Jakarta, Aug. 6 -- The Culture Ministry has said that it will support efforts to preserve Batak culture, including the development of a Batak cultural museum and the proposal to nominate the ulos fabric as an intangible cultural heritage.

"We are ready to cooperate and will provide facilitation," Minister of Culture, Fadli Zon, said, according to a press release issued by the ministry here on Wednesday.

While receiving representatives from the national executive board (DPN) of Batak Center, he said that the ministry is prepared to support efforts to include ulos on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO's) list of intangible cultural heritage.

The ministry is also ready to support the revitalizat...