KETERLIBATAN BANDIT, PELACUR DAN SENIMAN DALAM PERJUANGAN KEMERDEKAAN DI JAWA TIMUR (1945-1950)

Abstract

Bandit, pelacur dan seniman adalah kelompok sosial yang sering luput dari perhatian sejarawan. Mungkin karena posisi sosial mereka yang bukan elite. Dalam perkembangan Ilmu Sejarah yang mengarah pada demokratisasi, maka semua kelompok sosial dipandang memiliki peluang yang sama untuk ditulis sejarahnya. Dalam periode Revolusi Nasional Indonesia (1945-1950) untuk menghadapi keunggulan militer pihak Belanda, tentara Indonesia dipaksa untuk melakukan mobilisasi sumberdaya. Dalam konteks itu, bandit, pelacur dan seniman terlibat dalam perjuangan kemerdekaan. Kontribusi mereka tidak kecil, tetapi dalam suasana kajian sejarah yang berpihak pada elite, perannya seakan-akan terlupakan. Dalam perjuangan kemerdekaan di Jawa Timur bandit, pelacur dan seniman dimobilisasi dan dimanfaatkan untuk berbagai keperluan. Melalui berbagai peran yang sesuai dengan ”ketrampilan”nya memberi dukungan terhadap perjuangan. Resikonya tidak kecil, nyawa taruhannya, tetapi mereka rela melakukan. Ironisnya, perjuanggannya hanya tercatat dalam dokumen dan setelah kemerdekaan tercapai jasa-jasanya dilupakan.

Bandits, prostitutes, and artists are social groups that frequently ignored by the historians. Potentially their social position as non-elite class causes its marginalization. Hence, in the development of history as science that headed to democratization, all social groups are seen as having equal opportunities to write their history. Facing the superiority of Dutch military in the Indonesian National Revolution period (1945-1950), the Indonesian army was forced to mobilize all resources. In that context, bandits, prostitutes, and artists were involved in the struggle for independence. Their contribution is very important, but in an atmosphere of historical studies that highlight the elite, their role seems to be marginalized. The independence war in East Java records band of bandits, prostitutes and artists who were mobilized and utilized for various purposes. Through various roles in accordance with their "skills", it provides support for the independence. The duty were very risk to their lives, but they doing it voluntarily. Ironically, their heroism only recorded in the old archives and forgotten after independence.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17977/um020v12i22017p128