Flag of Indonesia Indonesian youths removed a colonial Dutch flag flying over the Yamato Hotel, tore off the blue strip and re-hoisted it as an Indonesian flag. The Hotel was subsequently renamed Hotel Merdeka, meaning Hotel Independence. The official name of the flag is "Sang Saka Merah-Putih" (meaning "lofty bicolour Red and White") according to Article 35 of the 1945 Constitution. The flag is commonly called "Bendera Merah-Putih" (Red-and-White Flag). Occasionally, it is also called "Sang Dwiwarna" (The bicolour). "Sang Saka Merah-Putih" (The Lofty Red-and-White) refers to the historical flag called "Bendera Pusaka" (heirloom flag) and its replica. The Bendera Pusaka is the
Saka guru "guru". According to the Javanese text of Kawruh Kalang, the "guru" or "teacher" is a title given to the four wooden beams, while "saka" or "post" is for the four main posts. Thus the whole configuration is known as "sakaguru", or more correctly "sakaning guru" or "saka ingkang nyanggi guru" (Javanese "the "saka" which supports the "guru"). In Indonesian language, the term saka guru is used to signifies a fundamental principle. For example, "the Indonesian Cooperative is the saka guru of the National Economy". The space beneath the saka guru was considered a very important sacred space. In modern day,