Indonesia possesses a wealth of culture in the arts, including music, such as dangdut, a genre beloved by people across all social classes. While locals ...

Indonesia plans to nominate dangdut for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, aiming to take the iconic music global.

Indonesia's Culture Minister Fadli Zon has expressed his intention to register dangdut folk music as part of UNESCO’s ...

Bahasa Indonesia was officially used for the first time at UNESCO’s 43rd General Conference in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Gamelan, the term for a traditional musical ensemble in Indonesia, typically refers to a percussion orchestra composed predominantly of tuned gongs of various types and metal-keyed instruments. The ...