The Cost Of Freedom

HAPPY INDONESIA INDEPENDENCE DAY 17 AUG 2010!!!

kami cuma tulang-tulang berserakan
tapi adalah kepunyaanmu
kaulah lagi yang tentukan nilai tulang-tulang berserakan

atau jiwa kami melayang untuk kemerdekaan kemenangan dan harapan
atau tidak untuk apa-apa,
kami tidak tahu, kami tidak lagi bisa berkata
kaulah sekarang yang berkata
krawang-bekasi - chairil anwar

this is probably the first time my lil sis and i are not in indonesia on independence day... which makes us quite sad, really...

sorry for the crappy resolution. i took the pic with camera...
i promise i will post a better scanned one...

the two propaganda posters on the left wall are based on real propaganda posters of japan... from the 3A movement [gerakan 3A... =____=]

"merdeka atau mati" means "freedom or death", a very famous line in indonesia that shows the immortal spirit of fight for freedom.
the graffiti on the right top is supposed to say 'indonesia satoe' [one indonesia - but in old indonesian spelling]
edit: editted the title

one thing i can say about indonesian military uniform during the independence war: the messier they get, the sexier they become... ohohohohohohoho~

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