Thousands of serious faces of human rights fighters, Munir Said Thalib, staring his birth city, Batu, East Java. In the city of Batu square, the shade of the landscape against forgetting, worries. Is Butet Kertaredjasa artist who responds to the joy of Munir wife, Holywati, with an idea to commemorate the birth of Munir. Together with Koeboe Sarawan’s artists, Butet’s support from artists and cultures and politicians. Together with the support of the ContraS, Kasum, Impartial, Komnas HAM and local artists and artists, they then held a cultural art in December 2&3, 2012, titled " Interpreting Munir Fighting Lupa". Five thousand pieces of Munir’s face sketches are passed before to the elementary school to be colored by children and then installed around the stone squares. The event of the perhelatan begins ziarah to the Munir tomb at TPU Sisir. Holywati accompanied by two children, Soultan Alief Allende and Diva Suukyi Larasati, sowing flowers in the grave of the almarhum followed the support of the event.
Among them seemed brothers and relatives of almarhum, Butet Kertaredjasa, Goenawan Mohamad, Djaduk Ferriesanto, Arswendo Atmowiloto, Romo Sindhunata, Sitok Srengenge, Usman Hamid, Otto Nur Abdullah and Hendardi. Doa together led Alief son almarhum. The ceremonies in their tomb move along to the event location. Passed with his daughter's son, read the letter for the president demanding the completion of the case of Munir, ajakan is also spoiled for the community associating the petition at www.change.org to demand justice for the murder of Munir as well as support to make the monument of Munir. The event continued with music and oration, while the artist began painting the spontaneous with the Munir theme, a number of visitors did not miss asking her clothes disablon with spray paint. The second day of the event is filled with the action of two Djoko Pekik painters and Nasirun painters whose painting results were submitted to the Holywati as the Munir birthday gift.
For the Holy Spirit, the activity was also to commemorate the death of Munir died because it was poisoned in Jakarta-Amsterdam flights on September 7, 2004. Dan andai is still living, Munir should celebrate its 47th anniversary of December 8, 2012. The fight and spirit of Munir is expected to be contagious and treated better through art and cultural roads.
Lupa can be ground.
Text & Photos : Fanny Octavianus
