Soegeng Soejono is one of the Indonesians who has received a scholarship to Czechoslovakia. However, when he studied in Czechoslovakia, the political situation in Indonesia changed and he could not return to his homeland. In this interview, we chatted not only about history and the past, but also about the Czech Republic - especially about the religion and his life in Czechia.

🔸Attention: I made this video not because I wanted to discuss about the topic of the New Order, but because I have considered eyang Yono as my grandfather, he is one of the most important people to me, and he always supports me in everything I do. I really appreciate him and I want a persona like this to be included in my project called Já, Indonésan (IIndonesian Me). This video was made to introduce eyang Yono to more people in the world.🔸

If anyone is interested in this topic, please read this article:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne7qd...
Grandmother Yono also "appeared" in the Indonesian movie "Letters from Prague".

Intro (00:00)
Garden (00:58)
Age (05:34)
Why he went to Czechoslovakia? (06:02)
Why he couldn't go back? (07:32)
Finally back in Indonesia (21:00)
His childhood in Java (24:37)
Religion in the Czech Republic (27:29)
His wife and children (33:04)
Madiun and Magelang (35:55)
Culture in Czechia (39:48)
What does eyang miss? (42:51)
Indonesian language (43:25)
Czech language (46:50)
"Eyang" as a status (48:50)
Beautiful words about me ♥ (53:11)

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All photos used in this video belong to me or to eyang Yono.
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"Já, Indonésan" (Indonesian Me) is my project to introduce the diversity of Indonesian society to Czech people. This project consists of videos of various interviews with Indonesians in the archipelago and abroad, and a photography exhibition which in 2019 took place in the city of Brno, Czech Republic.

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