tah eta pamadegan anu ngan saukur ngalongok/noong kajero imah tina jandela teh! kuduna asup jero, kawin heula geura jeung urg baduy jero na. numatak bule teu meunang asup teh kitu balukarna he33x! *ocatea
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Tubagus Rifki L <[email protected]> wrote: > > > nto the pace of modern history, the Baduy must reinterpret the *Pikukuh > Adat*. While the Kanekes cultural heritage is existing as it is now, there > may be a modern university in the village of *Cikertawana* or the > *Cibeo*Institute of technology. (You may say I am a dreamer, but I am not the > only > one.) And most importantly, they may speak English as well. My understanding > the way the Baduy translate the adages is that they just make a textual > interpretation. The adage "*Lojor teu meunang dipotong, pondok teu > menunang disambung*" (*In English, what is Long should not be shortened > and what is Short should not be lengthened)* make them think that no one > should be able to read and write! I imagined one of the Baduy leader read my > story and tried to reshaping his mindset as to reinterpret the adage. > > If they translate the laws to the extend of accommodating the changes, at > least let the children learn how to read and write, the next generation of > Baduy will pace the history differently. I am not in the position to talk > the technicality of the social transformation of the Baduy towards its > modernization, Indonesiazation or event westernization. Instead, I'd like to > note that the people of Kanekes must be approached somehow to prevent them > from losing their perpetual balance. The Kanekes culture is a set of > properties that must be preserved, reshaped and reinforced. > > However, preserving the Kanekes heritage does not mean that they must stay > as it is now. Neither does it mean keeping us away from them, nor keeping > them illiterate. *Preserving them* means that we *protect* the Kanekes * > identity*, the *land *where they live, the *culture* that shapes their > life from the bombardments of outer cultural waves that influx the Baduy > boundaries. Making the children of Baduy literate is one of the process that > preserves the Kanekes identity. Literacy will equip the next generation of > Kanekes to shield the identity and to adopt proper reaction to the shocking > future. > > Those whoever interact with the Baduy, the local government, the Banteners > and even the travelers who are on *Saba Budaya Baduy* vacation, must > responsibly take the initiatives engagements to actively support the actions > of preserving the Baduy heritage. *Save > Baduy*<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Baduy/129588390407447>. > It is advisable to put the Baduy culture issues into the local content of > educational curriculum of Banten Province. The preliminary works of > presenting the Baduy culture can be seen from several published school > textbooks of sociology. It is also a good movement to build a society that > learn the Baduy and spread the issues. What can be learnt from Baduy? Take > some examples, how can they (their culture) manage to record in human > history of leadership that no Baduy 's leader is corrupt? How do they come > to a firm decision that they implement a political economy not to sell the > harvested rice to outsider but they force the 'citizen' to buy from outside? > How strong are they politically to reject any government development program > proposed to the villages? They proved you were wrong! They did it. > > Sumber, Visit Baduy Village <http://visitbaduyvillage.com> > >
