Tugu Tani

Tugu Tani located in Menteng triangle made famous Russian sculptor named Matvel Manizer and Otto Manizer. The statue was presented by the Soviet government at that time to the government of the Republic of Indonesia as a manifestation of the friendship the two nations. This statue is made of bronze, made in the Soviet Union and then brought to Jakarta by ship. Inaugurated by President Soekarno in 1963 by attaching a plaque on voetstuk reads "The hero is the value of a great nation". Making background Heroes Statues On the official visit of President Sukarno to the Soviet Union in the late fifties, he was very impressed with the statues in several places in Moscow. Bung Karno then introduced with pematungnya Matvel Manizer and his son Otto Manizer. Bung Karno and the two sculptors are invited to visit Indonesia in order to manufacture a statue of the Indonesian struggle for independence in the win, which at that time meant to struggle to free West Papua from Dutch colonial rule. Both sculptors will then came to Indonesia to get inspiration for the statue to be created. They met with local residents. In a village in West Java area they hear a story or legend about a mother who delivered her son headed to war. To encourage the spirit and courage of the child so determined to win the struggle, and also to always remember the old people and their homeland, so his mother gave rice supplies to her son. That's the story they heard from people in the area of West Java. Based on the story later was made a statue of Heroes.