via Antara, 11 July 2024: Indonesia’s Cultural Goodwill Spice Route program aims to promote the historical spice route and seek UNESCO World Heritage recognition, enhancing Indonesia’s status as a maritime axis through cultural diplomacy, workshops, and festivals along the route.
The Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry has said that the Cultural Goodwill Spice Route (MBJR) program has strengthened Indonesia’s maritime history and position as the world’s maritime axis.
Director of cultural development and utilization at the ministry, Irini Dewi Wanti, said that state warship (KRI) Dewaruci has been deployed for the program.
Under the program, the ship traverses and stops at seven points along the spice route, starting from Jakarta to East Belitung, Dumai, Sabang, Malacca in Malaysia, Tanjung Uban, Lampung, and back to Jakarta.
“This spice route ignites the memory and pride in identity as a maritime nation, which has been built for thousands of years through the warmth of spices, assimilation of knowledge, culture and civilization, and diplomacy,” she informed here on Thursday.
Source: Cultural Goodwill Spice Route a boost to maritime axis status: govt – ANTARA News
