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Indonesia report

Activities in December-January

By Ghina & Rahma

Outreach to West Nusa Tenggara

The story of Mandalika Princess written in lontar

In December 2025, the Culture Team of Wikimedia Indonesia conducted outreach to West Nusa Tenggara. We held meetings and site visits with several partners. We are currently partnering with Bale Agung Ajar Wali to digitize the famous legend of Princess Mandalika from its original Lontar manuscript. Written in the Sasak language, the project involves not only digital preservation but also the transliteration and translation of the script.

Genggelang Museum in North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara

In addition, initial collaboration prospects were explored with the West Nusa Tenggara State Museum and the Genggelang Museum to identify opportunities for cooperation in documenting and sharing cultural collections. With the permission of Genggelang Museum we have documented their collections and published them on Wikimedia Commons, which can be accessed here.

Furthermore, an introductory session on Wikimedia Commons and open licenses was conducted at Universitas Bumigora to help students and lecturers understand the importance of open access and freely reusable content. This session also served as an initial step to explore potential future collaboration with Universitas Bumigora. An official meeting was also held with STP Mataram to explore potential collaboration opportunities.

Public Domain Day in Indonesia

In January, we organized a series of activities to celebrate Public Domain Day, including Digital Curation activities, the 1Lib1Ref Campaign, and a public discussion in collaboration with Creative Commons Indonesia and Irama Nusantara. The public discussion aimed to increase public understanding of copyright terms and the reuse of works in the public domain, with a particular focus on music.

Community engagement

During December-January we also organized several activities to support Wikimedia community. Wikimedia Banjar Community held a photowalk to document Sasirangan Village as part of efforts to preserve and share local cultural heritage.

Separately, the Surabaya Community organized a community gathering and photowalk in Peneleh Village.


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