Golden Year: Not Javanese tradition

Golden Year: Not Javanese tradition

From Kompas

In a letter published in Kompas on Aug. 14, 1995 entitled 50
Tahun Sama Dengan Emas (50 years is identical to gold), it was
said that the Javanese celebrate their 50th anniversary of their
marriage as a golden marriage. To the best of my knowledge, and
as a Javanese myself, observing the 50th anniversary of a
marriage is not Javanese tradition. But there is nothing wrong
with any Javanese or other Indonesians celebrating the 50th
anniversary of their marriage as a golden anniversary, which is
in fact a Western tradition.

The British "jubilee" or the Dutch "jubilum" is used to mark
the 25th anniversary (silver jubilee) and the 50th anniversary
(golden jubilee) and the 60th anniversary (diamond jubilee) which
apply to any event such as marriage, establishment of a company
or an organization. And Independence Day is no exception.

PUR BYANTARA

Jakarta