Happy Youth Pledge Day! Indonesia celebrates Youth Pledge Day on Tuesday to commemorate the gathering of youths from across the country in 1928 to declare one motherland, one nation and one language. On Oct. 28, 1928, the spirit of nationalism was explicitly ignited by youths who pledged, “One motherland, one nation, and one language”. In one language, the young minds understood and visualized a common goal of freedom and independence to break free from the shackles of colonial injustice. Years later, some of us may ask ourselves whether the youths today speak of the same ideals in one language, with one understanding of nationalism as it was in 1928. Unity, patriotism and nationalism, the essential implications of the pledge, all illustrate a mesmerizing image of a certain societal culture of solidarity. Many of our youths today would agree that the sentiments incorporated into the previous terms had played a vital role in the long years of struggle for independence. The sacrifices had paid us off very well with the right to self-determination and the opportunity for a people to progress toward an independent democratic nation, whose succeeding generations of its founding fathers may increasingly prevail.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 13:16:34 +0000
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