ADVOCACY OF RECORDS AND ARCHIVES FOR TOPENG BLANTEK AS INTAGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

ADVOCACY OF RECORDS AND ARCHIVES FOR TOPENG BLANTEK AS INTAGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE 

Hikmah Irfaniah* and Ike Iswary Lawanda* 

4. FINDING 

4.1. Records and Archives of Topeng Blantek 

Records of Topeng Blantek had been created during the stipulation program and had created before and repurposed to support Topeng Blantek in the stipulation program. Below are the records of Topeng Blantek: 

• Invitation letter to submit cultural works. This letter created and sent by Ministry of Education and Culture to Tourism and Culture Department of DKI Jakarta in order to ask for stipulation form. 

• Registration form of Topeng Blantek. This form made by Hall of Preservation and Cultural Value of West Java for the registration program in 2011. It is repurposed by Tourism and Culture Department of DKI Jakarta in the stipulation program to submit Topeng Blantek as Intangible Cultural Heritage. 

• Request letter for data completion. This letter created and sent by Ministry of Education and Culture to Tourism and Culture Department of DKI Jakarta in order to ask for data completion. 

• Covering letter for data completion. This letter created and sent by Tourism and Culture Department of DKI Jakarta to Ministry of Education and Culture along with the academic study, video, and photographs about Topeng Blantek. 

• Invitation letter for stipulation assembly. This letter created and sent by Ministry of Education and Culture to invite Tourism and Culture Department of DKI Jakarta to the stipulation assembly. 

• Recommendation list of intangible cultural heritage. The list contains names of intangible cultural heritages resulted from the stipulation assembly. The list sent to the Minister of Education and Culture as a recommendation to be legitimated. 

• Decree of Minister Education and Culture. The Ministry of Education and Culture published the Decree of Minister Education and Culture about the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia in 2016. There are 51 intangible heritages including Topeng Blantek. 

• List of Intangible Cultural Heritage Nomination Lis of nomination is a list of Intangible Cultural Heritages that already have a set number. The number of Topeng Blantek as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia is 2016051. 

• Certificate of Topeng Blantek as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia Ceriticate of Topeng Blantek is published by The Ministry of Education