17. Indonesia Culture Must Start Guarded

Indonesia is a diverse country. A multicultural nation, many cultures that spread from west to east. National culture that characterizes as a particular nation. As citizens who live in Indonesia, now we should have to think that Indonesian culture has to begin to be kept. Why the Indonesian culture have to be mainteined? There are several factors that led to the Indonesian culture must be maintained. Among them, many people who do not know their own culture. Cultural diversity that exist in Indonesia, more causes people to lazy to find out even to know it. So no wonder if there are people who do not know about the Indonesian culture. In fact, they had a strange and wonder if they see Kecak dance or listen a Soleram song. Because never knew and did not ever want to know.

Not only that, globalizations or modernization that occurred in the world today has a major influence on the preservation of Indonesian culture. Through the modernization of culture with foreign culture can easily enter Indonesia. And it is not surprising, we can see clearly from several media, foreign cultures have penetrated widely into all corners of this country. Foreign cultures was more easily cultured than the original culture that already exists. For example just in the way they dress, we are more likely to follow the people out there for how to dress. With the entry of foreign culture and development to Indonesia to make local cultures eliminated. Not infrequently a lot of regional culture that no longer can be said to be raised or even disappear. Cultures of this region began to fade after the arrival of foreign cultures. Now a days, rarely we can see the puppet show directly or original Jaipong dance, because the dance Jaipong that we often see, already undergone many changes.

Indonesia is also has the younger generation was more like a foreign culture. They lack love their culture, and some even consider it cheesy. It appears that the younger generations is now more stylish. They are more like freedom without limits rather than limits norm. Music they listen is not again gising, karismen or tanjidor but the music that they listen is house music or DJ music, R&B, Hip-hop, metal and others. They are no longer like Jaipong dance, Kecak, or Pendet but they like modern dance, break dance, and others.

Therefore, it is time for us as a people in Indonesia in general and as an educated young generation especially, should start thinking to keep our culture. Because the culture of Indonesia is typical of the Indonesian people who become pride of the nation of Indonesia. Communities and governments are central actors in the process of preservation of national culture.

We should keep Indonesian culture, and we preserve our culture together. Do not lose our own culture. Let us together keep the culture of Indonesia not to get buried and only the history our children and grandchildren in the years to come. Let us together keep it!