Rayuan Pulau Kelapa


Rayuan Pulau Kelapa is an Indonesian song written by Ismail Marzuki, who wrote a number of popular tunes in the country's early post-independence period. The lyrics praise Indonesia's natural beauty, such as its flora, islands and beaches, and profess undying love for the country.
The song is a nostalgic favourite among Indonesian expatriates, particularly those who left the country for the Netherlands in the 1940s and 1950s, after independence. In the pre-democracy era under President Suharto, the national TVRI television network plays the song as its closedown tune every evening. In 2014, the station has been using the song again at closedown. It is also used at closedown on Trans7 and Rajawali Televisi.
The 2016 Single "Satu Indonesiaku" includes the song in the medley "Zamrud Khatulistiwa", "Kolam Susu" and "Pemuda"
A recording of the song by Gordon Tobing was popular in the USSR in the 1950s. The song was extremely popular among Russians, was arranged by the Soviet Composer Vitaly Geviksman and performed in Russian by the singer Maya Golovnya.

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