JKPI is great to make Yogyakarta as the Culture Capital, the community is ready to welcome the new glory era

KABARJAWA – The Indonesian Pusaka City Network (JKPI) officially established a plan to make the city of Yogyakarta the capital of Indonesian culture.

JKPI states that the determination is a new momentum for the people of Yogyakarta to confirm productivity through a cultural ecosystem that has long been formed and maintained.

About JKPI

JKPI Executive Director, Nanang Asfarinal, revealed that JKPI was present as a forum for the preservation of heirlooms, cultural heritage, and historical sites spread across various regions in Indonesia.

Nanang said JKPI was established in 2008 with early members of only 11 regions, but currently JKPI has collected 75 members of the member.

“We appreciate the city of Yogyakarta who have prepared ourselves to the maximum as the host of the JKPI 2025 Rakernas. The following year the Rakernas will be held in Ternate,” Nanang said enthusiastically during a meeting in the Sadewa Room Yogyakarta City Hall on Wednesday (2/7/2025).

Yogyakarta as the Culture Capital

Nanang added that JKPI together with the Ministry of Culture had held an audience and discussion related to the establishment of Yogyakarta as the Culture Capital. He ensured that the launch of the cultural capital will take place in conjunction with the JKPI agenda series in August 2025.

“The launching of the Cultural Capital will aim to strengthen cultural preservation while elaborating the increase in cultural -based tourism potential,” he said.

Meanwhile Yogyakarta Mayor, Hasto Wardoyo, welcomed the plan with confidence. Hasto said Yogyakarta has a complete ecosystem and support system for the title of the Cultural Capital.

“Cultural potential in Yogyakarta has existed in existing. Many artists and cultural figures were born in this city. Here there are also universities that gave birth to professors and maestro of cultural arts since ancient times,” Hasto said with a trembling voice with the emotion.

Hasto stressed that the cultural ecosystem in Yogyakarta has produced something natural and extraordinary. He also highlighted the wealth of Yogyakarta as an invisible force but felt by anyone who had lived in this land.

“Everyone who has lived in Yogyakarta will go through an invisible process, but they can certainly feel it. The process forms our ways of thinking and personality. We grow in the midst of ecosystems that are rich in cultural complexity,” he explained with a gaze full of meaning.

Hasto asked the public to take advantage of the wealth of art, culture and history of Yogyakarta for productive activities. He invited all parties to think far ahead for the sustainability of Yogyakarta’s cultural glory.

“We must build buildings that are projected for decades in the next decades. The building will become a cultural site and heritage of the pride of this nation,” he said. (EF Linangkung)