Budaya Betawi Layak sebagai Unsur Utama Pariwisata DKI Jakarta

Jakarta Culture Uses as Main Element of Indonesia Capital City

Reporter : Roni Said
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani


Budaya Betawi Layak sebagai Unsur Utama Pariwisata DKI Jakarta
Tari Yapong (Foto: istimewa)

Jakarta (B2B) - Lembaga Kebudayaan Betawi (LKB) sebagai unsur Badan Musyawarah (Bamus) Betawi merupakan lembaga pendamping resmi Pemerintah Provinsi (Pemprov) DKI Jakarta. Oleh sebab itu, LKB ingin budaya Betawi dijadikan unsur utama dalam setiap kegiatan pariwisata di ibu kota.

"Selain lembaga verifikasi semua sanggar Betawi, LKB juga meminta kepada Pemprov DKI agar budaya Betawi dijadikan unsur utama dalam setiap kegiatan pariwisata Jakarta," kata Ketua LKB Tatang Hidayat, Jumat (26/6).

Selain itu, kata Tatang, pengetahuan budaya Betawi juga harus dimasukkan ke dalam kurikulum sekolah SD hingga SMA. Hal itu dibahas dalam rapat kerja Badan Legislasi Daerah (Balegda) DPRD tentang Raperda Kepariwisataan Budaya Betawi.

"Selain itu, dalam Perda Budaya Betawi nanti, seni budaya Betawi harus masuk dalam pelajaran ekstrakurikuler," kata Hidayat seperti dilansir beritajakarta.com.

Jakarta (B2B) - The Betawi Cultural Organization as Betawi Consultative Body is an official escort agency of Jakarta Provincial Government. Therefore, the organization wants Betawi culture used as a main element in each tourism event in the capital city.

“As verification agency of all Betawi studios, Jakarta government was also asked to use Betawi culture as a main element in each tourism event,” Head of Betawi Cultural Organization, Tatang Hidayat said here on Friday (6/26).

Mr Hidayat added the knowledge of Betawi culture should also be attached in the school curriculum from elementary school until senior high school. It was discussed in the meeting of Legislative Council Agency  on the draft vylaws of Betawi Culture Tourism.

“In the meeting, the Betawi art and culture should be included in the extracurricular subject,” he said.