kode alam Culture lies in the fundamental values that regulate relationships with God, fellow humans, and all living creatures. kode alam Cultural identity must be strengthened in the next 20 years to prevent the region from becoming a market for foreign cultures. Instead, it should become a source of cultural influence for other communities. kode alam Mataram State University sociologist Saleh Ending noted that local culture is slowly starting to disappear from people's lives. kode alam On Sumbawa Island, for example, the local community rarely uses the mother tongue. Children and parents often interact with each other in Indonesian. This phenomenon could endanger the survival of the mother tongue in the future. kode alam Preserving culture is essential to sustaining native cultural practices, including the development of culture in the context of preserving life.