Indonesia, tanah airku, tanah tumpah darahku. |
Indonesia my native land, the land where I shed my blood. |
Indonesia, kebangsaanku, bangsa dan tanah airku. |
Indonesia my nationality, my nation and my country. |
Hiduplah tanahku, hiduplah neg'riku, |
Live my land, live my state, |
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About Anthem
Indonesia Raya (Indonesia Raja in old Indonesian spelling.) is the national anthem of the Republic of Indonesia. The song was introduced by its composer, Wage Rudolf Supratman, at 28 October 1928 in a national youth convention in Batavia (now Jakarta).
The song marked the birth of the all-archipalego nationalist movement in Indonesia that supported the idea of one single "Indonesia" as successor to the Dutch East Indies, then split into several colonies.
The first paper to openly publish the text "Indonesia Raya" - a daring act of defiance towards the Dutch authorities - was the Chinese Indonesian weekly Sin Po, a fact still noted with pride by the Chinese Indonesian community.
It was chosen as the national anthem when Indonesia proclaimed its independence at 17 August 1945 (photo: Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta /souruce: Wikipedia).