Bali - Makepung also on the Unesco list?

Udayana University’s cultural study center is planning to include Makepung, a traditional bull race from Jembrana regency in West Bali, in UNESCO’s World Heritage Lists for intangible heritages.

The head of the center’s verification team, said that a series of studies were now being undertaken to learn more about this tradition. The verification and inventory are the first steps to take before proposing the tradition to the Education and Culture Ministry for further consideration.

Makepung would follow the path of acknowledgement as a UNESCO’s World Heritage site, after Jatiluwih subak farming system, Taman Ayun Water Temple and Tukad Pakerisan water shed were granted the status last September. Makepung has already existed and has been played by farmers of Jembrana during the plowing of their rice fields since 1920, the center’s studies revealed.

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