Semalam saya menimbulkan isu penghinaan lagu kebangsaan Indonesia yang dikatakan ditulis oleh rakyat Malaysia dalam satu laman forum. Sebenarnya, sebelum tercetus isu itu, isu tentang penggunaan Tarian Pendet dalam siri dokumentari "Enigmatic Malaysia" hangat diperkatakan oleh media Indonesia. Saya sengaja lambat mengirimkannya di blog ini kerana menunggu respons daripada media Indonesia.

Namun berita itu dinafikan oleh kerajaan Malaysia Hal ini ada dilaporkan dalam Kosmo, iaitu Kerajaan Malaysia tidak mempunyai sebarang kaitan dengan penerbitan klip video 30 saat yang sebahagian kecilnya memaparkan tarian Pendet, yang berasal dari Bali. Timbalan Ketua Perwakilan di Kedutaan Besar Malaysia di Jakarta, Amran Mohamed Zain berkata, dakwaan keras oleh media massa Indonesia kononnya Malaysia telah mencuri atau mendakwa sebagai miliknya tarian Pendet itu ternyata dibuat secara melulu dan tanpa usul periksa.


Sebenarnya, siri dokumentari itu diterbitkan oleh KRU Studio. Siri dokumentari 'Enigmatic Malaysia' itu diberikan hak penyiarannya kepada Discovery Channel di 21 buah negara. Namun selepas tercetusnya bantahan dari Indonesia. Norman selaku wakil pihak KRU Studio menjelaskan bahawa, "Pihak kami telah memaparkan sejenis tarian Jawa (bukan tarian Pendet) di dalam salah satu siri dokumentari tersebut yang berjudul “Batik”. Segmen ini menceritakan asal-usul Batik yang dikatakan berasal dari kalangan keluarga Diraja Jawa beratus-ratus tahun dahulu sebelum melalui proses evolusi dan berubah menjadi Batik yang beridentitikan Malaysia. Sebagai ilustrasi kreatif, segmen ini telah dilakonkan semula dan turut menyelitkan tarian tersebut. Walau bagaimanapun, visual yang dipaparkan didalam 'promo' terbitan Discovery itu bukan dari visual arkib kami. Malah skop penceritaan juga adalah terjurus kepada pembuatan Batik dan bukannya berkenaan sebarang tarian." Siri dokumentari itu pun khabar-khabarnya telah ditarik semula penyiarannya untuk tujuan pengeditan. Pihak Discovery Channel juga telah mengirimkan e-mel meminta maaf atas kesilapan yang berlaku semasa proses penerbitan dokumentari tersebut.

Sebelum kontroversi berkaitan dengan tarian ini, media Indonesia pernah hangat tentang penggunaan lagu Rasa Sayang yang didakwa oleh Indonesia milik warisan negara tersebut. Hal itu menjadi hangat apabila ahli-ahli Parlimen Indonesia, antaranya Hakam Naja dari Parti Amanah Nasional menggesa pemerintah Indonesia menyaman kerajaan Malaysia kerana menggunakan lagu tradisonal Rasa Sayange dalam kempen ‘Malaysia: Truly Asia’ bagi menarik kemasukan pelancong asing.


Laporan Media Indonesia:

[JAKARTA POST] 23 Agustus - The presence of Balinese dancing and a leather shadow puppet in a Malaysian tourism ad has once again upset Indonesians, who are saying it is an attempt to claim the art forms as their own.

A member of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) and Balinese dance experts staged a protest Saturday against the Malaysian government at the Denpasar Arts Center.

“We have all heard of some aspect of the Indonesian culture that has been claimed by Malaysia as theirs, such as the wayang [Javanese puppet], batik and reog Ponorogo [masked dance from East Java],” said counselor Ida Ayu Agung Mas, referring to similar controversial reports.

“This time, they are trying to claim the Pendet, which is a sacred and original dance from Bali, as their own.

“As a representative for the DPD, the Group of Indonesian Youth Concerned with Culture and Arts, and experts on Balinese dances, I will send a letter of protest to the Malaysian government through their embassy in Indonesia,” Ida Ayu said at the protest, attended by some 10 people.

The Malaysian Embassy in Indonesia earlier denied the country had made claims on batik and other forms of Indonesian culture in its tourism campaigns. Malaysia’s Ambassador Dato Zainal Abidin Zain was quoted as saying in late 2007 that the Javanese brought the reog dance to Malaka.

The Pendet dance featuring in the latest controversial commercial has become a welcome dance. Each dancer carries a customary bowl filled with flowers, to be strewn to the audience.....

[JAKARTA POST] 26 Agustus - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday asked the Malaysian government to deal more carefully with "sensitive" cultural issues between their two countries.

The request came after the recent news of the Balinese Pendet dance appearing in a Malaysian tourism advertising campaign. These advertisements had offended the Indonesian public, Yudhoyono said.

Nor was not the first time Malaysia had claimed an Indonesian cultural product as its own, he said, adding that the Malaysian government should not ignore this issue.

Indonesia and Malaysia had made progress in their partnership on labor issues, and therefore should be able to develop good partnership in the cultural sector, he said.

"I hope the Malaysian government can pay more attention to issues related to culture and the intellectual property rights of Indonesians. Don't let this matter disrupt relations between the two countries.

"Indonesia hasn't overreacted with its protest. This has now happened several times," Yudhoyono said after a Cabinet meeting to discuss a number of issues regarding Indonesia-Malaysia relations.

Through the Culture and Tourism Ministry, the government sent a letter of protest to Malaysia concerning the advertisements, Yudhoyono said. So far, Malaysia's response had been that the controversial advertisements presenting the Pendet dance were made by a Malaysian production house, he said.

The Malaysian government had also admitted a lack of monitoring of the production house and promised to reprimand it, Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik said as quoted by Antara.
Yudhoyono used the incident to remind Indonesians to protect their work by more actively registering their patents and intellectual rights....