Comparing Cultural Values of South African National Anthem of Nkosi Sikelel ‘Iafrika and Indonesia’s Indonesia Raya National Anthem
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211121.049How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- semiotics; Ferdinand de Saussure; national anthem; South Africa; Nkosi Sikelel ‘iAfrika; Indonesia Raya; values; culture
- Abstract
The research objective aims to compare the semiotics of cultural values between the South African national anthem of “Nkosi Sikelel ‘iAfrika” and Indonesia’s Indonesia Raya. There are five official languages for the national anthem of South Africa. While the national anthem of Indonesia, “Indonesia Raya” was written in one language. The two national songs were selected due to the reasons of religious, social and political values in the national anthems. The research uses semiotic method after carrying out observation, in-depth interviews, library research and online data to the two songs. The theory in this research uses Ferdinand de Saussure semiotics. The conclusion shows that the national anthem of South Africa has the God’s concept. Religious life has important part on South Africa’s Christian community as the majority. This song also contains the historical value of the struggle of black people in South Africa during the existence of apartheid politics and the ‘Ubuntu’ philosophy in social life the country. Moreover, in the Indonesia Raya song created long before Indonesian independence, it has the value of the spirit of the Indonesian people, particularly young people in the independence fighting in addition to the philosophy of Unity in Diversity.
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- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Suzy Azeharie AU - Michelle Gabriela PY - 2021 DA - 2021/11/29 TI - Comparing Cultural Values of South African National Anthem of Nkosi Sikelel ‘Iafrika and Indonesia’s Indonesia Raya National Anthem BT - Proceedings of the 3rd Jogjakarta Communication Conference (JCC 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 209 EP - 212 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211121.049 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211121.049 ID - Azeharie2021 ER -