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Indonesia is a big country consist of thousand of Islands. There are so many tribes and ethnics in Indonesia. this background gave birth to an extraordinary diverse culture and art. there are thousands, or maybe millions of cultural artifact stored in the motherland, starting from dance, ornaments, clothing motives, traditional musical instruments, folklore, musics and songs, unique foods and drinks, architecture products, etc. This is indeed a remarkable heritage that god has chosen to give to Indonesian people.

Currently, we live in the era of globalization, which is full of competitions. On this stage, innovation becomes the “fuel” of the economic growth of a country. The high rate of the competitions involving global economy forced us to always seeks for new innovations. the intensity of this competitions makes a huge change on the innovation basic from “technology based innovations’ into “creativity based innovations”. Traditional artifact, which in the beginning considered not valuable, becomes a highly valued thing. This is the reason that is used for thievery and claim from a certain country and the citizen of other country for stealing Indonesian Cultural Artifact.

Some of Indonesian culture and artifact which has been stolen, patented, or claimed by other country are:

No.  Arts/Culture and Region/Country Of Origin Country who claimed

1.   The Batik Clothes Midle Java/Indonesia                 Malaysia

2.   Old Manuscript Riau/Indonesia                                   Malaysia

3.  Old Manuscript West Sumatra/Indonesia                 Malaysia

4.   Old Manuscript South Sulawesi/Indonesia              Malaysia

5.   Old Manuscript Southeast Sulawesi/Indonesia      Malaysia

6.   Rasa Sayange Song Moluccas/Indonesia                  Malaysia

7.   Reog Dance Ponorogo/EastJava/Indonesia             Malaysia

8.   Soleram Song Riau/Indonesia                                        Malaysia

9.   Injit-Injit Semut Song from Jambi/Indonesia       Malaysia

10. Gamelan Instrument Java/Indonesia                    Malaysia

11. Kuda Lumping Dance East Java/Indonesia           Malaysia

12. The Piring Dance West Sumatra/Indonesia            Malaysia

13. Kakatua Song Moluccas/Maluku/Indonesia            Malaysia

14. Batik Parang Motives Jogjakarta/Indonesia         Malaysia

The Data described here can bee viewed more(including source/origin/exploiter/the method/and trick of stealing) at http://budaya-indonesia.org/iaci/Data_Klaim_Negara_Lain_Atas_Budaya_Indonesia

From the calculation done according to the data collected, it is known that 64% of the claim is conducted by the Malaysian government. the intensity of claim by this country to Indonesian Culture and artifact is astonishing. the rate of stealing is increasing from the past year and must be watch carefully.

Indonesian culture is a valuable heritage we must preserve and protect. there are several form of contribution and action that we can take to participate in reducing the stealing,patenting, or claim by another country. one of the action we can take is:

If you have any sort of information or thievery data, patenting, or claim by another country to the Indonesian Culture and Arts please notify immediately to http://budaya-indonesia.org/iaci/Klaim

If you have data(digital photograph, audio data or video data) on Indonesian Culture, please submit the data immediately  to the Perpustakaan Digital Budaya Indonesia, http://budaya-indonesia.org/ this effort is crucial in maintaining and protecting Indonesian Culture from stealing/patenting/and claim from another country.

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