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        "id": 1925170,
        "msgid": "giant-red-white-flag-raised-at-mount-sangar-peak-1786981815",
        "date": "2026-08-17 22:04:12",
        "title": "Giant Red-White Flag raised at Mount Sangar peak",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_EN",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Nature enthusiast organisations in Indonesia marked the 81st anniversary of independence by raising a 40x20 metre national flag at Mount Sangar, with around 500 participants involved. Organisers said the event aimed to strengthen nationalism and environmental awareness among young people, and they plan to make it an annual tradition.",
        "content": "<p>\u201cWe are commemorating the 81st anniversary of Indonesia\u2019s\nindependence by flying the giant Indonesian flag, measured at 40x20\nmeters, at Mount Sangar,\u201d Argia Puspa Swani, the event organiser head,\nsaid here on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The event organised by several nature enthusiast organisations of a\ntotal 500 participants, including 100 organising volunteers and hundreds\nof mountaineers and nature enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p>At the same occasion, Rizky Priyadi, a person in charge of the event,\nsaid the event aimed to strengthen a sense of nationalism whilst raising\nenvironmental awareness amongst nature lovers.<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Rafale fighter jets, A400M make debut flypast over\nMerdeka Palace<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur first purpose is to motivate fellow nature enthusiasts to love\nnature more. The second purpose is to instill our love for Indonesia,\u201d\nPriyadi said.<\/p>\n<p>The Monday event followed a similar activity earlier when a\n1,000-meter-long Red-White Flag was unfurled.<\/p>\n<p>Priyadi revealed such activities would continue and were planned to\nbecome an annual event, as an expression of nationalism among the\nyounger generation during Independence Day.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Aqila Kemal Irtiza, a participant from Bandung District,\njoined the event to witness the raising of the giant Indonesian flag at\nthe peak of Mount Sangar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel by raising the 40-meter flag makes this Indonesia\u2019s\nindependence commemoration day to be more festive. I also hear the\nrecitation of a poem about the struggle of Indonesian heroes at that\ntime, making me appreciate this independence day more,\u201d Irtiza\nremarked.<\/p>\n<p>Related news: President Prabowo pays tribute to disaster victims<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Some 1,200 small businesses to join Jakarta\u2019s\nindependence festival<\/p>\n<p>Translator: Ilham Nugraha, Nabil Ihsan<\/p>",
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