Demi Tuhan

About

Demi Tuhan (roughly translate as For God’s Sake) refers to a memorable quote uttered by Arya Wiguna, former follower of controversial spiritual teacher Eyang Subur during a statement he made in front of the press against him. Due to the over the top and emotional delivery of his promise, the video became the subject of parody and remixes by the Indonesian online community.

Origin

In 2013, Spiritual Teacher Eyang Subur was accused by Adi Bing Slamet and a number of celebrities for spreading heresy in his teachings. On March 25th, 2013, Arya Wiguna, one of Eyang Subur’s former followers, released a statement in front of the press where he challenges his ex-mentor “for God’s sake”. On the same day, a video containing the statement was uploaded to Youtube by news site KapanLagi.com which gathered over 680.600 views within 3 years(shown below).

On April 17th, 2013, Youtube user Calengklik uploaded one of the first remix videos titled Arya Wiguna – Demi Tuhan which uses clips from various movies with the Guile theme playing as background music. The video gathered over 2,7 million views within 3 years.

The popularity of the remixes became the subject of news by a number of sites such as SoloPos,^[2] Bingkai Berita,^[3] CiriCara,^[4] and KapanLagi.^[5]

Spread

On April 20th, 2013, a thread started on the indonesian forum site Kaskus where users shared edited images of Arya Gunawan yelling out the quote. Within 3 years, the thread gathered over 688 replies.^[1] On April 22nd, 2013, Youtube user fluxcup Demi Tuhan Style – PSY feat. Arya Wiguna (LIATMUKASAYA Remix) which remixes the video with the song Gangnam Style. The video gathered over 1.6 million views within 3 years (shown below, left). On April 23rd, 2013, Youtube user Eka Gustiwana uploaded a video titled Speech Composing Arya Wiguna – Demi Tuhan which remixes the video into a song. The video gathered over 5.1 million views within 3 years (shown below, right).