Batik topic will particularly be consisted of in the module or curriculum of diplomatic education.
Jakarta – The diplomatic education curriculum will include batik as a subject as part of the Foreign Ministry’s ventures to strengthen and hone Indonesian batik diplomacy abroad, Vice Foreign Minister Mahendra Siregar specified.
” Batik topic will particularly be consisted of in the module or curriculum of diplomatic education,” he mentioned during a virtual workshop “Batik: Cultural Heritage and Creative Economic Property of Indonesia” held at the Foreign Ministry on Friday.
” That has become (our) commitment, and a group of the education and training center along with specialists are in the procedure of preparing it,” he noted.
The Foreign Ministry has, given that long, introduced batik in foreign countries. In 2008, Indonesia had actually released a project to rally assistance for the election for batik’s inscription into UNESCO’s Agent List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Mankind.
UNESCO officially declared batik as an intangible cultural heritage on October 2,2009 National Batik Day has been observed each year ever since.
In the run-up to the 11 th National Batik Day, the Foreign Ministry has actually been preparing numerous activities to magnify batik promo since batik is an important part of the Indonesian diplomacy.
” We would like to strengthen and hone an integrated promotion or marketing program. Although we have, up until now, performed promo programs, they are often incidental,” he mentioned.
” The ministry will likewise directly contribute to responding to the needs of Indonesian batik producers and artisans in the wake of the pandemic,” Siregar kept in mind.
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