Behind A Variety Of Differences
To avoid forgetting, there is a ceremony that keeps being held by the Rasa Dharma social community since 2018. To refrain about the 1998 tragedy, this memorial is also a gratitude for Ita Martadinata Haryono, human rights defender who is of Chinese descent that becomes one of the victims.
The tradition of eating rujak pare sambal kecombrang become a contemplation medium so that similar tragedy won’t be repeated. Pare is a symbol of bitterness kecombrang is a symbol of Chinese women, and sambal is a representation of people’s mourn.