NATIONAL CULTURE WEEK
The Spirit for New Normal
Titi Dj-
Nusantara’s Brilliant Spirit
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he world’s citizens are now working on various ways out to answer the question of how to restore the “new normal” life before the Covid-19 pandemic. Adaptation efforts are carried out in all aspects. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology through the Directorate General of Culture in 2021 again held the National Culture Week (PKN)
online as an adaptation to the life of the “new normal” in the midst of a pandemic. National Culture Week is present as a mandate of the 2018 Indonesian Cultural Congress to create an “inclusive interaction space for the promotion of culture.” National culture Week 2019 and 2020 raised the theme “Happy Indonesia Common Space”, while the theme of National Culture Week 2021 is “Brilliant Archipelago, Future Guide.” The theme was raised to answer the challenges of today’s life, especially in the field of meeting basic living needs: clothing, food, housing. By harnessing the rich potential of local culture, activities in National Culture Week are expected to be a sustainable solution to the problems of the world today.
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