INDONESIAN CULTURE

Indonesian Culture

Indonesian culture is the whole national culture, local culture, and culture of foreign origin that has existed in Indonesia before Indonesia's independence in 1945.
 
National culture

"The national culture which is based on Pancasila is the embodiment of creativity, work and intention of the Indonesian nation and the entire Indonesian efforts to develop human dignity as a nation, as well as directed to provide insight and meaning to national development in all areas of national life. Thus the National Development is a development that berbudaya.Departemen Education and Culture, Form, Meaning and Peak-Peak Lama Cultural and Community First for supporters, Semarang: P & K, 199 "

National culture in view of Ki Hajar Dewantara was "the tops of the regional culture". Quote this statement refers to understand the unity of the more established, so ketunggalikaan increasingly more pronounced than diversity. His form in the form of a unitary state, national economy, national laws, as well as the national language. The definition given by Koentjaraningrat can be seen from his statement: "distinctive and quality of any ethnic origin, the origin could identify themselves and cause a sense of pride, that national culture". This statement refers to the tops of the regional culture and the culture of ethnic groups that can cause a sense of pride for Indonesia if it appears to represent a common identity. Nunus Supriadi, "Local Culture and National Culture"Statements listed in the guidelines is the elaboration of the 1945 Article 32. Nowadays Indonesian cultural figures arguing the existence of regional culture and national culture related to the elimination of the three sentence explanation on article 32 and the emergence of a new paragraph. They questioned the possibility of a split by region culture if limitations on the national culture is not explained clearly.Prior to the amendment, the 1945 uses two terms to identify regional culture and national culture. Culture nations, cultures are old and there is as a genuine peaks in areas throughout Indonesia, while the national culture itself is understood as a cultural nation that already are in a position that has meaning for the people of Indonesia. In the national culture are the unifying element of Indonesia Banga were already aware and experienced spread nationally. In it there are elements of the national culture and foreign cultural elements, as well as the creation of new elements or the results of national invention.