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Mimika Updates Cultural Policy Blueprint to Protect Amungme and Kamoro Heritage

From Republika · () Indonesian

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  • Mimika Regency’s culture, tourism and creative-economy office is updating its Regional Cultural Development Principles as a basis for long-term cultural policy.
  • The process focuses on documenting the heritage of the Amungme people in the mountains and the Kamoro people on the coast, as well as the history of Kokonao.
  • Indigenous leaders, cultural figures and community members are helping identify cultural assets, challenges and policy recommendations.

Mimika Regency in Central Papua is updating its Regional Cultural Development Principles in an effort to protect the region’s diverse cultural heritage. The work involves the regency’s culture, tourism and creative-economy office.

Fransiskus Bokeyau, an expert adviser to the Mimika regent for community affairs and human resources, said the updated document would guide government policy. He described it as more than an administrative formality, calling it a roadmap for protecting, developing, using and nurturing local cultural wealth.

The results of the Regional Cultural Development Principles are not merely an administrative formality, but a roadmap that will guide us in protecting, developing, utilizing and nurturing our cultural wealth.

· Fransiskus BokeyauHe described the purpose of updating Mimika’s cultural policy document.

Mimika is home to two major Indigenous groups: the Amungme, who live in the mountainous areas, and the Kamoro, who live along the coast. Officials said modernization and the possible disappearance of ancestral values and traditions present growing challenges. The update will also document objects, stories and traditions connected to Kokonao, known as a center of early civilization in Mimika.

We need to inventory cultural advancement objects, identify the problems they face, and formulate concrete solutions and policy recommendations.

· Fransiskus BokeyauHe outlined the practical work required during the update.

The process includes traditional leaders, the Amungme Customary Community Institution, the Kamoro Customary Community Institution, cultural experts and other community members. They are expected to inventory cultural assets, identify problems and formulate concrete solutions and policy recommendations.

Daniel Orun, secretary of Mimika’s culture, tourism and creative-economy office and head of the organizing committee, said the update follows Indonesia’s 2017 Cultural Advancement Law and a 2023 ministerial regulation on preparing the document. Officials hope the finished blueprint will guide every local government agency in designing programs that advance culture and help make it a foundation for regional development, the creative economy and national identity.

Let us make culture the foundation of regional development. Let us show that Mimika is not only rich in natural resources, but also rich in culture and civilization that can drive the creative economy and strengthen the nation’s identity.

· Fransiskus BokeyauHe urged the region to use cultural heritage in development and creative-economy efforts.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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