Jakarta, Indonesia - Balinese dances and two other Indonesian cultural features have been proposed as UNESCO`s Best Practices in Indigenous Knowledge 2011 after Batik for that category in 2010. The proposal of Balinese dances, Papua`s Noken and the Beautiful Indonesia in Miniature Park (TMII) for inclusion in UNESCO`s Best Practices on... detail... »
Jakarta, Indonesia - UNESCO is set to officially list the Saman Dance from Aceh as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in November. “The Saman Dance will be announced as intangible world cultural heritage by UNESCO on November 19, 2011,” I Gde Pitana, Indonesian Culture and Tourism Ministry cultural and tourism resources agency hea... detail... »
Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia is to be involved in the assessment team of the sixth Inter-Governmental Committee for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO (IGC-ICH UNESCO) in Bali, Culture and Tourism Minister said here Monday (March 28). "As host for the event, Indonesia will be one of the adjudicators of the sixth IGC-... detail... »
Jakarta, Indonesia - The Wakatobi district government and local people have started various preparations for the region to host Sail Wakatobi-Belitung as part of Sail Indonesia 2011. For the success of the international marine event, the 50-kilometer Wangi-wangi ring road in Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi, will soon be asphalted before Pre... detail... »
Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia - The 2011 International Seminar on Malay Language Education, which ended Wednesday, passed seven resolutions in efforts to uphold the Malay language as the national language and the government's official language. Malaysian Malay Language Education Association (PPBMM) president Assoc Prof Dr Hashim Othman sai... detail... »
Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia is to be involved in the assessment team of the sixth Inter-Governmental Committee for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO (IGC-ICH UNESCO) in Bali, Culture and Tourism Minister said here Monday (March 28). "As host for the event, Indonesia will be one of the adjudicators of the sixth IGC-... detail... »
Jakarta, Indonesia - RI has registered three intangible cultural heritage sites, namely Balinese traditional dance, Noken handicraft and Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), at the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization, an official said here Monday. "The Minister of Culture and Tourism today registered the three... detail... »
Makassar, Indonesia - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization declared that Bugis’ original literary works named I Lagaligo as one of the Memory of the World (MOW) or world’s cultural heritage. Mukhlis Paeni, an Indonesian culture-bearer, said that MOW Award from the United Nations which charged education, scien... detail... »
Karachi, Pakistan - The Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Karachi participated in the "Cultural Evening", organized by Hamara Karachi Foundation recently at the Jehangir Kothari Parade, Clifton, Karachi. This event is one of the series of Hamara Karachi Festival which is annually organized by Hamara Karachi Foundation to... detail... »
Singapore - Singapore is providing an annual allocation of S$420,000 (RM1 million) to the Malay Language Learning and Promotion Committee over five years (S$2.1 million or RM5 million) to fund and support Malay language and literature activities, it was stated here. Minister of State, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Home Affairs, ... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Malaysians should stop the practice of speaking Bahasa Melayu mixed with English in their daily conversations as this would affect the usage and strength of the Malay language as the national language. However, using English words which were already accepted in the Bahasa Melayu vocabulary was not a problem, sai... detail... »
Jakarta, Indonesia - Literary groups and students kicked off a campaign on Saturday to save the world’s biggest archive of Indonesian literature from closing down as funding from the government dries up. The KoinSastra Movement is raising funds for the H.B. Jassin Documentation Center at the Taman Ismail Marzuki cultural complex in Ci... detail... »
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