Jakarta Globe, aacc2015.id, Apr 21, 2015
The raising
of the flags marked the beginning of the series of events of the Commemoration
of the 60th Anniversary of Asian-African Conference (AACC) in Bandung. The
flags will fly for two weeks on April 15-30, 2015.
The 109
participating countries flags and the UN flag were hoisted by around 350
Bandung boy and girl scouts in a flag raising ceremony for the AACC at Merdeka
Building or also known as Asian-African Museum in Bandung.
The flags
raising ceremony was attended by the representatives from the Asian-African
Conference Museum and a number of Bandung community figures, and led by the
Leader of Bandung Scouts Deddy Darmawan.
In his
brief remarks, Mr. Darmawan hoped that the young generation, especially the
scout members, could take the positive lesson from the flag hoisting ceremony.
“When a flag is unfolded, it means that a state’s sovereignty is raised. As
scout members hoisting the flags, you shall take positive values from this
historic event; that is freedom and human rights. Therefore, cultivate AAC
values in your attitudes and behavior in your everyday lives,” he said.
Head of the
Asian-African Museum Thomas Siregar explained that in 2005—at the Golden
Jubilee of the Asian-African Conference—107 flags were raised at Gedung
Merdeka. “It consisted of 106 Asian and African countries flags and one UN
flag. But now, there are 110 flags. Therefore, there are three additional flags
of Asian and African countries, in addition to the UN flag,” he explained.
The flag
raising ceremony was enliven by a marching band performance from the students
of SMKN 6 Bandung vocational high school and speech musicalization performance
that featured President Sukarno speech footage at the inauguration of 1955
Asian-African Conference entitled “Let a New Asia and a New Africa be Born” by
Adew Habsta and his company. The speech was considered relevant to the current
state because it contained inspiring messages. (Source: Asian-African
Conference Museum, Translator: Penni Patmawati, Editor: Gusti Andry, Filmon
Warouw)
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