The meaning of ‘reading’ was very extensive. The value of the ‘reading’ activity was very noble and very useful when we could understand what the real ‘reading’ was.
Province: West Java
The Confusion at Parung Bingung: Parung Bingung...
The story of Parung Bingung can be categorized as a form of folklore, considering it is spread orally (oral tradition), traditional and has been happening for at least two generations. It has different versions, the author is anonymous, and it is collectively owned (Danandjaja, 2007).
From the Effect of Television to the Baby Fritter
There was Ponari the son of lightning who earned millions of rupiah because he had found a magic stone after he had been struck by lightning. He was named the child healer because it was believed that the stone could heal the sick people.
Migration: The Essence of Hijra in the Context of...
A country or nation makes the migration a political issue; by definition, it is a homeland of a nation which is characterized by the ethnic and cultural similarities, while the immigrants have different ethnicities and cultures. These things sometimes cause social tensions, xenophobia and national...
No Photography of E-ticketing Allowed
The e-ticketing program, just like the users have said earlier, so far is still a problem, either from the readiness of facility and infrastructure aspect or from the readiness of the community about that computerized technology. In my opinion, this problem has to be widely shared to invite the...
The Election and the Three Sisters
In the middle of this big problem, the closeness between family members felt more, and so did the level of religiosity, to the mystical level. They kept repeating the story of wird and tahajjud that had been done continuously to save the son’s fate. Anything would be done for him, even selling...
Pledge
I believe, certainly the people’s paradigm in my hometown wouldn’t be that bad without any cause. Now I came to think about it, here was the connection. It was because some government policies and the presence of the businessmen who exploited people brought out the structural poverty. Because they...
Paying My Ten Years of Absence
Ten years ago I had closed my childhood life story in this Cornelis Chastelein town. After that I had not lived in Depok anymore. And now, 10 years later, I happened to come back to Depok to reminisce and get to know more again about this growing little city which had been an administrative city...
Whose Bridge is This?
That bridge still stayed silent on its place, waiting for a more serious repair. I didn’t know which government that would repair it because of its existence which was between two government territories. However, all this time, the inhabitants had been the ones who had done their utmost because...
Traveling Bank
However, because the salary is not enough to cover the daily needs, so borrowing money without collateral becomes the endless solution. And the laziness to gather around uttering the pledge every Wednesday has to be put away whether they want to or not.