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Raise the Flag…or Else!

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

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Julia Suryakusuma

  • The writer is the author of Sex, Power and Nation. She can be contacted on [email protected]

    AS every Indonesian knows, it has long been customary for the national flag, the sacred Red-&-White heirloom, to be prominently displayed for three days before and after August 17. And why not? It makes our streets a riot of color for the week of Independence Day and indulges our national obsession with embellishment.

    But I ne

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