Monday, September 15, 2008

They're ours...!

Based on the personal experience of Desak Suarti, a silver craftman from Bali.

Once Suarti sell her silvers to one of the customer outside Indonesia. Dunno exactly the reason, but then this person tried to claim to the world that the silver design was his/hers. Well, if you're an Indonesia, remember the Sipadan-Ligitan Gate...? Batik Gate...? And probably hundred of another culture gates between Indonesia and other countries.

People from Bali try to ask the Government to pay attention to these kind of culture problems. In a similar way, one website was built to support this effort:

http://budaya-indonesia.org/

"Situs www.budaya-indonesia.org diperuntukkan bagi dan menjadi milik seluruh masyarakat Indonesia sebagai media untuk menggali, mengapresiasi, dan menjaga ketahanan kebudayaan tradisional Indonesia secara tidak tradisional (preserving traditional culture untraditionally). Diawali dengan berdirinya Perkumpulan Inisiatif Budaya Kepulauan Indonesia atau dalam bahasa Inggris disebut " Indonesian Archipelago Culture Initiatives" disingkat IACI, dan disusul oleh deklarasi yang akhirnya membentuk Forum Kebudayaan Indonesia."
"Kepada rekan-rekan sebangsa dan setanah air yang memiliki kepedulian (baik bantuan ide, tenaga maupun donasi) harap menghubungi IACI di email: office@budaya-indonesia.org."

"Jadi, jika temen-temen memiliki koleksi gambar, lagu atau video tentang budaya Indonesia, mohon upload ke situs Perpustakaan Digital Budaya Indonesia, dengan alamat http://budaya-indonesia.org."

1 comments:

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