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The Tempe culture was officially submitted as an Intangible Cultural Heritage to UNESCO. Photo/Instagram
This process is currently still ongoing and is still waiting to be discussed by the UNESCO 2003 Convention Secretariat, after being submitted at the end of March 2024.
The Director of Cultural Protection, Directorate General of Culture, Ministry of Education and Technology, Judi Wajudin, is optimistic that Tempe Culture can further add to the list of intangible cultural heritage from Indonesia at UNESCO.
“We are optimistic that the Tempe Culture will add to UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage from Indonesia. We pray that the inclusion of the Tempe Culture on the UNESCO list can continue to provide benefits not only for the Indonesian people but the world,” said Judi.
Regarding this proposal, as one of the initiator teams, the Indonesian Tempe Forum hopes for all community support so that tempeh continues to be sustainable and increasingly global.
Trustee of the Indonesian Tempe Forum, Made Astawan, said that tempeh can now be found and consumed in 27 countries.
Various health benefits resulting from the fermentation process of soybeans into tempeh have also been obtained in various ways, both through the community diaspora and the results of various studies around the world.
“Moreover, the vegetarian or vegan trend is also increasingly popular along with the increasing awareness of the world community towards healthy food,” said Astawan.
It is not yet known for certain who and how tempeh was first discovered by our ancient ancestors.
