Fossil collection at the National Culture of Cirebon

About 10 thousand units of different types of fossil plants, animals and sea animals animate participate Pekan Culture, Art and Film in Cirebon, West Java, which takes place 16-20 June 2009.

Fossil-fossil is a private collection gathered in Cirebon since 1982, said the fossil collector Cirebon Community Gallery manager, Lilis Setiawaty Lestari to reporters on Wednesday.

According to him, fossil-fossil Cirebon is all original and the surrounding area prove that it has the potential of life since many back.

Among the fossil, the fossil from fruits such as cashew, fossil leaves, branches, bone marrow foot elephant, hippopotamus teeth, and fossil marine animal species such as shellfish and coral flowers.

He still find out from which the fossil hippopotamus that many living in Egypt is located in Cirebon.

He was sure, that the hippopotamus is matched with a book about the fossil.

Dipihak another he said, the award of the fossil-fossil abroad seems better, as evidenced during the exhibition in China, one groups of fossil units sold for less than 5 million Rupiahs. While in Indonesia, seems not much interested on the fossil.

He offers to the local government of Cirebon in order to manage the compensation of 200 million Rupiahs to about 10 thousand fossil. "It means I have only 20 thousand Rupiahs per seed, as tired as I toil," he said.

Bids are up to now there is no response, and may be more valuable and useful when the local government is managed as one of the contents of the museum, he said

He confessed, has himself long enough to be collectors with her husband. "My husband died five haru ago, so I want to rest as a collector," he said.

Week in cultural, Lilis as representative of the Cirebon from 11 Central Conservation History and Traditional Values (BPSNT) in Indonesia, and one of the Saung get many visits.