Flag Ceremony On Indonesia Independence Day



Every August 17th Indonesian community attending the flag ceremony at the Istana Merdeka. The flag ceremony is also live broadcast on television in all Indonesia. In the each region also carried the flag ceremony. Flag ceremony was first performed at the proclamation of Indonesian independence on August 17th, 1945 10:00 AM by Soekarno and Moh. Hatta.

After the reading of the proclamation by Sukarno and spliced a short speech. Then the flag was raised, this flag sewn by Mrs. Fatmawati, Soekarno's wife. then a speech by Soewirjo, deputy mayor of Jakarta at that time, and Moewardi, leaders of Barisan Pioneers. The raising of the flag was first carried by a soldier PETA, Latief Hendraningrat, assisted by Soehoed and a young woman who carries a tray of the flag. This flag is called the Sang Saka Merah Putih or heritage flag, and is still kept in the presidential palace. After waving flag, all the people present at that time to sing Indonesia Raya.

A day later on August 18th, 1945, the Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence (PPKI) take decisions, validate and establish the Undang-Undang Dasar (Constitution) as the foundation of the Republic of Indonesia, hereinafter known as UUD 45. Thus the Government formed the Unitary State of Indonesia in the form Republic (NKRI) with sovereignty vested in the people who carried out entirely by the people's Consultative Assembly (MPR), which will be formed later. After that Sukarno and M. Hatta was elected as the first president and vice president of the Republic of Indonesia were at the proposal of Oto Iskandardinata and approval of PPKI.

Paskibraka stands Forces National Flag with its main task duplicate heritage flag waving in a memorial proclamation of Indonesian independence. Paskibraka divided into 3 according to a level that is the level of the district or city where a flag ceremony led by the regent or mayor, the provincial level where a flag ceremony led by the Governor, and national level in which a flag ceremony led by President and performed at the State Palace, Jakarta.

Paskibraka was formed in 1946, when Indonesian capital was moved from Jakarta to Yogyakarta. Commemorating the first Independence Proclamation of Republic Indonesia, the President ordered one of his aides, Major (Sea) Husein Mutahar, to prepare a heritage flag raising at the Palace courtyard of the Great House of Yogyakarta. At that moment, in Mutahar get the idea that inheritance should be a flag-raising done by the youth from all over the country, because they are the next generation of national struggle on duty.

However, because the idea is impossible to do at the moment, then Mutahar could only bring five young people (3 man and 2 women) who come from different regions and live temporary in Yogyakarta. Five people symbolize Pancasila. Since then, until 1949, raising the flag in Yogyakarta remain to be implemented in the same way.

In 1967, Hussein Mutahar summoned by president Soeharto, a second Indonesian president who substitute Soekarno, to handle inheritance flag raising. With the basic idea of the implementation in 1946 in Yogyakarta, then he developed more formation into three groups named after the number of members, namely:

1. The group of 17 positioned at the front as a guide or escort, led by a Commander Group (Danpok). This is entirely a group of 17 members of Paskibraka.
2. The Group 8 position behind a group of 17 as the core troops and the flag bearer. In this group there are four members of the TNI or Police as bodyguards and two young women Paskibraka as the flag bearer (now only one flag bearer), 3 young men Paskibraka raisers the flag, and three young women Paskibraka in the rear ranks as a complement  or fence.
3. The Group 45 positioned behind a group of 8 as a bodyguard or security and is a member of the TNI or Police armed. For national level (in state court), consisting of 45 groups is Presidential Forces members.

The amount of group member represents the symbol of the date of the Proclamation of Independence Republic Indonesia, August 17th, 1945 (17-8-45). Starting on August 17th, 1968, officers of the flag raisers heritage is the youth delegates each province in Indonesia. But because not all provinces sent representatives that remains to be added by ex-members of the 1967 squad.

On August 5th, 1969, at the presidential palace ceremony took duplicate the Red-White flag and reproductive Manuscript Proclamation by Soeharto to all the Governor in Indonesia. Red and White flags duplicate start replacing the flag hoisted on the anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence on 17 August 1969 at the Merdeka Palace. Starting in 1969, members of the flag raisers heritage are teenagers high school students who are delegates from all provinces in Indonesia, and each province is represented by a couple of young men and women.

Flag ceremony on August 17th done in 2 times that is in the morning at 10.00 to the flag-raising and in the afternoon at 17:00 to take down the flag. Ceremonies were performed for approximately 1 hour. By the time the flag was raised to the top of the mast accompanied by the national anthem Indonesia Raya. Indonesian flag raised by the movement that organized so that the flag reached the top of the flag pole when the song ends.

This time the flag ceremony not only do at the Presidential Palace or the field, but also carried out in several places, such as in the deep sea, top of the mountain, river, even in the sea with the waves. Hundreds of divers carry out the underwater flag-raising ceremony in commemoration of the 68th independence of the Republic of Indonesia. The event took place in Turkish Gapang, Kota Sabang, Aceh province, a total of 200 participants will take part in a flag-raising ceremony under the sea. This is a proper full ceremony flag-raising ceremony conducted in the field on the ground.

Ceremony at the top of the mountain, Mahameru, the highest mountain in the Java island have become mountain climbers intended to perform the ceremony on 17th August. Every year on 15th or August 16th climbers started to climb by foot, with terrain that is quite heavy, they are very eager to perform the flag ceremony at the top of the mountain on 17th August. Besides Mahameru, other mountains are also crowded with climbers who perform the flag ceremony on 17th August.

In others place, the flag ceremony also comes amid a river or the sea. Villagers Kedungmalang Contribute District of Banyumas, Central Java, perform a flag ceremony in the middle of the Pelus river using two boats that they made themselves. Not to forget, they are also flying the flag measures 25 meters by using pipes installed in the boat.

Residents of Kampung Laut, Cilacap, Central Java perform a flag ceremony in the middle of the seas in the waters immediately tillers. And residents in Mamuju, precisely in Bonetangga also perform a flag ceremony using boats belonging to the fishermen. Despite the pounding waves are big, they keep attending to participate in the flag ceremony August 17th.

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