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*130 Indonesia has much kind of diversities. As an archipelago country, there
are a lot of cultures, languages, ethnic groups, beliefs, and so on. Although many
different cultures and so on, Indonesia still become united, like one of the slogan
which reads, “Bhineka Tunggal Ikaâ€. The slogan itself told the people, although
there’s a lot of a differences between the societies, they are still united. The
cultural diversities itself was created because there are many kind of tribes and
also ethnic groups in Indonesia. Not only because of the tribes and the ethnic
groups, but also because of the geographic condition in Indonesia which have
many islands that are separated. One of the heritages from Indonesia is the
culture, such as traditional dances. There’s lot of traditional dances and it depends
on which part on Indonesia is that or where is it came from. As the nation’s
cultural heritage, traditional dances could become the identity of Indonesia and
spread it through the international world. Traditional dances show the beautiful
moves and also there’s a story behind the dances. The art of the dance itself could
be the effective way to attract the international societies and reflect the
peculiarities of Indonesia as a great nation uphold the diversity and also shows the
value of the nation through friendship. This paper will analyze a program that is
called as Rumah Budaya Indonesia in Singapore. It involves cultural diplomacy
concept and also decision making-process as the instruments that is used to know
the reasons why Indonesia built Rumah Budaya Indonesia in Singapore. First, this
paper will explain the meaning of Indonesian cultures and why Indonesia needs to
protect it.
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