There is a narrative that states that one of the new banknotes of IDR 75,000 notes that a child wore traditional Chinese clothes.
However, it was confirmed by the traditional clothes are the traditional clothes of Tidung, North Kalimantan (Kaltara).
Here’s the story behind the photo of the traditional dress that appeared on the 75th Anniversary of the Independence Commemoration of the Republic of Indonesia.
Sahabat Pandu of North Kalimantan (Sahabat Pandu is an organization that collaborates with the Ministry of Education and Culture in introducing local culture), Prayoga Bayu, told that the child in the traditional Tidung dresses from Kaltara who appeared on the IDR 75,000 bills was a child at elementary school at 041 Tarakan.
“Peruri took that photo to Tarakan, North Kalimantan, and the model was a child at elementary school at 041 Tarakan,” said Prayoga when contacted by detik.com on Tuesday, August 18, 2020.
The photoshoot took place in 2019. The child was photographed in front of the Tidung traditional house.
In addition, he explained that the traditional Tidung clothes the child wore were the original traditional clothes of North Kalimantan. “Those are traditional clothes from North Kalimantan. The traditional Tidung clothes are from the Tidung Tribe. Now they are the traditional clothes of North Kalimantan Province,” he said.
Prayoga also denied the narrative that the model was Chinese because of his slanted eyes. He explained that the Tidung tribe belongs to the Dayak tribe.
“Actually, the Tidung tribe belongs to the Dayak Tidung tribe, which is why it is slanted, but in its history, the Tidung tribe does not want to be called the Dayak tribe, because the Tidung tribe is also Muslim, and spread in North Kalimantan until to Peninsular Malaysia,” he explained.
Previously, this narrative was circulating on social media.
It comes from a question from a Twitter account @ Rianaaa_na09. The account questions the origin of traditional clothes. Then there is another account that answers that traditional clothes come from China. However, currently, the account owner @ Rianaaa_na09 locks his account.
Meanwhile, on the Bank Indonesia website, there is an explanation of the meaning of photos of children in regional clothes displayed on the 75th Anniversary of Independence Commemoration of the Republic of Indonesia.
This is part of the theme of “Strengthening Diversity”.
