Bitungnews – Reog Ponorogo culture is one of the cultural heritages of the Indonesian ancestors. This type of art has even been claimed seven times by neighboring countries, Malaysia, as their culture. The Indonesian people have always been reactive, protesting these claims.

The incident at the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Davao, Philippines is the opposite, if Malaysia claims the nation's cultural arts, a number of elements in the Indonesian Consulate General actually burn Barong Reog Ponorogo, along with gamelan decorations. According to information compiled by bitungnews.com, the burning was carried out on Tuesday, October 20, 2015.

The reason for the burning of Barong Reog Ponorogo, and the dragon decoration on the gamelan, is because there is a demon and it is an idol. Unfortunately, the Acting Consulate General, Loegeng Priyohanisetyo, did not prevent the arson.

In fact, Acting Consulate General Davao called a security guard named Santander to pour gas over the reog and 2 gamelan dragon snakes, the security guard was so surprised and surprised he said in the Bisaya Tagalog language:

"Hadluk kaayu ko, dear kaayu ang dragon gwapo kaayu unya sunugon, kasayang sa reog pero gisugo man ko (I'm so scared, it's a shame that the dragon is so good it keeps burning, the reog is a pity but how else can I be told)," said Santander.

"When the Barong Reog and dragon gamelan decorations were burned, which are the inventory of the Indonesian Consulate General's cultural museum, none of the other Indonesian Consulate General staff knew about it," said a bitungnews.com source.

"After this incident, the perpetrators were blasphemed by most of the Indonesian citizens in Davao, but the perpetrators still feel innocent because they think what they are doing is right in the eyes of God," added the source.

An Indonesian citizen residing in Davao, stated that the Acting Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Davao was declared persona non grata, and asked the Indonesian government to withdraw the persons involved in the act of burning the nation's cultural heritage.

Bitungnews.com tried to contact the Media and Information Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 021 3813453, but until this news was published it was not picked up. And electronic messages to infomed@kemlu.go.id have not received a response either.