Province to trace archives<\/p>\n
MATARAM, W. Nusa Tenggara: West Nusa Tenggara province has
\nformed a team to trace regional archives in the Netherlands, an
\nofficial has said.<\/p>\n
Chief of the provincial archives board M. Natsir Ipapy said
\nhere on Wednesday that about 120 archives and a number of
\nhistoric articles on West Nusa Tenggara are being kept in the
\nNetherlands.<\/p>\n
Natsir said the six-member team was originally scheduled to
\nleave for the Netherlands this month, but to avoid the winter
\nseason there, it decided to postpone its departure to May next
\nyear.<\/p>\n
The team, he said, would trace the archives and the historic
\narticles in an attempt to bring them back to West Nusa Tenggara.<\/p>\n
He noted that various archives on the history of Lombok
\nisland, King Selaparang, King Pejanggik, and the sultans of Bima
\nand Sumbawa are being kept in several museums in the country.<\/p>\n
Natsir said the archives and historic articles were taken to
\nthe Netherlands when Indonesia was a Dutch colony.<\/p>",
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