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Bali has thousands of dance. Indonesian government through ministry of culture and tourism proposes Balinese Dance Tradition to UNESCO that consists of 9 Balinese dances from 9 districts in Bali. I Wayan Dibia from Balinese Dance Community said the election of these 9 Balinese dances on the basis of uniqueness from each district in Bali. He was one of the team that make up Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO.

“We identified each of 9 regions, which is their benefit. After that we found the similarity of them. If two districts show same dance like mask dance, then we chose one which is the best and still gives characteristic of that region,” said Dibia at the time of signing Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO. Dibia gave example as Gambuh from Gianyar and Denpasar. Finally, Gambuh from Gianyar was chosen.

“We chose Gianyar because Seka in Gianyar is still active on it,” said him. Seka is an unique organization. Meanwhile, Dibia described Wayang Wong was chosen from Buleleng district because in other regions this art has become fade.

“In Buleleng, the art of Wayang Wong is still strong and really traditional,” he said. He added that many Seka have been visited by tourists, both international and domestic. They commonly doing show in Pura and touristic show. For example, Gambuh in Gianyar usually gives show twice a month.

The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Jero Wacik, has described that for registering 9 Balinese dance needs 9 districts. So, each district gave one dance. He said that it is hard to register all of Indonesian culture. If all Indonesian culture are registered, it would need hundreds of million rupiahs to spend. In addition, UNESCO limits the nominations of each country.

Balinese Traditional Dances were nominated in Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Noken or handy craft of Papua as a nomination of Urgent Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. While TMII (The miniature garden of Indonesia) as a nomination of Best Practices of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

“These nominations would be positive stimulation for Balinese dance community, especially which is still active,” said Dibia.

Source: Kompas.com | Monday, 28 March 2011