Organisations
Dialita Choir
- Original name
- Paduan Suara Dialita
- Type
- archive/library/NGO
- Country
- Indonesia
- Founded
- 2011
- Description
- Jakarta choir of women survivors of 1965 and their relatives performing songs written in detention.
- Deskripsi
- Paduan suara di Jakarta beranggotakan penyintas perempuan 1965 dan kerabatnya yang menyanyikan lagu-lagu ciptaan dari masa penahanan.
- Also written as
- Dialita; Paduan Suara Dialita
2016 – 2026
Often appears with
23 items
Audio track (5:43) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Frau. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).
Audio track (2:44) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Cholil Mahmud. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).
Audio track (5:48) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Sisir Tanah, Frau and Lintang Radittya. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).
Audio track (2:28) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Sisir Tanah. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).
Audio track (6:04) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Kroncongan Agawe Santoso. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083). The title ref
Audio track (2:28) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Sisir Tanah. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083). The title refers to GANEFO
Audio track (3:37) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Cholil Mahmud. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).
Audio track (4:35) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Frau and Lintang Radittya. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).
Audio track (2:12) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Cholil Mahmud and Lintang Radittya. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).
Audio track (3:55) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Nadya Hatta, Prihatmoko Catur and Lintang Radittya. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wav
Dialita, Dunia Milik Kita: Album Cover (2016)
Album cover image for Dialita's 2016 'Dunia Milik Kita' (Yes No Wave YESNO083): the title in green script surrounded by botanical drawings of leaves, flowers and gourds on a pale blue background. No further text.
Dialita, Dunia Milik Kita: Track List and CD Sleeve (2016)
Two-page CD sleeve of Dialita's 'Dunia Milik Kita' (Yes No Wave YESNO083, 2016) in Indonesian: track list crediting guest artists Frau, Cholil Mahmud, Sisir Tanah, Lintang Radittya, Kroncongan Agawe Santosa and Nadya Hatta. A notice says the MP3s are free under a digital licence and that copying and selling the CD is '
Merdu yang Dipaksa Sunyi: Arman Dhani's Introductory Essay to Dunia Milik Kita (2016)
Seven-page liner essay by Arman Dhani, issued with the free download of Dialita's album Dunia Milik Kita (2016), framing it as hearing again voices silenced by 'collective sin' after 1965 and introducing the ten songs and their young arrangers. A guide to the women's choir's repertoire.
Dialita Live at LBH Jakarta, Belok Kiri Festival, 2016
Live audio (12:06), 2016, of the Dialita choir of women survivors of 1965 and relatives performing at LBH Jakarta during the Belok Kiri (Turn Left) Festival. Documents survivors' song as public memory work. Description only; no repertoire listed.
Dunia Milik Kita: liner and production notes (Dialita, 2016)
Release page for Dialita's free album Dunia Milik Kita (17 Aug 2016, Yes No Wave): ten songs, most written in prison camps (Bukit Duri, Plantungan, Ambarawa, Salemba) or by Lekra composers, arranged by young indie musicians. Documents the choir of women ex-prisoners.
Women's resistance through writing in the albums Dunia Milik Kita and Salam Harapan (Saraswati and Subono, 2021)
2021 article by Saraswati and supervisors on Dialita's albums Dunia Milik Kita (2016) and Salam Harapan (2019), arguing songs by women prisoners are 'penulisan perempuan' and a form of resistance, with an account of Dialita's origins. Companion to the 2022 thesis summary.
The Act of Singing: Women, Music and the Politics of Truth and Reconciliation (Weintraub, 2021)
Andrew Weintraub's 2021 study of the Dialita choir from 2018-21 fieldwork with members including Njoto's daughter Irina Dayasih, arguing collective singing is critical remembrance and memory activism where legal routes are blocked. Substantial English-language study.
Dialita: Collective Memories of Former Women Political Prisoners in Java (Lestariningsih and Sunarti, 2022)
Memory Studies article (2022) on the Dialita choir of former women political prisoners and relatives as a vehicle for identity and 'cultural reconciliation', drawing on interviews with Uchikowati, Utati and others; co-author wrote a book on Plantungan Gerwani prisoners. Key study.
Women's voices in the songs of the Dialita choir (Saraswati, 2022)
2022 Universitas Indonesia gender-studies thesis summary analysing five Dialita songs (Lagu untuk Anakku, Ibu, Salam Harapan, Tetap Senyum Menjelang Fajar, Ujian), written by women prisoners at Ambarawa, Bukit Duri and Plantungan, as feminine writing in Cixous's sense. Lyric analysis.
Tempo, 20 August 2022: Mia Bustam's third memoir (learning not to hold grudges)
Tempo feature (20 Aug 2022, Dian Yuliastuti and Seno Joko Suyono) on the launch of Mia Bustam's third memoir, 'Kelindan Asa dan Kenyataan'. It recounts her arrest in Yogyakarta on 23 Nov 1965, 13 years' detention without trial (Vredeburg, Wirogunan, Plantungan, Bulu) for Lekra membership, release in 1978, and her later
Tempo, 20 November 2022: Dialita's bold voice (Akademi Jakarta award)
Tempo report (20 Nov 2022, Dian Yuliastuti and Seno Joko Suyono) on the Dialita choir winning the 2022 Akademi Jakarta award. Formed 2011 by daughters and women ex-prisoners (including Utati and Mudjiati, Bukit Duri and Plantungan), it sings songs composed in detention, such as 'Salam Harapan' and 'Taman Bunga Plantung
Tempo.co, 11 December 2024: Human Rights Day - how Dialita fights the stigma of the 1965 tragedy
Tempo.co report (11 Dec 2024, Ihsan Reliubun and Reza Maulana) on the Dialita choir at Human Rights Day and Mia Bustam's book launch. Chair Uchikowati's mother Hartati was a Gerwani member; her parents were arrested on 1 Nov 1965 (mother freed 1973). Dialita was founded in 2011 by ex-prisoners from Bukit Duri, Ambarawa
Dialita (Indonesian Wikipedia, accessed 2026-10-13)
Indonesian Wikipedia article (retrieved 13 Oct 2026) on Dialita ('Di Atas Lima Puluh Tahun'), the Jakarta choir formed 2011 by Uchikowati Fauzia of women ex-prisoners and relatives, trained by Buru ex-prisoner Martin Lapanguli, performing songs composed in prison. Encyclopedic summary.