Don’t you know that?
Don’t you know that the statue of Prajnaparamitha, the goddess of beauty, from the Singasari kingdom age, is really beautiful?
Actually, I have never been in Museum National. The right statement is, I never wanted to go there when I was still in Indonesia. Yes, you got it, I have less appreciation for the archeology. Do not blame me coz I think, most of boys or girls from my generation won’t go there either. Let’s ask a boy or a girl of 20, ask him or her whether he/she would like to go to Museum National? I will not that surprise if the answer is "no". Place like PH and etc etc. are of course more interesting.
But, today, together with Wangsa and Hans, we went together to de Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. There is now exhibition about Indonesia. What are shown are 300 top historical archeological objects uit het museum national van Jakarta en ook Rijkmuseum voor volkenkunde in leiden. Wat we hebben gezien, zijn, meestal, beroemde grote beelden uit Singasari periode, (13 eeuw, of niet?). Ook van Sulawesi, Lombok, Bali, en natuurlijk, Sumatera. Veel goudvondsten.
I saw lot of statues and ornaments there. A lot of buddha statues in all style, were displayed. You name it, sitting budha.. standing buddha, laughing budda.. all kinds, and they were originally, the ornaments from Borobudur temple. Also, Batari Durga was nice but bit scary.. lol.. yeah.. it’s not surprising if we do not like the goddess of the death..But, what amazed me so much, was, the statue of Prajna paramitha, the goddess of beauty from the Singasari period. It’s was so so so amazing, and very very beautiful one. And I did not know before that the statue belongs to Rijkmusuem volkenkunde in Leiden. Anyway, I was just amazed.
In the way going home, i chatted with Wangsa. I told him, why there were lot of people visited the nieuwe kerk, just for seeing the old statues? I think, we will never see the same thing happens to the museum in Indonesia.. crowded from visitors… Maybe, that’s the long-time problem for the museum bestuurder in Indonesia. Wangsa told me, He is sure, if the museum national displays her collections the way the Nieuwe kerk displayed and decorated the exhibition, He’s sure, there will be more people coming to the museum.
I think, Wangsa is 100% correct. When we were inside the nieuwe kerk, everything was displayed nicely. The decoration, the interrior was great. Comparing to the Museum National, when we saw a clip about museum national, it looks dark, humid, so ooooooooooooooooooooldd… not a good interrior. that’s why less people are interested to visit.. plus no good advertisements about what happens or what will be the exhibitions in the Museum.
So, I think, if the museum national improves the way the displays the collections, and has good bang bang advertisements about all the exhibitions held by it, I am sure, there will be more visitors. And by the end, we can appreciate our own country much more while we are still there. So, we do not have to wait until we go abroad, just to be able to appreciate our beloved indonesia….
So, for all friends of mine in Netherlands, it’s really worth to go there to see the "Indonesia" exhibition, at de Nieuwe kerk, Amsterdam. Kijk op http://www.nieuwekerk.nl and do have a good time there.
Have a nice day,
~lagi pusing~
