

These two phrases were changed in position at the behest of Soekarno, who argued, "A person will not wake up if his soul does not wake up first. In addition, in the first stanza, there is also the word "Wake up the soul, wake up the body" which was previously "Wake up the body, wake up the soul". In this sentence there is a meaning of encouragement and a call for Indonesia, which was not yet independent. The first Stanza underlined the words "Let us cry out for a united Indonesia". The following is an overview of the meaning contained in the original lyrics of this Indonesian people's pride song. Reported by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the National Anthem of Indonesia Raya has 3 stanzas or 3 lines of different lyrics. So the song Indonesia Raya was played by WR Soepratman for the first time at the Second Youth Congress, Octoat the Indonesische Clubgebouw Building, Jl Kramat Raya 106. This meeting produced a very precious moment, when Soegondo asked Soepratman to perform his song at the congress but to avoid repression from the colonialists, the song was performed without lyrics. As a journalist, it was Soepratman's job to cover various movement activities, one of which was the Second Youth Congress on Octoor also known as the Youth Pledge Day.Īt that time Soepratman met one of Soekarno's friends and also a young figure, Soegondo Djojopeospito. This Indonesia Raya song was not immediately used as the Indonesian national anthem. WR Soepratman who felt challenged then sent a song he composed, entitled Indonesia Raya. WR Supratman's involvement in the national movement began around 1928, when he saw an announcement in the Solo issue of Timboel magazine, inviting Indonesian composers to compose the national anthem. The young Wage, diligently contributed articles to several newspapers at that time, such as Kaoem Moeda, Kaoem Kita, and Sin Po. Reporting from the Ministry of Education and Culture, Monday, December 28, the Indonesia Raya National Anthem was created by Wage Rudolf Supratman, an ordinary young man who works as a journalist in Bandung and Jakarta.

Currently, this account no longer appears on YouTube.īut, do you know the story behind the birth of the song Indonesia Raya? In fact, the hashtag #IndonesiaRaya and #Malaysia became trending topics today, Monday, December 28, after a Malaysian citizen 'parodied' the Indonesia Raya song and uploaded the song on the MY Asean account bearing the Malaysian flag logo. The song that always reverberates, not only during flag ceremonies or the commemoration of Indonesia's Independence Day, but also official activities from the lowest level to the national scale, is insulted by Malaysians. JAKARTA - The song Indonesia Raya is currently being discussed on social media.
