This is the Public's Hope for the Jakarta Provincial Government to Preserve Betawi Culture

The Kompas Research and Development survey captured public expectations of the Jakarta Provincial Government in preserving traditional Betawi culture and improving the welfare of its workers.

The biggest expectation is the establishment of Betawi art studios in every village or sub-district, chosen by 33.6%.

Followed by 27.3% of respondents who hope that the provincial government can organize art performances regularly once a month or three months.

In addition to keeping Betawi arts alive, these two efforts are said to provide certainty of employment opportunities in the artists' expression space.

"The reason is, so far Betawi artists have only been involved in certain events, such as Jakarta's anniversary or other major events held in this metropolitan city," wrote Kompas R & D Researcher in his report, Thursday (5/26/2025).

The following is a list of things that the Jakarta Provincial Government needs to do to empower Betawi cultural arts workers, according to Kompas Research and Development:

• Establish Betawi art studios in each village or sub-district: 33.6%
• Organizing regular art performances once a month/three months: 27.3%
• Providing financial assistance/incentives to Betawi traditional art workers: 22.7%
• Assist in funding the procurement of traditional art tools: 12.4%
• Provide jobs for artists: 1%
• Collaborate with artists to organize road shows to schools and extracurricular activities: 0.4%
• More attention: 0.2%
• Developed and improved: 0.2%
• Don't let it become extinct: 0.2%
• Don't know/no answer: 2%.

In general, half or 50% of respondents claimed to be dissatisfied with the performance of the Jakarta Provincial Government in empowering and paying attention to traditional Betawi artists. Meanwhile, 45.6% of respondents were satisfied.

Litbang Kompas conducted this survey of 400 respondents who were randomly selected using a multilevel systematic sampling method in Jakarta.

Data collection was carried out on June 10-14, 2025 through face-to-face interviews. The survey error tolerance (margin of error) is around 4.9% and a confidence level of 95%, under simple random sampling conditions.

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