THE ENCHANTING INDONESIA

Good morning,
Your honorary judges, teachers, and my beloved friends.

First of all, let us thank God for this beautiful moment that we could be here together today.

I’m standing here to deliver you a speech about “THE ENCHANTING INDONESIA: DO
WE STILL CARE?”
(Sing some traditional songs)

As all of us know, Our beloved country, Indonesia, has a lot of cultures and languages. The
cultures consist of many different customs, dances, traditional clothes and houses, and many
more. The languages we have from Sabang to Merauke, according to research done by TIME
ASIA, are about 700 languages.

However, the same research shows that by 2015, many native languages in Indonesia have
disappeared. It’s just gone. Many traditional dancing have no longer existed. These parts of
Indonesian cultures seem to be vanished and gone.

Why is that happening?

Dear teachers and friends,

Based on researches, there are lots of reasons to answer the questions. But, the main reason
can be drawn is that a low concern of the Indonesian people, especially us, young people to
preserve our enchanting cultures. Let’s see the facts:

Young people prefer to do modern dances or K-pop dances.

Young people prefer to speak slang languages.
Young people prefer to spend their time with their gadgets.
Young people would spend their time in malls rather than visit the cultural museum.

For me, it’s a huge problem.

My teacher once told me that Indonesia has enchanted cultures and we, young people, have to
preserve our cultures.
So, another question comes up? What should we do? What do we have to do to preserve our
culture?

Well, we could do many things.

One of them is what we do today. Surya Bangsa school has given a true example of
preserving our cultures. Another thing, visiting cultural museum or tourism spots, like TMII,
would inspire us of how rich Indonesia is. Learning the dances is another one. And,
practicing our mother’s and father’s languages. Where are you from? Java? Sunda? Bali?
Batak? Kalimantan? Practice your native language.
Those things; the different languages, the different dances, the different cultures;
YES, the diversity! It shapes our country
YES, the diversity! It forms the strength of our country
YES, the diversity! It unites all of us….Who are we?

Finally, I would like to ask all of you:

Let us preserve our enchanted cultures!
Let us learn about our cultures!
Let us prove that young people like us can do the best for our beloved country,
WHO ARE WE?

Thank You.