PIDATO : BAHASA INGGRIS

CULTURAL DIVERSITY IS OUR IDENTITY

By Timothy Koraag

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Good Day Ladies and Gentlemen! Thank you for Having me, my name is Timothy Koraag you can call me Timothy, I’m Representing SMK Negeri 1 Manado i’m 11th Grade Tourism Department.

The Title of My Speech is ‘Cultural Diversity is Our Identity’

Culture, what do you think when you hear this word?

You might think it’s about Custom or Habit , Traditional Foods, Traditional Songs, Tradiional Dances and another that related with Tradition.

Culture is a Habit or Role of Life that was Created by Our Ancestors, generated by one generation to the next generation.

There’s a lot of Definitions of Culture but i can conclude all of those that “Without Culture, We Have Nothing”.

You may ask why without Culture we have Nothing? Of Course Without Culture we Have Nothing, because Culture is a Part of our Life; it Has been a part of our Life. It has been a Legacy from our Ancestors in accordance with Hereditary.

On this Era, many Young people are more interested with another culture than their own culture, they’re forgetting their own culture until it will be die. they say that our culture is boring, old and ugly but the truth is if they are thinking with a positive mind it is not boring and Ugly but yes it is Old but not Old in kind of another old. Actually it is Beautiful and we must proud of it, we are living in Indonesia and Indonesia is such a Heaven with its Distinguish Cultures, we’ve got a lot of Cultures from Sabang to Merauke.

They say that “Culture Separate us, make us different we cannot be one”. Sure we can! Why not? Here i give you an anology why we can be one! Imagine that Indonesia is a piece of paper, and Culture is Crayon. We all know that Crayons consist so many colors and either Indonesia consists 34 Provinces and every Province has their own Culture, Imagine that those Provinces with its Cultures are Crayons.

And then we draw it on the paper , with combine them, we aculturate them and then what happen? 

It creates a new Masterpiece. 

Is that Beautiful? Yes, it is. 

Is the paper more colorful? Yes, it is.

So? Although they’re different, they could still be one and Beautiful. 

See? Don’t you realize how beautiful or culture is? You have no idea how much advantage  that we can gain by Culture! You juat forget it and more interested in another culture.

A few times ago we heard news about Malaysia claims one of our Culture that was Jaipong Dance as their own. How does that feel for us? As the people of Indonesia especially Young People as the owner of the Culture? That’s Hurt, you don’t care about you’re culture and then another country steal it and you suddenly come here and defending it? I mean like where have you been? What have you done before they steal it?

So? What should we do? As the Young Generation ? as the Next Generation?

We must realize from our heart and mind that we should love our culture, don’t ever forget it, preserve it cause it is our precious asset and after we realize what action we need to do? I suggest that we make a campaign for love your culture so our culture can be Everlasting.

Culture represents the beauty of our country and by Represents the Beauty of our Country? It shows our Identity as Indonesian People, The Young People , The Next Generation?

Identity is Important because of Identity we would be known all around the world and Culture is our Identity.

And that’s what i called Cultural Diversity is Our Identity.

Thank You.