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Glimpse the spirit of 1945

On 17 August 2009, Indonesia celebrates its 64th Independence Day. I will not write more about the spirit of this proclamation, because I think the videos below can represent it well.



I am proud to be Indonesian, Happy Independence Day my country.

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  1. Happy Independence Day - all the way from Norway!

    The videos were great - thanks for sharing.

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  2. RennyBA's Terella - Thank you.

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  3. Happy Independance Day. Good videos.

    India celebrated her Independence Day on August 15th

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  4. My belated congratulations.

    (Well, my congratulations were in time, but I happened not to be in time here...)

    PS: I share your admiration for Sukarno.

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  5. Amrita - Thank you. Happy independence day to all the people of India.

    Colson - Thank you.

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  6. ...hello blogbrother!thanks for visit and comment in my page!i hate anything violence around the world!peace 4 all nations!Happy independence day!God bless you and your family!!!

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  7. Big Santos - You're welcome. Thank you.

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  8. Rummuser20/8/09

    Congratulations and belated happy independence day.

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  9. Happy independent day for Indonesia semoga makin jaya

    Thanks for sharing this video.

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  10. hello
    thank you for visiting :)
    nice blog!

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  11. bro....hebat banget blognya. TERUS MENULIS..

    akhyari
    GNFI

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  12. Thank you to Rummuser, Silly, Gogo, Akhyari, News Blog, for commenting this post.

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  13. Yes my friend, I am the Pilot to 27years, thank you very much for the visit, good weekend with happiness and successes. Valter.

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  14. Hi love, thank you very much for your nice visit.:) Near tag board, there is a google traslation,on Indonesian language.Greeting from Italy, see you soon.:)
    Caribù
    http://www.caribuklabber.it

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  15. Valter - Thank you.

    Caribu - Thank for let me know. I've tried, but the result of translation is rather confusing.

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  16. Hello, thanks for visiting my blog some days ago, as well as for the comments left.Come back anytime, you're welcome. Wish you & family a very nice week!

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  17. Ana Cristina Toledo - Thank you, and welcome to my blog

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  18. keep on spirit Indonesia....the red and white is never die

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  19. Dedy Rahmat - Salam Merdeka!

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