kartini day

hello guys... today, april 21st and indonesian people was celebrate kartini day. i think some of you don't know about kartini. don't worry i'll tell you as usual...

kartini was a prominent javanese and an Indonesian national heroine. kartini was a pioneer in the area of women's rights for indonesians.

sukarno's old order state declared april 21st as kartini day to remind that women that they should participate in "the hegemonic state discourse of development". after 1965 however, suharto's new order state reconfigured the image of kartini from that of radical women's emancipator to one that potrayed her as dutiful wife and obedient daughter, "as only a woman dressed in kebaya who can cook". on that occasion, popularly known as Mother Kartini Day, "young girls were to wear tight, fitter jackets, batik shirts, elaborate hairstyle, and ornate jewelry to school, supposedly replicating Kartini's attired but in reality invented and more constricting ensemble than she ever did.