The Marriage Of President Soekarno And Ratna Sari Dewi In Today's History, March 3, 1962

The marriage of President Soekarno and Ratna Sari Dewi was carried out secretly in Jakarta on March 3, 1962 after they had been in touch for almost 4 years. (Perpusnas)

JAKARTA History today, 61 years ago, March 3, 1962, President Soekarno married secretly Naoko Totalto (Ratna Sari Dewi). The wedding was held in the midst of Indonesia's economic condition which was not doing well. Moreover, the marriage was not the first marriage for Soekarno.

Previously, the second meeting took place in Japan. Soekarno and Naoko both have the same interest in art. Soekarno likes to paint, as does Naoko. The relationship then continued to a more serious level.

Naokoekto never thought that art and literature were just'monopoly' people. He who was born to a mediocre family can also learn from both of them. Everything is because of Naoko's dream power who wants to become a painter, writer, and literary critic.

He planted the dream in sanubari. The world then gave Naoko a way. He can be part of the Sishere Hayakama Art Production association in Tokyo. Since then, Naoko's desire to learn art and literature has been fulfilled. Even he wants to be able to devote himself to it.

In fact, his closeness to art actually led him to find a mate. He met a man who had the same interest in him at the Imperial Tokyo Hotel in 1958.

Naoko felt he met the right person. He met a man who had deep enough artistic knowledge. The man is President Soekarno. Naoko also felt comfortable with Bung Karno, and vice versa.

He also aspires to be a writer and literary critic. He also likes to sing and dance classical Japanese. Even playing drama at the Sishere Hayakama Art Production association in Tokyo. Bung Karno, who first met Naoko at the Imperial Tokyo Hotel, admitted that it was not only the beauty of the Japanese girl that made him in love.

However, more than everything, Naoko's passion for art ensnared him. So Bung Karno was forced to apply with pearls: Be a source of inspiration and trust. In the following days Naokoapto was given a new name by Bung Karno: Ratna Sari Dewi," said Agus Dermawan T in the book Bukit-Bukit Attention (2004).

The relationship between the two is getting closer day by day. The closeness then brought the two to agree to continue their relationship to a more serious level. Bung Karno also expressed his intention to marry Naoko.

Gayung also greeted. The two married secretly on March 3, 1962 in Jakarta. Not many people know about their marriage. Because only close friends of Soekarno know, including his personal doctor, R. Suharto.

The silent marriage option was carried out because Indonesia's economic condition was not doing well. Bung Karno was heavily criticized for defending the lighthouse project, rather than thinking about the fate of the people. This condition got worse because the marriage was not Bung Karno's first marriage. Since then, the Indonesian people have known Naoko as Ratna Sari Dewi.

Bung Karno and Ratna Sari Dewi's marriage on March 3, 1962, was not so surprising, because their relationship had been going on since 1958. Whatever is said about the marriage, but as history has shown, the relationship between the two is based on love."

Their marriage was not without obstacles, because Ratna Sari Dewi's family did not agree. Ratna Sari Dewi, who I know is a beautiful, intelligent woman, a celebrity (to read too much), happy, and able to paint, good at socializing with foreign people because she quickly mastered several foreign languages. He has a strong will, and is always forthright when expressing his opinion, "said R. Suharto in the book Historical Witness (1984).