Finally, batik from Indonesia got approval from UNESCO as a world culture heritage. Institutions of the United Nations (UN) in charge of cultural issues, UNESCO, has agreed batik as an intangible cultural heritage was produced by Indonesia. The success has been reported by the Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at a meeting at the presidential palace in Bogor, West Java, on Monday, September 7, 2009.
According to Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare, the inauguration of batik as a world intangible object of cultural heritage from UNESCO will be held at a series of events on September 28, 2009 to October 2, 2009 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Since 2008, the government has conducted field research and involved the community as well as batik experts in 19 provinces in Indonesia to nominate batik as a humanity intangible cultural heritage from UNESCO. Humanity intangible cultural heritage is one of three lists under 2003 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage for Humanity.
And, since 2003 Indonesian culture has been recognized by UNESCO with certification of puppet (wayang) as an intangible cultural heritage and keris as a world cultural heritage of Indonesia. Furthermore, the government has nominated angklung as a cultural heritage of Indonesia.
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