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Indonesia is Us

By
YONKY KARMAN
· 7 minutes read

“We Indonesian People hereby declare Indonesia\'s independence.” (Jakarta 17-8-’45, Representatives of the Indonesian People).

To the outer world, proclamation celebrated the fact of being “we” (kekamian), Indonesia, as a nation. We were against the foreign colonialist powers. We were independence fighters, ordinary traders, the educated and housewives, from various ethnicities and religions.

Inside, the proclamation also celebrated the fact of being “us” (kekitaan) as a united nation. To the outer world, we became us the Indonesian nation. Inside, we formed us as Indonesia, regardless of ethnicity, religion or social identity.

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