Songs of Hope - Dialita Choir · Transformative Memory Archive

Songs of Hope - Dialita Choir

Genre: Performance; Stories and testimony
Description: Dialita choir performed the songs that once sung in prisons and were created by political prisoners. Various songs that emerged in these prisons were sung but never written down. Dialita choir consisted of women who were once political prisoners, daughters of political prisoners or the disappeared victims of 1965-66 massacres in Indonesia, and women who are steadfast in their support of justice and truth. Dialita performed a few of their songs to welcome the participants of Indonesia Knowledge Exchange, as well one song from Colombia and another from Uganda as a testament of their solidarity for the struggles for memory and justice in both countries.
Creator(s): Photography Team at Kawan Media Baru
Contributor(s): Transformative Memory International Network
Title: Songs of Hope - Dialita Choir
Alternative Title: Paduan Suara Dialita
Date Created: 15 February, 2025
Medium: Image
File Format: image/JPEG
Theme(s): Intergenerational; Exchange as methodology; Being together through exchange
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