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The life of the Malay Duanu community, a remote indigenous community, is started to be exposed recently. Their existence is recognized by the world through the Menongkah Festival that has achieved the MURI record twice. Unfortanely, following the current globalization progress, the expose of this ethnic group starts to erodes their culture and language toward extinction. It is unfortunate as wel that this activity only highlight the ceremonial part. In fact, Duanu people can take advantage of this Menongkah Festival as a medium for the revitalization of Duanu language and culture. If the festival is managed well, then it is believed that this activity will be able to support the emergence of a creative economy that improves the welfare of its supporting community, as well as to revitalize their culture and language. The government should be able to create policies that capable to support the creation of locality-based creative mindset, systems, and practices of the creative industry and to keep prioritizing the existing cultural values. Therefore, through ethnographic methods, the aim of this paper is to offer the model of creative industries based on culture and language of Duanu. If Menongkah Festival is optimally utilized by developing creative undustries, it is believed that the endangered language and culture of Duanu cen be revitalized and people's live will be more prosperous.Kehidupan masyarakat Melayu Duanu, sebuah komunitas adat terpencil saat ini mulai mengemuka. Eksistensi mereka diakui dunia melalui Festival Menongkah yang mendapatkan rekor MURI sebanyak dua kali. Namun tanpa disadari, seiring arus globalisasi yang menerpa, mengemukanya suku ini mengikis budaya dan bahasa Duanu secara perlahan ke arah kepunahan. Selain itu sangat disayangkan, kegiatan ini hanya menyorot kemeriahan sesaat. Padahal masyarakat Duanu bisa memanfaatkan Festival Menongkah ini sebagai media revitalisasi budaya dan bahasa Duanu. Apabila dikelola dengan baik, diyakini, kegiatan ini akan dapat menjadi penopang munculnya ekonomi kreatif yang meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat pendukungnya, sekaligus dapat merevitalisasi budaya dan bahasa mereka. Pemerintah seharusnya dapat membuat kebijakan yang mampu mendukung terciptanya pola pikir, sistem, dan praktik industri kreatif berbasis lokalitas dan tetap mengedepankan nilai-nilai kultural yang ada. Dengan demikian, melalui metode etnografis, tulisan ini bertujuan menawarkan model industri kreatif berbasis budaya dan bahasa Duanu. Jika Festival Menongkah dimanfaatkan secara maksimal dengan mengembangkan industri kreatif, diyakini bahasa dan budaya Duanu yang nyaris punah dapat terevitalisasi serta kehidupan masyarakat pun semakin makmur.

Foreign students studying in Indonesia are enhancing from year to year. As students who do not use their first language in communicating, both in learning and in social relationships, their ability to speak Indonesian requires to be tested. It is essential in order to ensure the continuity of the learning that will be passed. Consequently, the government owing to the Language Development and Cultivation Agency has established an Indonesian Language Proficiency Test (UKBI [Uji Kemahiran Berbahasa Indonesia]), which is a standardization test for proficiency in the language of Indonesian speakers, both native and foreign speakers. Despite being a tool to measure Indonesian language skills, UKBI also has the prospect to be utilized as a medium to encourage the diversity of Indonesian cultures. This effort is considered important to preserve and maintain the identity of the nation from the world's point of view, particularly against the speed of globalization. By observing various cultural elements in the three "reading texts" at UKBI by way of critical discourse analysis, it can be perceived that the three texts have the opportunity to defend the Indonesian language and culture. Furthermore, due to the test results of 30 foreign students in UKBI in Indonesia, foreign students' understanding and knowledge of the diversity of Indonesian languages and cultures were revealed.

The sea has always been a source of inspiration in literature. The sea becomes a creative battleground in literature because it depicts human life full of challenges, difficulties, hopes, and adventures. In literature, the sea becomes a metaphor that helps reveal human life's complexity by showing life's beauty and ferocity. This study aims to advance existing studies to identify unique concepts, ideologies, or discourses relating to the ocean that are hidden in 25 short stories from 2010 to 2021 in Indonesian newspapers. Using an interactive interpretation method, all short stories are analyzed through content analysis techniques to reveal the various creative battle spaces. Through a mixed methods study with a critical approach, this research found four creative battle spaces with their respective subspaces, namely: (1) economic battle space with capitalist and impact of capitalism subspace; (2) moral battle space with action crime and power struggle subspace; (3) inner battle space with serenity, sorrow relief, the battle between reality and desire, and the battle of life subspace; and (4) surrealism idea battle space with the meeting space of two worlds, the endless search, surrealism-economics, and spirituality and imagery subspace.

The mangrove area in Mentawir Village has the potential to be developed into an ecotourism site in Nusantara Capital City (Ibu Kota Nusantara or "IKN"), Indonesia. Apart from the mangrove conservation area, some myths add to the tourist attraction of IKN. Various myths continue to live and develop in the lives of the Paser indigenous people in Mentawir Village (Sepaku District, East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia). The functionalization of the myth is expected to support mangrove ecotourism. So, how can existing myths affect the use of mangroves to support the development of mangrove ecotourism in IKN? Ethnographic data collection conducted through participatory observation and in-depth interviews can reveal the existence of myths that affect the use of mangroves in people's lives. The results showed that three myths developed in Mentawir Village: the myth of yellow mangroves (lemit mangroves/bakau lemit), the myth of the Mentawir River (Sungai Mentawir), and the mystery myth of the peace stone (misteri batu perdamaian). Using the Malinowski cultural functionalization approach, it can be seen that these myths can support the development of mangrove-based ecotourism and creative economy as IKN tourist attractions that can support community welfare.