Heartbreaking news surrounds the Indonesians after news of the death of the songwriter Apuse appeared on various social media.
Apuse is a famous song, even considered by some as national song, from Papua which is often sung by almost all Indonesians starting from elementary school.
Tete Mandosir Sarumi, the composer of the song, reportedly died at 05:00 WIT in Biak, Numfor, Papua.
Tete Mandosir Sarumi originally had the surname of Sarumi and came from Kabuow Village, Teluk Mondama, which now part of West Papua Province.
He composed the song based on the story of a person who was going to Teluk Doreri in Manokwari while reminiscing his parents in the village.
This song was popularized by Corry Rumiono and is often studied in art lessons in school. Even the beat of the song is often used by football fans in their chants.
The news of Tete Mandosir Sarumi’s death was first posted by a Twittee account @timurmatahari on September 14th, 2022, 08:53 WIB. The tweet has the retweet of 4,400 and 14,000 likes.
The tweet then was shared by the Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas in one of his latest tweets today.
“May you rest in peace in your eternal sleep Tete Mandosir Sarumi,” wrote Yaqut in his tweet. “The name we all seen as the songwriter of Apuse, whose Google itself doesn’t know who he is, your song is eternal,” continued the tweet.
However due to the scarcity of information of Tete, not much can be said about him yet.