Rasa Sayange

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Rasa Sayange or Rasa Sayang (pronounced [rasa sajaŋeː]) is a folk song of the Malay Archipelago sung in Malay. Although no official facts recorded, this song was believed to be created by an Ambonese man, the late Paulus Pea (born in 1907).^{[citation needed]}

1 Controversy
2 Facts
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Controversy

A controversy erupted in 2007 after the Malaysian Tourism Board released the Rasa Sayang Commercial, an advertisement used to promote Malaysian tourism industry.^{[citation needed]} Indonesians claim that Malaysia unfairly claimed ownership of the song.^[1] Some Indonesians have accused Malaysia of heritage theft.^[2] Malaysia in return clarified that the song belongs to people of the Malay Archipelago, Malaysians and Indonesians alike.^[3]

[edit] Facts

When Indonesia was under Dutch colonization, the Dutch East Indies Government made a tourism promotion using this song in the background before World War II
Rasa Sayang Eh is also a Malay film published in 1959.^[4]
The song was sung in a scene of a popular 1960 Malay film Antara Dua Darjat directed by P. Ramlee.
"Rasa Sayange" song was recorded by PT Lokananta, Solo, Indonesia on August 15, 1962 on gramophone disc. The master copy of this first record is still kept by PT Lokananta. This is the third known recording of this song.
The gramophone disc was distributed as souvenirs to the participants of the 1962 Asian Games IV in Jakarta, and the "Rasa Sayange" song was one of the Indonesian folklores on the disc, together with other Indonesian ethnic groups' folk song such as Sorak-sorak Bergembira, O Ina ni Keke and Sengko Sengko Dainang
Since 1960's "Rasa Sayange" song has been introduced to kindergarten children, making it one of the most popular folk song in Indonesia.
The use of 'e' at the end of 'Sayange' is the dialect tone of Ambonese, which distinguish them with the other ethnic groups in Malay Archipelago.