REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo or Jokowi, said the capital city was preparing to become the center of Indonesian culture by organizing a national cultural carnival as of 2013. He said that during a cultural parade in the National Monument Park (Monas), Sunday.

"Jakarta is the country`s capital city, therefore, it must become the center of the national culture, with Betawi (the culture of the native people of Jakarta -Ed), as the host," Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

According to Jokowi, the present cultural festival would be the embryo of the future national cultural carnival. "Next year, we will have a cultural program to be called Jak Carnival. This will be held annually and the first one will be organized coinciding with the Jakarta`s anniversary on 22 June 2013," he said then added, a workshop on culture would be held in January 2013 for a preparation before the carnival take place. 

The governor will set up a better management unit to be tasked to prepare the cultural event. "With a better management on the programs and participants, Jakarta will be proud as the nation`s capital," Jokowi said.

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