From Iwan Fals to Gus Sholah
Tuesday, November 12, 2002
Our readers have their own preference for national heroes. Their selections range from religious figures to singers and even politicians.
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The response from Jimi Piter, a Bandung university student, to TEMPO’s query on his choice of a national hero was clear: folk singer Iwan Fals. His reason? “Through his songs he dares to criticize the powers that be.”
Sri Yunaidah, a lecturer at Sriwijaya University in Palembang, chose another person, entirely different: Sultan Hamengku Buwono X of Yogyakarta. “He’s not like past kings, who liked to have many
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