Jakarta (Antara Bali) - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recognized knotted or woven bag "Noken" by the people of Indonesia's eastern-most provinces of Papua and West Papua, as an intangible cultural heritage.
"UNESCO's recognition will encourage us to protect and promote Noken as a cultural heritage belonging to more than 250 tribes in Papua Province and West Papua Province," Prof Wiendu Nuryanti, the deputy minister of education and culture, said here, Wednesday.
She stated the UN body's recognition is not the final goal of Indonesia, but it is the beginning for the nation to explore, protect and promote Noken as one of the country's cultural heritage objects.
Titus Pekei, the chairman of the Papua Ecology Institute and one of the initiators for the Noken nomination to UNESCO, expressed his happiness regarding the UNESCO's decision.
"Papua's women are certainly happy today," he said. Pekei and the education ministry prepared the research and study regarding the Noken in 2011 for the UNESCO nomination.
Indonesian Ambassador to UNESCO Carmadi Machbub hailed the inscription of Noken in the UNESCO cultural heritage list, following the achievements of wayang (leather puppet shadow), keris (traditional dagger), batik clothes, angklung (bamboo music instrument), and Aceh's Saman dance.
"We hope there will be more nominations of Indonesian cultural heritage objects and arts to UNESCO, because it will add the national achievements and at the same time strengthen the efforts to protect and preserve our cultural heritage for the next generations," he said.
The UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in its 7th session at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, on December 4, added elements from four countries to its List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent. (*/M038/T007)
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"UNESCO's recognition will encourage us to protect and promote Noken as a cultural heritage belonging to more than 250 tribes in Papua Province and West Papua Province," Prof Wiendu Nuryanti, the deputy minister of education and culture, said here, Wednesday.
She stated the UN body's recognition is not the final goal of Indonesia, but it is the beginning for the nation to explore, protect and promote Noken as one of the country's cultural heritage objects.
Titus Pekei, the chairman of the Papua Ecology Institute and one of the initiators for the Noken nomination to UNESCO, expressed his happiness regarding the UNESCO's decision.
"Papua's women are certainly happy today," he said. Pekei and the education ministry prepared the research and study regarding the Noken in 2011 for the UNESCO nomination.
Indonesian Ambassador to UNESCO Carmadi Machbub hailed the inscription of Noken in the UNESCO cultural heritage list, following the achievements of wayang (leather puppet shadow), keris (traditional dagger), batik clothes, angklung (bamboo music instrument), and Aceh's Saman dance.
"We hope there will be more nominations of Indonesian cultural heritage objects and arts to UNESCO, because it will add the national achievements and at the same time strengthen the efforts to protect and preserve our cultural heritage for the next generations," he said.
The UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in its 7th session at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, on December 4, added elements from four countries to its List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent. (*/M038/T007)
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