The Country with Thousand Beautiful Cultures
Consist of more than 13,000 islands;
Indonesia is surely one of the richest countries in the world in many things.
But, here we talk about people that live on those islands and culture that
develop in their society. Yes, in Indonesia, there are more than 1,000
different tradition and culture for every tribe that live in Indonesia since
long time ago.
The easy example that we can use to
describe how reach Indonesia culture is, is the language. There are more than
700 different languages that you can find in Indonesia. And, every language has
complexity structure that you never imagined. For example, we can take the
Javanese language. Like English that has many different verb type that is used
for different tenses, Javanese language also has that kinds of system. In
Javanese language, there are three types of words and sentence that you can use
to communicate with other people. There is “Ngoko”, “Krama Madya” and “Krama
Inggil”. The “Ngoko” is the way you speak with people that has same age or
younger than you. So, this language is used for your conversation with your
friend.
The “Krama Madya” is used to speak to people that older than you that
you are really close with, like your parents and uncle. And “Krama Inggil” is
the way to speak to people that you respect, stranger, guest or elderly. From
just the language, we can say that there is culture in Indonesia, especially
Java, that rule how we socialize with other people and respect the elderly.
Beside language, dance is also one of the beautiful things you can find about
culture in Indonesia. The dance isn’t only moving your body while enjoying the
music. But, the traditional dance in Indonesia also has deeper meaning, for
example there is a dance where you have to fast for 40 days, before you can do
it. Although, this extreme tradition is rare, but, there are group of people
that is still doing it until today. Therefore, if you visit Indonesia, you will
find lot of interesting that you can enjoy. You don’t need to worry about 700
different languages that mentioned above. If you can speak Indonesian,
basically, you can go anywhere in Indonesia. Or, you just hire a guide to help
you to enjoy the culture of Indonesia.
Wait, that’s not all. Beside all the
tradition that mentioned above, Indonesia also has one thing that you should
try. It’s the traditional culinary. There are many unique and maybe some of
them are extreme culinary that you can try, while you visit Indonesia. For
example, Papeda, that also can be said as sago porridge. This is the staple
food of the eastern Indonesia people. Or, if you want to taste the Indonesian
cheese, you can visit Toraja, where you can find the cheese that is made of
buffalo milk. The unique thing about this cheese is it taste like cheese, but,
its softness is like tofu. And, those are few great culture experiences that
you can find in Indonesia.
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