Every 10th November, Indonesian people commemorate Remembrance Day. Contemporarily, we are not only celebrating heroes and heroines who sacrificed themselves to realise the country’s independence but also acknowledging everyone who has contributed to the development of the nation. Interestingly, this includes female migrant workers due to their economic contribution when they remit their income to
At first, a nation and nationalism give an impression of being a genderless concept that affects and is influenced by all community members equally. It comes from the theory discussed by Anderson (2006) about the imagined community in which a nation is a social construction where a community imagines their commonality with its members and
Homeland. In Bahasa Indonesia, we call it kampung halaman. No matter how far we go, it is a place we shall return home. “I come from a small village, Borong, in East Manggarai, and this Sasando has guided me to travel around the world. The farther I go, the deeper my feelings toward my homeland.
