Rasa Sayange

Right now, Indonesia and Malaysia relation become hot. It caused by a controversy in Rasa Sayange song. Malaysia Tourism Board releasing this song as the theme song last month. It made Indonesian peoples and government react. They claim that song is came from Moluccas, North East part of Indonesia.

Soekarno, 1st president of Indonesian entertain whole delegation in Asian Games on early 6O's in Jakarta with this song. Beside that, Indonesia Recording Company, Lokananta, also record this song in 60's. It's proofing that it could be right that Rasa Sayange is Indonesian song. Beside that, if we see the lyric, we can see that clearly it's Moluccas language. Former Vice Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, also said that song belong to Indonesia.

So, this song belong to who? Let's see the lyrics first...

Rasa Sayange

Rasa sayange... rasa sayang sayange...

Eeee lihat dari jauh rasa sayang sayange

Mana kancil akan dikejar, kedalam pasar cobalah cari...

Masih kecil rajin belajar, sudah besar senanglah diri

Si Amat mengaji tamat, mengaji Qur'an di waktu fajar...

Biar lambat asal selamat, tak kan lari gunung dikejar

Kalau ada sumur di ladang, boleh kita menumpang mandi...

Kalau ada umurku panjang, boleh kita berjumpa lagi

Then, i found a video about this song in youtube.com. It's come from in old Holland movie. In history, Holland conquered Indonesia for a long time. In the other side , Malaysian conquerer is England. Let's see the video below...



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