This jam is now over. It ran from 2021-08-27 16:00:00 to 2021-09-15 16:00:00.
With Malaysian Independence Day and Malaysia Day coming up, let's create a game, zine or an artistic asset with a theme that revolves around your interpretation of Malaysia.
Be creative with your work but please please please be careful when submitting dissenting content. And if people do submit dissenting content, please do not snitch on them. You may also upload more than one work!
As inspiration, here is a poem related to Independence by Usman Awang (who interestingly enough also wrote Anjing Itu):
TANAH AIR (Menjelang Kemerdekaan)
by Usman Awang
Engkau Tanah Air
pemilik perut yang berbudi
penampung hujan penyedut sinar mentari
lahirlah anakmu dari semaian petani
Engkau Ibu Murni
dengan jasa abadi
berdetik didenyut nafas kami
kerna kita satu sama dipunyai
Telah kau rasa
segala seperti kami
dalam ngeri perang dadamu dibongkar besi
di mana-mana wajahmu tak pernah mati
Tapi begitu
sejarah hidup zaman berzaman
pernah merangkul pahlawan kemerdekaan
mereka sujud dalam kaku
mohon perlindungan
Bukankah dengan
kasih dan harapan
kau tenggelamkan mereka dalam dakapan
di mana bunga ganti nisan bertaburan
Negara baru
di atas rongga jantungmu
akan tertegak bertapak dalam kebebasan
cinta antara kita wahyu dari Tuhan.