AA: Atuh da urang mah Urang Sunda/Indonesia nya atuh kapan expressionna teh sanes Enlish Expression, tapi Sundanese expression tea. Tapi eta seratan teh na bhs Inggrisna kalebet sae; dibanding sareng abah mah. Hahahahaha
--- In [email protected], "Ahmad Sopiani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Assalamu'alaikum. > > > > Nyobaan ketak-ketik make basa deungen, geuning hasilna karasa rada aneh... > boh pokeb na...boh gremer na... > > Cik, para wargi nu ahli inggeris, panghadeankeun yeuh bahasa inggeris > kuring... :-) > > > > Hatur nuhun... > > www.sopian73.wordpress.com <http://www.sopian73.wordpress.com/> > > > > Gedegan Sisabi > > We call it Gedegan. > > In my village, when I was a kid, "go to Gedegan" mean "swimming". Perhaps > Gedegan is Sunda language for Bendungan in Indonesian or dike/dam in > English. Village Jati, my village, separated by a river from Uwung village. > That river calls Sabi River or Kali Sabi in Indonesian or we, Sundanese > community around that river, call it Sisabi. That "Gedegan" is in this > Sisabi. > > Like a lot of other civilizations who live around a river like Nile in > Egypt, Yangtse in China, Eufrat in Iraq, or Gangga in India, Sisabi, > eventhought only in a little part, also create many civilizations of > Sundanese community; village Jati, Uwung, Rawacana. > > Almost everyday Jati's children and civilian go to Sisabi. Swimming, > fishing, washing clothes/house equipment, or looking for shrimp. Sisabi > cannot separated from our life. It's part of village Jati's life. Sisabi > surrounding by trees as far as it flow. Sisabi's water is clear, and more > clear in summer. In the midde of summer, when the water debit is decresing, > all people go to Sisabi to catch fish, shrimp, eel and shell. > > "Go to Gedegan" mean "swimming" because almost everyday we were swimming in > that river. So if any friend ask us to go to Sisabi, it's mean he ask us to > swim there. All village Jati kids can swim by learn to swim in Sisabi > including me. In the first time, little kid like me when 7 years old, only > allow to swim at border's river with "Gaya Batu" or "Stone style". Our > senior teach us how to be a good swimmer. Than, after a while time step by > step we can swim to middle of Sisabi. Moreover, we can climb a tree than > jump to the river until our foot touch the bottom of river. We call it > "Seblugan", because the sound when we fall from tree to water is "blugg..." > This is my favorite moment when a was a kid. > > That is before 1985.... > > Everything is change when industry come to our village. Factories are build > around Sisabi and throw their waste to Sisabi. Moreover, their change Sisabi > from circle form to straight form. All trees and old Sisabi are elliminated. > Than Sisabi change from a little river to only a big drain. Water color > change everyday defend of kind of material waste color. There is no fish can > live, no shrimp can find, no shell can enjoy... I'm very sad, but can do > nothing...... >
