Governor Anies Celebrates Kartini Day through Angklung Musical Instrument
Reported by Yudha Peta Ogara | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
This means working in the face of this pandemic must done together
Commemorating the birth date of Indonesian heroine Kartini, which falls every April 21, the Jakarta administration gives an appreciation to health workers who have struggled to curb the COVID-19 outbreak. It is realized in the activity 'Internalization of Work Culture through Harmonization of Motivational Angklung', which is held with the ranks of the Health Agency, at the Gedung Kesenian Jakarta in Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday (4/21).
In between playing angklung, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan revealed that he was grateful to have a tough heroine in carrying out their duties and functions as a public servant amid the pandemic. He assessed, a woman figure was very important to make Jakarta play an active role and respond quickly when receiving humanitarian calls from residents.
PPAPP Holds Various Activities in Commemorating Kartini's Day"By playing angklung is indeed a break for them and at the same time it is a form of our appreciation in celebrating Kartini Day, where the role of women, today is very meaningful. In Jakarta, in curbing coronavirus, all important positions in the medical service are mostly women, many are prominent figures, it is women who are at the forefront," he expressed, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release.
In an activity entitled 'Tough Women in the Pandemic Period, Kartini DKI is Getting Stronger with the Organizational Work Culture, he assessed that playing angklung was illustrating various positive elements such as integrity, collaboration, accountability, innovation, and justice. Thus this musical instrument is full of the meaning of togetherness, as it could not be played alone.
It should be played together with a sheet of music (the notes of the song that compose musical instruments), and led by the conductor, who in this event was led by conductor, Joko 'Angklung' Nugroho. Through the planning, the new playing angklung could create a pleasant symphony tone to be enjoyed.
"This means working in the face of this pandemic must done together. And playing Angklung is a very simple simulation to explain the importance of collaboration. Jakarta has declared it a city of collaboration, and this is one way to internalize values to all of our ranks," he added.
He also described the figure of R. A. Kartini who had a strong influence in writing down the idea of women's emancipation and continues to live up to this day.
"It gives meaning to the importance of ideas in an effort to make changes. What the Kartini left behind were words containing ideas that manifest in shaping works. In Jakarta, there is a hospital, the name is Budi Kemerdekaan Hospital, which was founded in 1917 by people who read the Kartini's writings, which then moved them to build a health service facility. Then important lesson of it is the power of ideas. She lived only 25 years, but her ideas live up to this day," he concluded.
As for the information, the activity attended by 207 health workers was also witnessed by Deputy Health Minister, Dante Saksono Harbuwono; Family Health Director, Erna Mulati; Health Agency Head, Widyastuti; Deputy Governor for Population and Settlement Control, Suharti; Assistant for Economics and Finance, Sri Haryati; Communication, Informatic and Statistic Agency Head, Atika Nur Rahmania; Culture Agency Head, Iwan Henry Wardhana; and directors of RSUD in Jakarta.
