Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Traditional Indonesian arts recognized

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You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Traditional Indonesian arts recognized

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The Oral Tradition Association, in cooperation with the Culture and Tourism Ministry, will present the first ever awards for mastery of Indonesian traditional arts in January 2008.

The association announced the winners at a year-end report press conference on Friday. The awards, whose aim is to prevent the extinction of Indonesian traditional arts, go to 27 artists from all over the archipelago this year.

The association's chairwoman, Dr. Pudentia, said that in establishing the awards, the association had two main concerns. The first was what she called "the library on fire" theory which assumes that once a master artist dies, the cultural "encyclopedia" he represents is lost, too.

"This will happen if the country doesn't start intensively appreciating, documenting and disseminating information on the traditional arts mastered by a dwindling number of people," Pudentia said.

The second consideration is that the award should help preserve the traditional cultural environment that stimulates the artists.

"Because if that environment is drastically changed, it will be very difficult for them to carry on," she said.

The awards will be given to those considered to have mastered a particular art form as well as effectively worked to transfer expertise to the younger generation. Besides a trophy, the winners will receive a monthly honorarium of Rp 1 million (US$106.3).

The 27 award recipients were selected from 45 candidates by a panel of judges. The main criteria for "mastery" is 20 years of experience in the field and being at least 50 years of age.

The panel of judges comprised of Dr. Mukhlis Paeni, Muji Sutrisno, N. Riantiarno, Dr. Achadiati, Prof. Sardono W. Kusumo, Prof. Sapardi Djoko Damono, Prof. Ida Sundari Husein, Titi Said and Dr. Pudentia.

One of the judges who is also the Director General for Art, Culture and Film Affairs of the Culture and Tourism Ministry, Dr. Mukhlis Paeni, said the government also planned to file information on traditional arts, including master artists, with the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights at the Justice and Human Rights Ministry.

"In order to do that, besides visiting the master artists in each province, the government is also recording their performances and making an inventory of Indonesia's traditional arts." (uwi)