Caring for heritage. Keeping culture alive.
Culture grows through memory, knowledge, creative work, and the life of communities. SANUR — Samuhita Nusantara is a foundation that helps safeguard that inheritance, makes room for the arts to develop, and keeps cultural values alive for generations to come.
About SANUR
Culture does not end in the past.
Cultural heritage is not something merely to be stored or remembered. It lives on through the people who care for it, the work that grows from it, and the knowledge that is handed on.
In a time of rapid change, SANUR wants to take part in keeping that continuity intact: documenting knowledge at risk of fading, opening space for artists and practitioners, and bringing culture closer to schools, communities, and the wider public — across the whole archipelago, not one region alone.
About SANURPrograms
Five ways we keep culture alive.
Each program links heritage, artistic expression, knowledge, and community participation — so that culture is not only protected, but practised, studied, and passed on.
Heritage Preservation
Safeguarding traditional knowledge, historic sites, and cultural practices, together with the communities who own them.
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Arts & Performance
Giving theatre, music, dance, exhibitions, and new work a place to be made and seen.
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Cultural Development
Supporting artists, practitioners, and creative communities so their work can grow and last.
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Research & Documentation
Research, archives, and publications that record cultural knowledge before it fades.
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Education & Collaboration
Bringing culture into learning, across generations and across institutions.
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Upcoming activities
Performances, exhibitions, discussions, workshops, and field visits organised or supported by SANUR — each with its date, venue, and registration details.
The next agenda is being prepared.
Dates, venues, and registration details will appear here as soon as our team publishes them.
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Help us make culture last.
Cultural work needs long-term support. Your donation helps document knowledge at risk of being lost, gives artists room to keep creating, and brings cultural learning to more people. Give to the general fund or choose a program — once or every month.
Insights
Perspectives on culture
Our first essays and publications are in preparation.
This journal will hold writing on cultural perspectives, heritage and history, the arts, research, and SANUR publications.
Partnerships
Culture grows through working together.
No single institution can carry cultural work alone. We welcome government institutions, universities and schools, cultural organisations, artists and communities, the private sector, and international partners — to design programs together, host activities, or support research and publications.
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