Jakarta – Participants following the 1955 Asia-Africa Conference (KAA) composed of scholars from 33 countries made a pilgrimage to the tomb of the Indonesian Proclaimer who was also the initiator of the spirit of unity among the Afro-Asian nations to build world peace, Dr. Ir. Sukarno. They visited Bung Karno’s tomb in Blitar City, East Java on Thursday (10/11), coinciding with Heroes’ Day.
The pilgrimage to Bung Karno’s tomb was made out of burning enthusiasm for building a new world without colonialism. Previously, they had participated in a series of events from Jakarta and Bandung.
“It is a great honor for us Indonesians to receive you all in Blitar City, which is a city of pilgrimage because of the grave of Bung Karno as the publisher of Indonesia,” said Darwis Khudori, a Indonesian doctor who lives in France, who initiated and participated in the event.
Before crossing to the grave of the publisher, the scholars attended the Heroes’ Day ceremony in the courtyard of the Bung Karno burial complex. The ceremony was conducted directly by the General Secretary of the Indonesian Democratic Struggle Party, Dr. Hasto Kristiyanto. PDI Perjuangan cadres from East Java took part in the activity. Secretary of DPD PDI Perjuangan East Java Sri Untari and former mayor of Surabaya Whisnu Sakti Buana are seen.
To the attendees, Hasto told that he had made a pilgrimage to Bung Karno’s grave to pray that Bung Karno would have the best place in heaven. Not only that, the pilgrimage is also for us to learn from his struggles and inherit his spirit.
“We hope the spirit of building a new world order without colonialism and the spirit of building solidarity among people will continue to grow stronger,” Hasto said.
“This is where we join forces to achieve international equality; as well as respectful political cooperation of each country, and the spirit of economic and cultural cooperation in the framework of building a more just, peaceful and prosperous world order,” Hasto added.
Hasto stressed that for Indonesia and the PDI Perjuangan in particular, the long struggle to realize these ideals will never be in vain.
“As Bung Karno believes, when we fight for the interests of humanity, all struggles will never be in vain. No sacrifice is wasted,” Hasto said.
After the ceremony, Hasto invited the scholars to sit cross-legged and pray for Bung Karno. Participants bowed solemnly in prayer for Bung Karno. They joined in the prayer for the Son of the Dawn. Don’t forget that all participants also planted roses at the grave.
The Bandung-Belgrade-Havana in Global History and Perspective opening event was held in Jakarta last Monday. Afterwards, the participants left for Bandung, in collaboration with Padjadjaran University (Unpad), to discuss the steps based on the spirit of the Afro-Asian Conference of 1955.
Researchers invited to this program include Annamaria Artner (Hungary), Connie Rahakundini Bakrie (Indonesia), Isaac Bazie (Burkina Faso/Canada), Beatriz Bissio (Brazil/Uruguay), Marzia Casolari (Italy), Gracjan Cimek (Poland). ), Bruno Drweski (France/Poland), Hilman Farid (Indonesia), Darwis Khudori (Indonesia/France), Seema Mehra Parihar (India), Jean-Jacques Ngor Sene (Senegal/USA), Istvan Tarrosy (Hungary), Rityusha Mani Tiwary (India), Nisar Ul Haq (India).
