International Essay Contest by GOI Peace Foundation-UNESCO
Assalamualaikum, good morning! 😊 Pada bulan Juni lalu, penulis sempat mengikuti International Essay Contest yang diadakan oleh Goi Peace Foundation-UNESCO. Lomba ini bertemakan: "The Power of Culture to Create a Better Future". Lomba ini dapat diikuti oleh semua warga negara, kalau diliat dari temanya sih, cukup membingungkan ya bakal buat essay yang seperti apa. Tetapi karena dengan rasa keinginan yang besar, penulis coba deh buat ikutan, iseng-iseng juga buat mengisi waktu luang. Pengumuman pemenang akan diumumkan pada bulan November, seluruh peserta yg udah ngirimin essaynya berhak mendapat e-sertifikat. Ini adalah hasil essay penulis yang berjumlah sebanyak 600 kata, selamat membaca!
* INDONESIAN POWER *
Culture is a social heritage, each country has its own culture, where the culture would be identity (characteristic) of a country which can be proud to other countries. Culture also believed as the root of the founding of a nation. Outstanding cultural power will be the last defense when the onslaught of civilization and foreign culture keep attacking. The future of the culture is determined by youth because if young generation does not continue or preverse their own country culture, their countries will loss an identity.
Indonesia, just a little country if we compared with
other big countries, but do you know? Indonesia has more cultures than other
countries, do not be surprised, because
Indonesia is the biggest archipelago in
the world, which has about 17.506
islands and on
every island has
their own culture.
Many uniqueness from Indonesian culture to attract people of the world to learn
it more deeply. ‘Uniqueness’ in here start from the vernaculars, habits,
traditions, religion, arts, foods, musical instruments, traditional clothes,
traditional house, sculpture and many else you can find in Indonesia.
Indonesia has many cultures that have
go international, Batik for the example, batik is both an
art and a craft which made in Java, Indonesia. Batik become more popular and
well known in the West as a wonderfully creative medium. The art of decorating
cloth in this way, using wax and dye which will be developed with youth
creative hands become a pattern, and this has been practised for centuries. In
Java, Indonesia, batik is part of an ancient tradition, and some of the finest
batik cloth in the world is still made there. Batik is made with different
designs, start from the simple to difficult. Altought it has more than thousand
designs, particular designs have traditionally been associated with traditional
festivals and specific religious ceremonies. Indonesian batik has also been
recognized by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).
Indonesian batik has been get certificate “Best Practice” from UNESCO, it is a reward for
competence and seriousness Indonesian batik community in preserving the nation's cultural Indonesian batik through education and training to students in school. But more importantly, Indonesia could gain world recognition of
the existence of art and culture of
Indonesia's natural wealth of national identity.
Not only from the art, Indonesia also
has a culture in speaking, Indonesian
people
will usually
be polite,
friendly,
and uses
language that
does not
hurt other people,
this is because the
culture of
eastern
Indonesia, which
adheres
very
thick with
the politeness. Because
Indonesia
has many
local languages,
sometimes
they
use
their
own
local languages
that
are not necessarily good
response by
others, they
need a
national language that
is
Indonesian
language, where
there will be no
misunderstanding between
them. Indonesian
is the
third
hardest
language
in
Asia,
and the
fifteenth in the world. Currently
there are
45
states
that
there are
teaching
Indonesian languages,
such as
Australia,
America,
Canada,
Vietnam,
and
many other
countries. In
Australia,
Indonesian languages
became
the fourth
popular
language,
there are about
500
schools teaching
Indonesian languages.
In our discussion this time, I can
conclude that the culture of each country has its own advantages respectively, we
should not think it as a competition, we
should think it as a unity. If our culture is regarded
as a competition,
it will not create peace between us. If we keep this culture well
together without spoiling the naturalness, in the end our country will take a
step towards a better future, then we will feel a tremendous
advantage over our efforts so far because have been keeping culture.
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