Member of the Presidential Advisory Council, Putri Kus Wisnu Wardani, gave a speech while opening the 2023 Nusantara Sanggul Festival on March 11, 2023, at the Sarinah Building, Jakarta. Putri appreciated the activities initiated by the Nusantara Sanggul Lovers community, led by Ninoek W. Sunaryo, who had tried to preserve the culture of hair styling (bun) that has been going on for generations since hundreds of years ago in Indonesia.
The changing times and cultural assimilation should not diminish the role and function of the regional bun, but should increasingly be a reinforcement as well as a marker that the regional bun has high local wisdom. Indonesia itself is the only country with the most diverse variety of archipelago buns in the world, from Sabang to Merauke. On the occasion were Vincensius Jemadu, Deputy for Tourism Products and Events, Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy; I.G. Agung Putri, Special Staff of the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection; and Samuel Watimena, Special Staff of the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection.
