Int`l conference on Papua culture ends with several recommendations

Antara News, Friday, November 12, 2010 19:18 WIB

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA News) - An international conference on Papua`s cultural diversity in Indonesia`s cultural mosaic was concluded on Thursday with a number of recommendations.

Lake Sentani Festival

Participant from UNDP, Tuan Wisnu, who acted as deputy chairman of drafting team said here on Friday that a number of important recommendations were produced in the four-day conference that took place on November 8-11, 2010.

"The drafting team, made up of academics, researchers, experts, and some participants of the conference, formulated a number of important recommendations," Tuan Wisnu said.

He said the recommendations covered among others the importance to respect and fully support Papua provincial government`s effort to conduct a conference of Papua cultural diversity, to encourage the local government to facilitate and inventorize Papua culture, and to develop Papua cultural heritage through a research and documentation, to encourage the local people including youth and women participation in cultural preservation, and to encourage the central government to preserve Papua cultural diversity.

According to Tuan Wisnu, the recommendations were part of the drafting team`s cooperation during the four-day international conference on Papua cultural diversity.

"The recommendations are the result of the drafting team`s hard-work during the conference," Tuan Wisnu said, adding that the gathering was participated in by 80 foreign participants from various countries and 300 domestic participants with different background of specialties.

He said the participants were made up of academics and representatives from culture and tourism offices from Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, New Caledonia, and religious community of non government organizations in Papua.

The conference was organized by Papua Province in cooperation with Tourism and Culture Ministry, UNDP Indonesia, WWF, and UNESCO.

Aboriginal elder Max Eulo performs a 'Welcome to Country' ceremony
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