The Freedom Fighters' Guru
During his relatively short life, Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto laid the groundwork of building the Republic, initiating a movement towards equality and abandoning the established order of his own aristocratic family. He is revered as the 'father' of the nation's independence movement leaders.
August 17, 2011
IN Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto, one finds rebellion and compromise, at the same time. He repudiated the attributes of feudalism: putting aside the title of 'raden', protesting against laku dodok or kowtowing before an aristocrat-and demanding equality for the people of the Indies. He then urged his followers to wear 'European clothes,' as a symbol that the "native people are human beings like the Dutch."
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