The establishment of the facts behind the story Monumental statues in Jakarta

Lots of interesting stories and facts behind the creation of the statues in the city. As we know today, there are some monument or statue known presence in Jakarta, including Air Sculptures, Statues Welcome, sculpture wijaya Arjuna, hero statue, and so forth.

Well here we will discuss the facts and the story behind the making of the historic sculptures scattered in some way downtown Jakarta.

1. Arjuna Wijaya statue or sculpture Asta Brata

 Arjuna Wijaya statue was built in August 1987. This sculpture portrays Arjuna in the war chariot Baratayudha Batara ridden by Krishna.

The scene sculpture by sculptor Nyoman Nuarta fragment was taken from them against Duke when Karna. By people jakarta, this statue commonly known as the Statue of horse demon, nor Statue wagon.

Trains on the statue was pulled by eight horses, which symbolize the eight teaching life idolized by President Soeharto.

Asta Brata include the philosophy of life that teaches we should follow the example of the earth, sun, fire, stars, ocean, wind, rain and moon. At the statue's inscription attached reads "Kuhantarkan you continue to struggle with the development who did not know the end."

The process of making these sculptures have had limited funds, so that the statue was made ​​of polyester resin has a weakness easily brittle when exposed to ultraviolet light.

Until 2003, Arjuna Wijaya statue was damaged, so the statue was eventually rebuilt at a cost of 4 billion. Materials statue itself was replaced with copper.

2. statue Aerospace

Aerospace statue commonly known as the plesetannya, the statue Jewel, sculpture "hey you", and some even call it a statue of Superman.

The statue is located in the Jewel was designed by Edhi Sunarso circa 1964 - 1965 with the help of family Arca Yogyakarta at the request of Bung Karno. The objective of this statue is to showcase the might and power of the air force of the Indonesian nation.

Aerospace statue is facing North with his hand held up to the former international airport Kemayoran. Its location close to the Headquarters Air Force in southern and Domestic Airport at Halim Perdana Kusuma Tenggaranya. Because housed in the Jewel's why the statue is often spelled Pancoran statue.

There are stories circulating that Indonesia has experienced a budget shortfall for the cost of making this sculpture, so that the President must be willing to sell his car to pay the deficiency.

3. Welcome Statue

Welcome statue was built to house the athletes attendees Asian Games IV in 1962. This statue is located in front of Hotel Indonesia in a standing position just above the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle fountain.

The bronze statue was made by Edhi Sunarso, and designed together with Henk Ngantung former Governor of Jakarta. As the name implies, the statue was built to provide a welcome greeting to the newcomers.

The position of the statue facing towards the city (north) also showed areas of the city served as the center of business, trade, and migrants from the port at the time.

There are five statues around the Fountain formation is used as a symbol of the ideology of the Republic of Indonesia, Pancasila.

This symbol also serves to give greetings to the city of Jakarta as the Capital of the State and Metropolitan Cities in formations greeting Good Morning, Good afternoon, Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Happy Sunday. People used to call the statue jakarta welcome as a statue or sculpture barley HI.

4. Youth Build Statue

Pizza Man ​​Statue Male or carry a torch, so people call it. It was built as a tribute to young men and women in sertaannya participation in the development of Indonesia.

Sculpture is represented by a strong and handsome young man who was holding a plate containing a fire that never goes out as the embodiment of the spirit of development that never dies.

When its construction, this statue is planned for completion in the Youth Pledge Day on October 28, 1971, but due to unfinished construction was inaugurated in March 1972.

This statue is located at the roundabout Senayan, the strategic place as a meeting point between Senayan, Central Jakarta as a gateway to the South Jakarta area.

5. statue of Hero

  The statue was created as a form of tribute to the freedom fighters of Indonesia, which is symbolized by a man wearing hat (hat the farmer) carrying guns and invoking the blessings the woman on her side to advance to the battlefield.

Caused capingnya cap that, then people used to call this sculpture as the statue of the farmer.

The idea of ​​this sculpture began when President Soekarno to travel to Moscow and he was impressed with the sculptures there. When the president of Russia's President Sukarno introduced to one artist named Matvei Manizer and his son Otto Manizer.

They were then invited to Indonesia to make a sculpture that symbolizes the spirit of freedom. The second is where the sculptor was wandering legends of West Java and found a story about a mother who accompanies her son to go to war.

The mother gives the child's spirit that won every battle and always remember their parents and country.

The bronze statue was made in Russia and brought to Indonesia by ship, and then inaugurated in 1963 by President Soekarno. On board at monument reads: "This nation is a nation that appreciates great hero".

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