Indonesia Raya

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Indonesia Raya is the patriotic song that proclaims Indonesia’s independence and unity, serving as the country’s national anthem.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf national anthem
patriotic song
adoptedAsNationalAnthemDate 1945-08-17
associatedWith Indonesian flag raising
Proclamation of Indonesian Independence
category Asian anthems
Indonesian patriotic songs
commonlySungStanzas 1
composer Wage Rudolf Supratman
country Indonesia
firstPerformanceCity Batavia
firstPerformanceColonialName Batavia, Dutch East Indies
firstPerformanceCurrentName Jakarta
firstPerformanceDate 1928-10-28
firstPerformanceEvent Second Indonesian Youth Congress
formalAdoptionPeriod 1950s
genre march
hasArrangement orchestral arrangement by Jos Cleber
hasOfficialVersion full version
short version
historicalContext late Dutch colonial period in Indonesia
influencedBy European march music
language Indonesian
legalStatus protected national symbol of Indonesia
lyricist Wage Rudolf Supratman
nationalAnthemOf Indonesia
numberOfStanzasInFullVersion 3
openingWords Indonesia tanah airku
originalLanguage Malay
performedOnOccasion international diplomatic events
school flag ceremonies
sporting events
state ceremonies
placeComposed Dutch East Indies
recordedInEarlyFormat gramophone records
refrainWords Indonesia Raya, merdeka, merdeka
regulatedBy Government of Indonesia
symbolizes Indonesian independence
Indonesian nationalism
Indonesian unity
tempo march tempo
theme freedom
national pride
unity in diversity
usedBy Indonesian National Revolution movement
usesInstruments gamelan arrangement
military band
orchestra
yearComposed 1928

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Indonesia
nationalAnthem

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