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April 18 is adopted as World Heritage Day and ratified by 167 countries including Indonesiaduring the 22nd UNESCO General Conference. This year, the theme of the World Heritage Day is “Inheritance for Generations”. As a member of the World Heritage committee in 2015-2019, Indonesia participates in celebrating World Heritage Day by organizing exhibitions and talks on world Cultural Heritage themed "Sharing Stories, Sharing Knowledge".

Director of Heritage and Cultural Diplomacy, Directorate General of Culture, Ministry of Education and Culture, Nadjamuddin Ramly saidthis activity is taking place on April 16 to 20. At a press conference on Monday, April 16, Ramly express his will that the activity would develop communication and knowledge transfer between generations.

“Why do we commemorate the day of this world heritage, because it is important for us to show, we pass on to our children and grandchildren. This millennial generation will no longer have the pride of the past, if the world's cultural heritage is unprotected,” NadjamuddinRamly said.

Ramly further explained, Indonesia has 17 world heritages that have been set by UNESCO includingBorobudur andPrambanantemples, Sangiran and Subak ancient human sites. While 9 inherited cultural heritage such as batik, angklung, wayang, kris, saman dance, noken, batik making methodology, phinisi and 3 genres of Balinese dance. Besides, there are several natural cultural heritage including Ujung Kulon National Park, Komodo National Park, Lorentz National Park and Tropical Rain Forest Heritage in Sumatra. In 2017, Indonesia has 594 intangible cultural heritages. In the future, Indonesia will propose Old Town and coal mining system, Ombilin Sawah Lunto as the world heritage. (VOI/SEKAR//trans Sekar/DP)