This provoked nationalist Indonesian militia, who overran the Dutch and Japanese, and tore off the blue part of the Dutch flag, changing it into the Indonesian flag.
White is the natural color of woven cotton fabrics, while red is one of the earliest natural dye discovered by native acquired from the teak leafs, the flowers of Averrhoa bilimbi or the skin of mangosteen fruits.
It was in Pante Macassar that an Indonesian fifth column raised the Indonesian flag and took control of the exclave on 29 November 1975, a week before the Indonesian invasion of East Timor proper.
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While PPPKI failed to achieve most of its intended goals, PPPKI was instrumental in the proclamation of the Sumpah Pemuda (Youth Oath) of 1928, in which nationalist symbols of Indonesia were adopted, namely, Bahasa Indonesia - a variant of Bahasa Melayu, was named the lingua franca; the presentation of "Indonesia Raya", the national anthem, and the red-white national flag, or Sang Saka Merah Putih, symbolising the Indonesian independence movement.
Trough Southridge, at 3:30pm, April 26, 1997, First Corporal Asmudjiono and followed by First Corporal Misrin from Indonesian Army Special Forces have planted the Red and White flag on the top of the world, Mount Everest.