Original video: https://youtu.be/tKUWhhaqvhU
Revisited on: 12 JANUARY 2024
Previously visited video (walked up to it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_PfrPNWNd4
The National Monument (Indonesian: Monumen Nasional, abbreviated Monas) is a 132 m (433 ft) obelisk in the centre of Merdeka Square, Central Jakarta. It is the national monument of the Republic of Indonesia, built to commemorate the struggle for Indonesian independence.
Construction began in 1961 under the direction of President Sukarno. Monas was opened to the public in 1975. It is topped by a flame covered with gold foil.
The towering monument encapsulates the philosophy of Lingga and Yoni. Lingga resembles an alu rice pestle and Yoni resembles a lesung rice mortar, two important traditional Indonesian tools.
Lingga and Yoni also symbolize harmony, balance, fertility and eternal life with the lingga phallic symbol, representing masculinity, positive elements, and daytime and the Yoni the symbol of the female organ, representing femininity, negative elements, and night.
Timestamp
0:00 Monas Entrance
2:33 Ticket price
8:48 Museum
10:55 Queue for the lift to the top
15:28 Monas top
20:00 Monas 2nd Floor
29:31 Museum
40:23 Imam Bonjol War
51:47 Proclamation of Independence
Location:
Merdeka Square, Jakarta, Jalan Lapangan Monas, Gambir, Central Jakarta City, Jakarta 10110, Indonesia
RRFG+RV Gambir, Central Jakarta City, Jakarta, Indonesia
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