An Analysis Independent day, Pancasila and the strengthen Indonesian Nation-building

PANCA JAVANDALASTA
120610092

AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY

Introduction
The Republic of Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation, has 203 million people living on nearly one thousand permanently settled islands. Indonesian people is multicultural. The word multicultural is an adjective. It describes something that relates to, or includes, several cultures, or a situation of cultural plurality, as a matter of fact.
“Multicultural societies, in this descriptive sense, are a product of socio-political processes, including global and regional conditions relating to mass migration, demand for rights for indigenous peoples in post-colonial societies, and changes in national and ethnic identity within majority and minority populations” (Pearson, 1996, pp 258–259).
Sometime every culture in Indonesia have a contact to each other. Ethnic relations in the archipelago have long been a concern. Indonesian leaders recognized the possibility of ethnic and regional separatism from the beginning of the republic. War was waged by the central government against separatism in Aceh, other parts of Sumatra, and Sulawesi in the 1950s and early 1960s, and the nation was held together by military force.
The relationships between native Indonesians and overseas Chinese have been greatly influenced by Dutch and Indonesian government policies. The Chinese number about four to six million, or 3 percent of the population, but are said to control as much as 60 percent of the nation's wealth. The Chinese traded and resided in the islands for centuries, but in the nineteenth century the Dutch brought in many more of them to work on plantations or in mines. The Dutch also established a social, economic, and legal stratification system that separated Europeans, foreign Asiatics and Indo-Europeans, and Native Indonesians, partly to protect native Indonesians so that their land could not be lost to outsiders. The Chinese had little incentive to assimilate to local societies, which in turn had no interest in accepting them.
Even naturalized Chinese citizens faced restrictive regulations, despite cozy business relationships between Chinese leaders and Indonesian officers and bureaucrats. Periodic violence directed toward Chinese persons and property also occurred. In the colonial social system, mixed marriages between Chinese men and indigenous women produced half-castes ( peranakan ), who had their own organizations, dress, and art forms, and even newspapers. The same was true for people of mixed Indonesian-European descent (called Indos, for short).
Ethnolinguistic groups reside mainly in defined areas where most people share much of the same culture and language, especially in rural areas. Exceptions are found along borders between groups, in places where other groups have moved in voluntarily or as part of transmigration programs, and in cities. Such areas are few in Java, for example, but more common in parts of Sumatra.
Religious and ethnic differences may be related. Indonesia has the largest Muslim population of any country in the world, and many ethnic groups are exclusively Muslim. Dutch policy allowed proselytization by Protestants and Catholics among separate groups who followed traditional religions; thus today many ethnic groups are exclusively Protestant or Roman Catholic. They are heavily represented among upriver or upland peoples in North Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku, and the eastern Lesser Sundas, though many Christians are also found in Java and among the Chinese. Tensions arise when groups of one religion migrate to a place with a different established religion. Political and economic power becomes linked to both ethnicity and religion as groups favor their own kinsmen and ethnic mates for jobs and other benefits.
Based on the explaination above, The contact between etnic in Indonesia not always in a good ways but in a bad ways. Sometime they have conflict to each other. For muffle the conflict, Indonesia many symbol for solving that problem. For example monas as national monument, or at Surabaya we have Tugu pahlawan. They have ideology that make a people unite and can strengthen Indonesian nation-building. The two of monument can unite the differences. writer found another symbol that can strengthen Indonesian nation-building. In this paper the writter will analize another symbol, holiday, or monument that can strengthen Indonesian nation-building. The writter will analizing 17 agustus 1945 (the independent day of Indonesia) and pancasila as the nation ideology.
Analysis
