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Gendjer Gendjer

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    Genjer-berhamparan genjer in rice fields
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    Genjer-berhamparan genjer in rice fields
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    The boy's mother came to pick genjer
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    The boy's mother came to pick genjer
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    Can basket he turned away without looking back
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    Genjer-genjer now been brought home
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    Genjer genjer early-sold into the market
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    Genjer genjer early-sold into the market
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    Arranged below the exposed bound lined
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    Arranged below the exposed bound lined
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    The mother of the girl holding a container purchase genjer-woven-bamboo
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    Genjer-genjer now be cooked
Title:
Gendjer Gendjer
Description:

An adaptation of the controversial song "Genjer Genjer." The song's lyrics were about the poverty in Banyuwangi, East Java in 1943. While its subject was about a poor woman picking genjer (a flat-tasting river plant) to sell at the market, the song was used as a rallying theme for the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). When Suharto took power in 1965, the songwriter was killed and the song banned.

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Video Language:
Indonesian
Team:
EngageMedia
Seelan Palay edited English subtitles for Genjer-Genjer
Seelan Palay edited English subtitles for Genjer-Genjer
Seelan Palay edited English subtitles for Genjer-Genjer
Seelan Palay edited English subtitles for Genjer-Genjer
Seelan Palay edited English subtitles for Genjer-Genjer
Seelan Palay edited English subtitles for Genjer-Genjer
Seelan Palay edited English subtitles for Genjer-Genjer
Seelan Palay edited English subtitles for Genjer-Genjer
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