Ibu Pertiwi (English:Mother Prithvi orMother Earth)[1] is anational personification ofIndonesia, the allegory ofTanah Air (Indonesian:land and water), the Indonesianmotherland. Since prehistoric times, the tribes of theIndonesian archipelago oftenrevered earth and nature spirits as a life giving mother, a female deity of nature. After the adoption ofHinduism in the earlyfirst millennium, this mother figure was identified withPrithvi, the Hindu mother goddess of the earth, who was thus given the name "Pertiwi".[citation needed]
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.[2] Despite her popularity in patriotic songs and poems, her physical representations and images are rare.[citation needed]
In nationalistic TV commercials commemoratingIndonesian independence day, Ibu Pertiwi is often depicted as a beautiful Indonesian maiden lovingly nurturing Indonesian children, such as depicted in a 2017TV commercialHari Merdeka special.[3]
In 2017, the Ibu Pertiwi costume won the best national costume in the Miss Grand International beauty pageant.[4]
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