@fmf saidA Pride Parade wouldn't count as civic pride would it? 🙂
The Proclamation of Indonesian Independence was made at 10 am on the 17th of August 1945. For the Dutch, sovereignty was not formally transferred until the 27th of December 1949, although that day is not marked here.
There have been 77 of these Independence Days; I have been in this country for 21 of them [and there have been 30 of them since the first time I lived here.
Th ...[text shortened]... August is celebrated with widespread relish.
How does civic pride manifest itself where you live?
-VR