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Prayers for the Unnamed Heroes

Heroes’ Day, which is celebrated on Nov. 10 every year, has come again. This is the time for the people to pay tribute and remember the spirit of the fighters who sacrificed their lives for Indonesia.

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First Sgt. Samsuhar, a soldier of Kodim 0201 BS Medan military resort command repaints a grave at the Bukit Barisan National Hero cemetery in Medan, North Sumatra, on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. On Hero’s Day on Nov. 10 workers and soldiers routinely clean up the cemetery.

Heroes’ Day, which is celebrated on Nov. 10 every year, has come again. This is the time for the people to pay tribute and remember the spirit of the fighters who sacrificed their lives for Indonesia.

Hundreds of tombstones lay neatly at the Cikutra Heroes Cemetery (TMP), Bandung. Some of the gravestones are unnamed. There are almost no flowers laid on the unnamed graves, which is normal. However, on Thursday morning, Petra Gilang, 22, prayed in silence in front of one of the nameless tombs. "They have no one to pray for them, although because of their struggles, I am now able to enjoy independence,” said Petra, a young man who has just graduated from the law school of a state university in Bandung.

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