JAKARTA — Dompet Dhuafa and Titimangsa successfully held a humanitarian-themed Musical Theater “Tanah Yang Terpenjara” #LantangkanSuarauntukPalestina on Thursday (3/10/2024), at the Jakarta Arts Building. The theater, which combines acting, dance, and poetry, is packaged into a neat and beautiful work, so that it succeeds in making the audience immersed in the atmosphere.
The first performance with a humanitarian theme, which raised the genocide in the Land of the Prophets, successfully moved the audience. Through the stories of the people of Gaza, Palestine, they felt the pain, suffering and anxiety that have become part of their daily lives.
Through this musical theater, Dompet Dhuafa echoes the events of October 7, 2023, but also calls on all levels of society to continue to voice support for Palestine. On the night of the performance, thousands of eyes witnessed how Dompet Dhuafa together with the government, good partners, MPZ, volunteers, KOL and influencers united to alleviate the suffering of Palestine. With hearts full of empathy, they stood together, bringing hope in the midst of deep sadness.
Since the beginning of the performance, Palestine was portrayed as peaceful, reflecting the peacefulness of Indonesia. When the bombing started, the audience was brought into the middle of the conflict, feeling as if they were there. The strong performance, profound poetry, and expressive dance succeeded in conveying the message very clearly.
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Farhana and Salwa appreciated the show that voicing the truth can also be done through art, and they felt reenergized to continue voicing for Palestine.
“I really felt like I was carried away by the atmosphere, at the beginning Hasan and Abdel’s characters made a strong impression on me, and I’m really proud that finally Indonesian artists have the courage to speak out, more and more people are speaking out. Palestine looks devastated, but behind it, it can raise the spirit of the people outside of it, in fact they provide a lot of lessons to fight,” said Salwa.
“I feel guilty because the news about Palestine is getting less and less frequent, even on social media. Alhamdulillah, today I was reminded that the struggle is not over yet, and I was revived, especially when I was given the feeling of being in the middle of the war, so I could imagine the struggle of the Palestinians, so I really felt the fear, the sadness, and I couldn’t stop crying,” continued Farhana.
In addition to the theatrical performance, several booths were set up to support the humanitarian program for Palestine, including the booths of Buku Sejuta Surat untuk Palestina, DMC Dompet Dhuafa, Palestina.id, and BSI. Based on the observation of Dompet Dhuafa team, around 7:30 p.m., the queue of visitors extended from the entrance to the stage, signaling the enthusiasm and concern of the community for Palestine.
An equally crowded corner was the book booth of Sejuta Surat untuk Palestina (A Million Letters to Palestine), where Dompet Dhuafa and Gueari Galeri presented the book Sejuta Surat untuk Palestina (A Million Letters to Palestine), an anthology that presents 75 selected works in the form of letters, poems, illustrations and photographs. This anthology is the result of collaboration with nearly 400 young contributors who voiced their hopes, prayers and determination to support humanity.
At the end of the session, Dompet Dhuafa gave appreciation to the collaborators who have been faithfully supporting humanitarian efforts for Palestine. These good partners, consisting of companies, MPZs, educational institutions, and various other parties, have played an important role in easing the burden on the Palestinian people.
Tokopedia is one of the partners of kindness who received the Palestinian Humanitarian Donation Partner award, represented by Desi Anggraini, she revealed that Tokopedia and Dompet Dhuafa continue to support humanitarianism in Palestine.
“I came from Tokopedia to support the Land of the Imprisoned event from Dompet Dhuafa and Titimangsa, I am very happy to be present, Alhamdulillah, here I personally and Tokopedia representatives really support the humanitarian action movement for Palestine and we also really care about the current humanitarian crisis in Palestine, together we are here for this humanitarian mission,” said Dessy.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave appreciation to Dompet Dhuafa for its contribution in supporting Palestine through various humanitarian programs.
“I would like to thank you, we also appreciate the hard work of Dompet Dhuafa and other colleagues, in order to synergize with the work carried out by the Indonesian government in helping Palestine to achieve our common goal of achieving independence, we must encourage and keep pressing all parties so that Palestine can sit equally like other nations that are sovereign, independent and build their own country,” said Muhsin Syihab, Expert Staff for Intergovernmental Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Dompet Dhuafa)
Text and photo: Anndini Dwi Putri
Editor: Dhika Prabowo