National Culture

National culture is a culture which is recognized as a national identity. The definition of national culture according to MPR No.II 1998, namely:
"National culture based on Pancasila is the embodiment of creativity, work and wills of the people of Indonesia and is an overall effort to develop Indonesia's human dignity as a nation, and directed to provide insight and meaning to national development in all spheres of life of the nation. Thus the National Development is a development that berbudaya.Departemen Education and Culture, Being, Meaning, and Peak-Peak Old Culture and Society bai Original Pendukukungnya, Semarang: P & K, 199 "
national culture in the view of Ki Hajar Dewantara is "the peaks of the regional culture." Quote this statement refers to understand the unity of the established, so that more and more pronounced than ketunggalikaan diversity. Realization of the unitary state, national economy, national laws, as well as the national language. The definition given by Koentjaraningrat can be seen from peryataannya: "a distinctive and quality of any ethnic origin, the origin could identify themselves and create a sense of pride, that the national culture." This statement refers to the tops of regional culture and ethnic culture that can cause a sense of pride for Indonesia if it appears to represent the identity bersama.Nunus Supriadi, "Local Culture and National Culture"
The statement contained in these guidelines is a translation of the 1945 Constitution Article 32. Today the Indonesian cultural figures are questioning the existence of regional culture and national culture related to the abolition of three-sentence explanation on article 32 and the emergence of a new paragraph. They questioned the possibility of schism by the local culture if the restrictions on national culture is not explained clearly.
Before the amendment, the 1945 uses two terms to identify the regional culture and national culture. Culture peoples, cultures is long and contained as a genuine peaks in the regions throughout Indonesia, while the national culture itself is understood as a culture goose that was located at a position that has meaning for the whole nation of Indonesia. Within there are elements of a unifying national culture of Indonesia is already aware of Banga and menglami spread nationally. In it there are elements of culture and cultural elements of foreign nations, as well as elements of a new creation or invention of national results. Directorate of History and Values tradsional, Congress of Culture 1991: National Culture Now and the Future,