Our Islands, Our Neighbors
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
ACOMPULSORY song school students are expected to memorize carries a lyric that goes: “From Sabang to Merauke stretches island upon island. One after the other they link up as one, that is Indonesia…”
We are taught early on that Indonesia is made up of islands. How many islands there are depends on which agency provides the information. This is strange but true because islands in Indonesia easily come and go. There are islan
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