The Nusantara (Archipelago) Script Calligraphy Styled NFT

The Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, which has an area of almost 2 million km square. Stretching from the western end (Sabang) to the eastern end (Merauke) and from the southern tip (Rote) to the northern end (Miangas), is a collection of islands that number in the hundreds. So it is understandable if this republic is inhabited by many ethnic groups, to have hundreds of different languages.

Even in the past, the locals had many ways to write the language in various forms of their respective scripts, before finally agreeing that since the early era of the formation of the Republic of Indonesia, the official writing recognized by the state is the Roman script or Indonesian people usually call it Latin script. Although some Indonesians also use scripts whose roots come from Arabic script to write various languages in several regions in Indonesia. There are also those who write their language using other scripts, which in fact hundreds of years ago were scripts that were commonly used by the intellectuals of the society at that time.

These characters are considered by some people as a work that has an interesting visual artistic value, especially when it is written in calligraphy form. In addition to the Roman script (Latin) and the scripts : Pegon, Arabic Jawi, Buli Wolio, and Serang (four Arabic rooted script) : Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, Lontaraq, Batak, Rejang, Kawi, and others that each has its own beauty value.

With that be, through the Online Nusantara Movement, we tried to work with calligraphy creators of the characters that are still in use. To be introduced, at least their existence through digital media.

For Latin and Arabic scripts, the ir issue of existence is certainly not a problem, because many people in the world recognize it. But for various scripts such as the Kawi script, Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, Lontaraq, Batak, Rejang and many others that were actually born in the area that is now called Indonesia, many facilities need to be provided, in order to express their existence.

The Nusantara Online movement has a mission to participate in building a community in the NFT Space. The presence of the NFT marketplace is expected to be a way for Indonesian calligraphy works of art with various themes to be presented and marketed to local and global NFT markets, through marketplaces that we will build or build by many parties around the world. So that these works have the opportunity to have economic value as befits a work of art that is protected universally through Intellectual Property Rights.