Indonesians urge for joint Unesco multinational bid for the kebaya

In Singapore, the kebaya is instantly recognisable as the uniform of the SIA Girl, the sarong kebaya. - ST

JAKARTA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Indonesia’s kebaya supporters are pushing for their country to join a multinational bid to nominate the traditional costume for Unesco’s intangible heritage list.

More than a dozen kebaya cultural groups had met in Jakarta on Tuesday (Nov 29) to discuss whether Indonesia should join Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia and Thailand in nominating the traditional costume to the Unesco Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.