The Story of Jokowi Born with the Name Mulyono: Often Sickly Changed to Joko Widodo

Story of Jokowi Born with the Name Mulyono: Frequently Ill, Changed to Joko Widodo

The Story of Jokowi Born with the Name Mulyono: Often Sickly Changed to Joko Widodo

Dream - A year before his term ended, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) began to frequently share stories of his past. This president is known as a calm figure but capable of attacking unexpectedly. It is not uncommon for him to face threats from his people, but he handles them without becoming emotional.

"Change Name"

It turns out that behind the dignified attitude of the seventh president of Indonesia, he holds a heart-wrenching past. Apparently, the name Joko Widodo that he uses currently is not the name given by his parents at birth. Initially, his parents named him Mulyono, for the president who has three children. However, due to frequent illness during childhood, his late mother decided to change the name Mulyono to Joko Widodo.

"Indeed, when I was little, I was born with the name Mulyono, and I was often sick. This is the story of my late mother, because of her frequent illnesses, she was replaced with Joko Widodo."
Tutur Jokowi in an interview program Point of View on Liputan6's YouTube channel.

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Regarding his birth name, Jokowi continued, both of his parents did not want to give him a name that was too long. After thinking for a long time, it was finally decided to use the name Mulyono, although it was later changed to Joko Widodo.

Tradition of 'changing names' in Javanese customs.

Because Jokowi grew up in Surakarta, Javanese customs and traditions are strongly felt even within his family. Thus, the change of name for this President of the Republic of Indonesia occurred.

"Usually, when we were still young and our family was lacking in many things, that's normal, it's common in Java. Oh, this might be a burden for the name, so let's change it to something lighter maybe.""
The translation of "Kata Jokowi" from Bahasa to English while preserving any HTML tags is: "Jokowi's words".

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Traditional beliefs of Javanese

Changing names has indeed become a tradition and belief of the Javanese community towards sickly babies or children. Mostly based on the excessive meaning of the name, so the child is unable to bear it.

"Life is full of difficulties"

Although so, the former Governor of Jakarta, Jokowi, refused to explain his childhood illness, which led to his name being changed. He only mentioned his life full of shortcomings in the past. He explained that Jokowi often faced difficult times as a child, not only being sick. However, Jokowi's past was also full of shortcomings. During his childhood, Jokowi lived on the riverbank. In fact, his house was once evicted when he was young.

"True, it has been evicted as well, at Kali Pepe, in Solo,""

tutur Jokowi sambil tertawa. Translation: President Jokowi speaks while laughing.

He even still remembers clearly the moment when his family lived on the banks of the river that divided Solo City. He explained that his family lived by the river until Jokowi entered elementary school.

Life of a Nomad

According to Jokowi, since childhood his family has been living a nomadic life. They couldn't settle in one location because they were often evicted from the riverbanks.

Story of Jokowi Born with the Name Mulyono

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