KITA sering menyebutnya veteran. Dalam bahasa Indonesia, veteran diartikan sebagai bekas prajurit atau bekas pasukan perang, atau mantan pejuang. Bisa juga orang yang sudah banyak pengalaman dalam suatu pekerjaan. Jadi tidak wajib harus bekas militer atau terlibat peperangan.
Nah, tapi dalam foto-foto saya ini, veteran yang direkam adalah replika veteran mantan pejuang. Beliau bukan benar-benar veteran. Usianya sebaya saya dan merupakan teman sekolah saya dulu saat kecil di kampung. Dalam sebuah upacara HUT RI, saya melihatnya mengenakan pakaian veteran. Dulu bapaknya adalah veteran. Mungkin Ia ingin mewarisinya.
We often call them veterans. In Indonesian, a veteran is defined as a former warrior or ex-combatant, or a former combatant. Also known as people who have a lot of experience in a job. So it is not mandatory to be former military or involved in warfare.
Well, but in my photographs, the veteran recorded is a veteran replica of a former combatant. He is not really a veteran. He was my age and was a schoolmate of mine once as a kid in the village. In a ceremony of HUT RI, I saw him wearing veteran clothes. His father used to be a veteran. Maybe he wants to inherit it.