Many symbol in Indonesia that can strengthen Indonesian nation-building. the ideology thay come out from the symbol can strengthen nation-building. in this paper the writer choose Independent day of Indonesia as the object of the analysis. 17 agustus 1945 it the important date for every people in Indonesia. in this date Indonesia can come up from colonialization become the independence country. The Independent day Indonesia can become a tools for unite Indonesian people and can strengthen nation-building of Indonesian people. As we know Indonesia has long suffering as colonize country. So when Soekarno and Hatta proclaim a proclamation of independence many people of Indonesia feel they are the independence people. They think at the moment they was came out from the colonialization. so when dutch come again want colonize Indonesia, many people of Indonesia directly unite and againts to ducth.
Another symbol of Indonesia that can unite Indonesian people is Pancasila. Pancasila is nation ideology of Indonesia. The nation's official ideology, first formulated by President Sukarno in 1945, is the Pancasila, or Five Principles: belief in one supreme God; just and civilized humanitarianism; Indonesian unity; popular sovereignty governed by wise policies arrived at through deliberation and representation; and social justice for all Indonesian people. Pancasila use for muffle etnic conflict in Indonesia because in the way of Pancasila many people of Indonesia can learn to appreciate other people. With Pancasila multicultural become unity in diversity, like The national motto, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. Pancasila always use for strengthen Indonesian nation-building. The important thing is Pancasila can strengthen Indonesian nation-building with the ideology that come out from the pancasila.
Based on theory by Louis Althusser. “Ideology is a structure” based on that statement The Ideology that come out from Pancasila can make Indonesian people at unity in diversity. People differ from one another in all manner of ways: ethnicity, gender, skin colour, physique, mental and physical ability, culture, language, accent, social class, family structure, sexuality, religion, interests, lifestyle and so on. So a role of Pancasila be important to unite the differences. Pancasila have an ideology for sprout up nationalism sense too.
“the ideology and movement, must be closely related to national identity, a multidimensional concept, and extended to include a specific language, sentiments and symbolism.” (Smith, 1991: vii)
Based on smith statement, the ideology has a relating with the sproud up nationalism. so with Pancasila many people of Indonesia should be have nationalism too. but now Indonesia has a serious problem about nationalism of every Indonesian. Because nationalism can briging the diversity become the unity. The differences in indonesia not only in etnic ndonesia but in religion too. In Indonesia we have many religion. But like emil salim said waspada online “the existence of religious and ethnic differences should have pushed us to build national unity in accordance with the spirit of Unity in Diversity”
So the difference that occur in Indonesia order to become a tools to appreciate every people.
Conclusion
Indonesia, which is the largest archipelago in the world, is an example of a nation with “unity in diversity”. indonesia have two important symbol that can strengthen nation-building of indonesian people. They are the date of indonesia independent day and pancasila.
On 17 August 1945, following Japan's defeat in World War II, Indonesian nationalists led by Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declared Indonesian independence. From the date people of indonesia was came out from colonialization and since that time many indonesian people have strong nation-building too for unite to each other. Until in every indonesian people appear nationalism sense.
Another symbol of Indonesia that can unite Indonesian people is Pancasila. Pancasila is nation ideology of Indonesia. Pancasila use for muffle etnic conflict in Indonesia because in the way of Pancasila many people of Indonesia can learn to appreciate other people. With Pancasila multicultural become unity in diversity, like The national motto, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. Pancasila always use for strengthen Indonesian nation-building. The important thing is Pancasila can strengthen Indonesian nation-building with the ideology that come out from the pancasila.
The Ideology that come out from Pancasila can make Indonesian people at unity in diversity and a role of Pancasila be important to unite the differences. Pancasila have an ideology for sprout up nationalism sense too.












works cited
• Pearson, John. Multicultural and Diversity ,1996, pp 258–259, Berlin, Lock Press.
• Smith, Anthony. 1991. National Identity. London : Penguin Books.
• http://www.tamilnation.org/ideology/klages.html
• http://www.waspada.co.id/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144829:unity-in-diversity-principle-basis-of-national-unity&catid=30:english-news&Itemid=101










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An Analysis Independent day, Pancasila and the strengthen Indonesian Nation-building