The Survival of Intangible Cultural Expressions and Traditions from Globalization: An Overview of Indonesia’s Legal Protection

Abstract

Developing countries urgently need legal protection of traditional cultural expressions because globalization could impact cultural values due to human thought development, rapid technology, and the economic principles people use. On the other side, International organizations began developing efforts and strategies to protect global culture, such as the United Nations (UN). One of the organizations assigned by the UN is the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). This study uses the normative legal method to deal with legal issues relating Legal Protection of Cultural Expressions to Maintain Cultural Traditions From The Flow of Globalization.  The result shows that Communities are presented with global culture but must maintain traditions binding their social relations through the meanings created, maintained, and internalized. This dilemmatic reality creates difficulties when people want to maintain a traditional culture full of meaning for their survival. Moreover, globalization’s erosion of solidarity, togetherness, and patriotism could threaten traditional values inherited and preserved for a long time. Maintaining culture requires managing, documenting, and disseminating information and knowledge. This could be realized using the sophistication of information and communication technology on the local and national cultural noble values.