyar district, Bali province, on ...

KSP's meeting to resolve UNESCO cultural heritage inclusion dispute

The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) held a coordination meeting to resolve the dispute between contending cultural ...

Reog Ponorogo: KSP to oversee intangible cultural heritage bid

The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) will oversee the process of proposing Reog Ponorogo art as Indonesia's ...

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Gotong royong: Indonesia's gift to global community

Indonesia has a host of unique cultural values, of which gotong royong, or collaboration, is a prime example. This ...

Minister plants jackfruit trees in Yogyakarta special forest

Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar and Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security ...

Gov't issues regulation to strengthen cultural heritage preservation

The government has bolstered efforts to preserve the country's cultural heritage by implementing Governmental ...

14 Jakarta buildings get cultural heritage status in 2020--2021

The Jakarta provincial authorities designated 14 buildings and places of interest in the province as cultural heritage ...

Gamelan an intangible cultural heritage: UNESCO committee

The 16th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of ...