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Awaken the Submerged Stems
Illustration: Handining
Every year we commemorate National Awakening Day. The date of May 20 was set as National Awakening Day because that date in 1908 saw the establishment of an organization which was named Boedi Oetomo at the Stovia Batavia building. The building constituted a medical education institution, the School ter Opleiding van Indische Artsen.
The establishment of Boedi Oetomo was spearheaded by several young men, including R Soetomo and R Goenawan Mangoenkoesoemo.This organization was born as a fusion between the national spirit against colonialism and intellectual awareness of progress through "modern" education.