Balinese Script Designated as "Second Level Domain Name", First in the Archipelago
Sabtu, 01 Februari 2025
The Acting Governor of Bali, Mahendra Jaya attend events Balinese Language Month VII 2025
DENPASAR, Balitopnews.com - Balinese Language Month which is held during February is a manifestation of the Bali Provincial Government's attention to preserving and prioritizing Balinese language, script and literature. Apart from being a means of communication, the Balinese language has high etiquette and is a source of ethics in life, so this ancestral heritage must continue to be maintained. Balinese Language Month is the main program initiated by the Bali Provincial Government to make Balinese language, script and literature the mainstay of Balinese culture. From a language imbued with Hinduism, art, customs, manners and various cultural values were born which make Bali a noble cultural center.
The Acting Governor of Bali, Mahendra Jaya, advised all Balinese people not only to use Balinese during Balinese Language Month. However, the spirit of using Balinese language, script and literature is carried out every day, both in the family environment, at work, at school, especially at events with Balinese traditions.
"Even if we can read Balinese script every day, more and more people will be able to study lontar libraries and other literary sources, because from these libraries and literary sources we will be able to light our way through this life," he asked, Saturday ( February 1, 2025).
Balinese Language Month VII in 2025 has the theme "Jagat Kerthi-Jagra Hita Samasta", which means that Balinese Language Month is an altar for the glorification of Balinese Language, Script and Literature, as a source of awareness towards the universe. Bali Language Month VII in 2025 as a means to develop the contents of Bali Governor Regulation Number 80 of 2018, concerning the Protection and Use of Balinese Language, Script and Literature as well as the implementation of Balinese Language Month. Balinese Language Month 2025 is combined with various innovations to be able to keep up with current developments, namely using the ecosystem concept of the Cultural Statistics Framework (KSB) issued by UNESCO in 2019.
It is hoped that Balinese Language Month will be able to enter and be implemented in all areas of Balinese community activity, such as in Traditional Villages, Service Villages, Educational Institutions from PAUD to universities include private institutions, banking, and so on. "Make Balinese Language Month a means of grounding the Balinese language so that it penetrates the hearts of Balinese people, so that it can become a guide in life," said Acting Governor of Bali Mahendra Jaya. It is also hoped that Balinese Language Month can be used as a means to guide the Balinese people to carry out their obligations, truth, wisdom and love in life. So it is mandatory to preserve the Balinese language, script and literature towards a prosperous, peaceful Balinese nature, society and culture. and peaceful. It is hoped that the values born from Bali Language Month activities can touch the hearts of all Balinese people, so that there is no fear in facing world developments. Head of the Bali Province Culture Service, Prof. I Gede Arya Sugiartha said that the 2025 VII Balinese Language Month activities will be held from 1-28 February and will be filled with a number of activities in the form of widyatula (seminars) related to the use of Balinese script fonts on several media platforms, so that Balinese script is able to enter and compete in the digital world.
Apart from that, there are also wimbakara (competitions) which are attended by participants coming from every Regency/City and the general public in 12 competitions. There is also a Krialoka (workshop) which uses Balinese language, script and literature. There is also a Dharmakriya reka script (exhibition) which characterizes the transformation of Balinese language, script and literature in technology and creative industries. There are also performances in the form of stages for appreciation of Balinese literature, conservation of lontar and the awarding of the Bali Kerthi Nugraha Mahottama.
It was also reported by the Head of the Bali Province Culture Service that Balinese script has now been applied as a "Second Level Domain Name", which shows that Balinese script has been used in website addresses. Apart from that, Balinese script is also the first script in the archipelago that can be entered and applied as a Second Level Domain Name. As well as enlivening the implementation of Balinese Language Month VII 2025, The Acting. Governor of Bali, S.M. Mahendra Jaya, accompanied by the Regional Secretary of Bali Province, Dewa Made Indra, participated in writing Balinese script on palm leaves, and witnessed the use of Balinese script fonts in the digital world. (Rls/Btnc)
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