Ibu Pertiwi
{{Short description|National personification of Indonesia}}
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File:Statue of Goddess or Queen at Monas.JPG, Jakarta. It is probably the most popular depiction of Ibu Pertiwi in Indonesia.]]
Ibu Pertiwi ({{langx|en|Mother Prithvi or Mother Earth}})[http://www.ykip.org/index.asp Yayasan Kemanusiaan Ibu Pertiwi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916070718/http://www.ykip.org/index.asp |date=16 September 2009 }} YKIP is a national personification of Indonesia, the allegory of Tanah Air ({{langx|id|land and water}}), the Indonesian motherland. Since prehistoric times, the tribes of the Indonesian archipelago often revered earth and nature spirits as a life giving mother, a female deity of nature. After the adoption of Hinduism in the early first millennium, this mother figure was identified with Prithvi, the Hindu mother goddess of the earth, who was thus given the name "Pertiwi".{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
In popular culture
Ibu Pertiwi is a popular theme in Indonesian patriotic songs and poems and was mentioned in several of them, such as the song "Ibu Pertiwi" and "Indonesia Pusaka". In the national anthem "Indonesia Raya", the lyrics "Jadi pandu ibuku" ("[is] the scout/guide to my mother") is a reference to Ibu Pertiwi as the metaphorical mother of the Indonesian people.{{Cite web|url=https://kumparan.com/@kumparannews/kisah-tentang-ibu-pertiwi|title=Kisah tentang Ibu Pertiwi|website=kumparan|language=id-ID|access-date=2019-04-03}} Despite her popularity in patriotic songs and poems, her physical representations and images are rare.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
In nationalistic TV commercials commemorating Indonesian independence day, Ibu Pertiwi is often depicted as a beautiful Indonesian maiden lovingly nurturing Indonesian children, such as depicted in a 2017 TV commercial Hari Merdeka special.{{Citation|last=IKLANESIA HD|title=Iklan Gudang Garam edisi Hari Kemerdekaan Indonesia (120s)|date=2017-02-25|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QhKG5h7T-Y |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/4QhKG5h7T-Y |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|access-date=2019-04-03}}{{cbignore}}
In 2017, the Ibu Pertiwi costume won the best national costume in the Miss Grand International beauty pageant.{{Cite web|url=https://cantik.tempo.co/read/1027965/kostum-ibu-pertiwi-juarai-miss-grand-international-2017|title=Kostum Ibu Pertiwi Juarai Miss Grand International 2017|last=Kustiani|first=Rini|date=2017-10-26|website=Tempo|language=en|access-date=2019-04-03}}
See also
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