By: Imam Agus Hardiman
Teraju.id, Pontianak – In July 11th, 2020, a national seminar was conducted by the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) of Indonesia collaborated with fraction of the NasDem party in West Kalimantan, the theme of this seminar was ‘Quo Vadis the meaning of heroes in Indonesia: strenghten Indonesian-ness through proposals of Sultan Hamid 2 as a Nasional hero’.
150 people were attending this seminar in Aston Hotel Pontianak, and 250 people were participating this seminar online, there are a lot of scientific explanations from the expert historical researchers about the role of Sultan Hamid 2 while Indonesia still fighting to get its independence status in the eye of the other countries.
Sultan Hamid was a genius logo designer who designed and finalized the draft of ‘Garuda Pancasila’ symbol that everyone in Indonesia is still using it officially until now. Even a lot of people arguing that he was not the only one who designed that logo / symbol, although he still worth to get the highest appreciation with what he did.