FROM “SONG OF WAR” TO “SONG OF PEACE”: THE ROLE OF HIKAYAT PRANG SABI FOR ACEHNESE ETHNONATIONALISM

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Table 1. List of Informants

No	Name of Informants	Informants Criteria	Date of Interview
1.	Mansur	Older Generation	1 May 2021
2.	Mawardi	Older generation	28 April 2021
3.	Fauzan Azima	GAM Commander district Linge	14 January 2021
4.	Tantawi	GAM Soldier Aceh Besar Area	18 January 2021
5.	Muliadi	GAM Soldier Sigli Area	18–19 January 2021
6.	Sri Handayani	GAM Inong Balee Soldier	19 January 2021
7.	Johan Makmur	GAM Information Division	19 January 2021
8.	Kapten P. Sabang	GAM Soldier North Aceh Area	20 January 2021
9.	Rimba	GAM Soldier West Aceh Area	20 January 2021
10.	Orangutan Squad	HPS Singer	8 January 2021
11.	Cut Niken	HPS Singer	18 January 2021
12.	Joel Pasee	HPS Singer	20 January 2021
13.	Ismail	Young Generation/Listener to The Song	19 April 2021
14.	Ikhsan	Young Generation/Listener to The Song	22 April 2021

Figure 1. Cover Page, HPS by Abdullah Arif (Rizki, 2020).

Figure 2. Cover Page, HPS by H.M. Zainuddin (Rizki, 2020).

Figure 3. Cover Page, HPS by Tgk. Chik Pante Kulu (Hasjmy, 1977).

Figure 4. HPS recitation in GAM’s Anniversary 2019 (Atjeh Watch, 2019).

Figure 5. The Role of HPS in Shaping Acehnese’s Ethnonationalism.

Table 2. The Transformation Aspect of HPS

War and Peace Era	Role of HPS	The Meaning of Jihad	Manifestation of Ethnonationalism and Ethnic Revival
Dutch Colonialism’s era (1973–1942)	Saga and Song of War	Battle in the path of Allah using weapons	War against Dutch colonialism
GAM’s era (1976–2005)	Song of War	Battle in the path of Allah using weapons	War against the Indonesian government
The post Peace agreement of MoU Helsinki (2005–2020)	Song of Peace	Battle in the path of Allah using ideas, creativity, education	War against backwardness and poverty

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