ADVOCACY OF RECORDS AND ARCHIVES FOR TOPENG BLANTEK AS INTAGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
the product is originated from. By the stipulation of Intangible Cultural heritage,
the cultural product will be protected legally.
The stipulation program of Intangible Cultural Heritage started with registration
of cultural product. The cultural product is not only registrated by government but
also by society. They simply have to fill out the registration form. The registered
cultural product is the one that can be proposed to be stipulated legally as Intangible
Cultural Heritage of Indonesia. The proposal for the stipulation program is given
through the Tourism and Culture Departement in every province by submitting the
stipulation form accompanied with supporting evidence showing that the intangible
cultural product is still exist and practiced by a community to third generation.
The supporting evidences are photograph, documentary film, academic study, book,
and manuscript disscussing the intangible cultural product. These supporting
evidences are record and archive as stated in the Act number 43 year 2009 about
archival activity.
One of the cultural product has stipulated to be the Intangible Cultural Heritage
of Indonesia is Topeng Blantek. Topeng Blantek is Betawi cultural product proposed
by government of DKI Jakarta. Today, although Topeng Blantek has been preserved
and inherited from generation to generation through sanggar (Topeng Blantek
community), it faced endangered condition for there are only two communities of
Topeng Blantek still remain in DKI Jakarta. Topeng Blantek consists of several
cultural products of Betawi such as traditional musical instrument, traditional dance,
martial art, and traditional theater. According to Bastian (2013), a complex cultural
community expression can be seen dynamically as a living archive where the many
events within the celebration constitute the numerous records comprising this
expression. Every part of Topeng Blantek performance reveals, expresses, and
represents the important aspects of collective identity of the Betawi people. Topeng
Blantek is an archive revealing, expressing, and representing the values of betawi
people.
Topeng Blantek has stipulated as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia
originated from DKI Jakarta Province in 2016. The proposal was supported by
academic study, photos, and videos about Topeng Blantek. Besides these inactive
records, there are some records created during the process of the proposal of Topeng
Blantek in the stipulation program, such as: invitation letter to submit cultural works;
registration form of Topeng Blantek; request letter for data completion; covering
letter for data completion; invitation letter for stipulation assembly; recommendation
for intangible cultural heritage of Indonesia 2016; decree of Minister of Education
and Culture about the stipulation of Intagible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia 2016;
certificate of Topeng Blantek as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia; and
notification letter of intangible cultural heritage of DKI Jakarta.
This study is intended to provide an understanding of how records and archives
are able to advocate Topeng Blantek to be stipulated as Intangible Cultural Heritage
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