Borobudur Temple In The List Of Memory Of The World

News24xx.com - Borobudur temple is currently awaiting queue in the list of Memory of the World, after this historic temple of Indonesia is included in UNESCO World Heritage Site (World Heritage Site).

The appointment will take place from 27 October to 3 November.

The authenticity of the document on the restoration of the world's largest Buddhist temple in 1973-1983 became the benchmark of the Borobudur Temple's fame in the UNESCO World Memory list. But, Borobudur Temple still have to compete with 130 other important documents from various countries.

The restoration of the Temple in Central Java was first performed during the Dutch colonial era, 1907 to 1911. However, they had minimal archiving.

Only in the second period – undertaken with the government, full evidence such as photographs, maps and scale images were collected as important documents.

To date, four documents belonging to Indonesia are included in the UNESCO World Memory list, namely; I La Galigo, Negarakertagama, Babad Diponegoro, and the Asian-African Conference.

In addition to the restoration of Borobudur Temple, Panji Story document, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Aceh Tsunami have also been submitted to the UNESCO World Memory list.

Head of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Bambang Subiyanto, said that if four documents were submitted, the science contained in the document would contribute greatly to the preservation of other world heritage sites.

As many as 4 million tourists have visited Borobudur Temple last year, up 200 thousand from the previous year.**

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