Indonesia is a rich country in culture, customs, and variety of languages. But now as the development and influence of the globalization era, the Indonesian people would love their own culture more and more faded. Today’s youth prefer foreign culture from the culture cents. Arts, traditional arts such as wayang, gamelan, angklung, and traditional dances increasingly less attractive and the fewer the number of young people who cultivate these arts.
Although the situation is very concern, but there are still many Indonesian people who care about the arts and culture. When neighboring Malaysia deliberately claimed several Indonesian culture as their culture, almost all Indonesian people to protest about it. This shows that the real nationalism and love for the people of Indonesia to the nation’s culture is still high. It’s just awareness and their willingness to preserve and maintain the culture of this nation is still lacking.
Therefore, we need a real and sustained action to raise public awareness of the importance of preserving and maintaining cultural heritage as a nation state of Indonesia.