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ERAU, The Culture Ceremonial for the KING of Kutai Kartanegara
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Erau, is the oldest ceremonial of Kutai Tribes in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The ceremonial is being held for celebrating the new king of Kutai Kartanegara Kingdom for long long ago. And now, this celebration has became the ceremonial of Tenggarong city anniversary.

This ceremonial will show the traditional dance (the original of Dayaks' damce, and Kutais' dance). This ceremonial also show "Beluluh" ritual which is done by the King of Kutai. The process of this ritual was started by reading the spell of the high shaman called "Belian" and together with one woman as the female shaman, called "Dewa" (God). Ten minuets after it, The King HAM Salehoeddin II got move to the middle of room. The King sat down on his chair that was made by yellow bamboo. Belian sang a spell in the process of ritual.

The Beluluh ritual was ended by Ketikai ritual which was opened by the King.

After this ritual had been done, the Kutai Prince did the same thing, and did the Ketikai ritual in the end.

This ceremonial was the opening of Erau Ceremonial that is holding in this week. This ceremonial will be ended by dropping the dragon to the Mahakam River, after that, the ritual will be continued with "Limburan" ritual where the people will spread the water to the other people who is crossing the street.

This celebration is helding for support the Indonesia Visit 2008 program from the central government.

December 11, 2008 | 1:42 AM Comments  0 comments

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LOCAL LANGUAGE: TOTALLY DISAPPEARED OR HOLD OUT
Related to country: Indonesia

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Written by: Iswahyudhi Nur Rahman

Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Language is the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way or the system of communication used by a particular community or country. Language also has become the important part in our life could explain about our nation, where we live, what environmental we stay or live.

There has prediction about around 100 languages from 6500 languages will be disappeared in every year. More or less 100 languages that are spoken in California and more than 200 languages of Aborigine in Australia have disappeared. I have predicted that half of languages in world will be disappeared in next century. The question is how about the existence of our native languages in next 20 years?

I have predicted that half of language in the world will be totally disappeared in next 20 years. This prediction could be proven by evidences. In California and Oregon, Wailaki, Nongati, Lassik, Sinkyone, Umpqua, Coquille, Appelegate, and Cheto have died. As we know that, Ubykh, a language in Turkey has died in 1992. In USA, Kalapuya just has 1 or two speakers. Cowlitz just has possibility 2 speakers remaining from population of about 200. Coptic, a language has been replaced by Arabic. How about Ainu, a language in Hokkaido, Japan? How about in Indonesia?

Based on opinion above, the extinction of language has become the very important issue in science. I am apprehensive in this situation, but we also don’t know about hundred languages have not identified yet. Without documentation and revitalization efforts, language as an accumulation of human knowledge or science will be totally disappeared, or may be lost without documentation.

This phenomenon is effect of bilingualism. Nation language has a role in “pulling over” the native languages, because of politic. In economic, nation language is more important than native language. As the result, nation language is going to grown and local language has leaved behind. The tendency of nation language as the mother language in daily communication also gives an effort in making a local language as the one of extinct languages. Besides, the rapid of morality, the descending of local languages user in some of region will be descended by intermarriage of ethnic which bring nation language as their daily language.

Based on Atlas of the World’s Language in Danger of Disappearing, UNESCO, Indonesia has more than 640 local languages which more than 400 languages of Malayo-Polinesia and 240 languages are Papua Languages (2001:40). From that amount, more or less 154 languages must be revitalized, 135 languages have classified as extinct language and 15 languages absolutely are died. If this situation is growing fast, I am afraid that could be happened in other local languages in Indonesia.

This situation will bring the new problem in next 20 years. The pressure of nation and international languages toward local languages could kill 2000 languages from 6500 languages in the world based on the prediction above. This condition could be more complex if the extinction of language is faster than before. Not only 2000 languages could be disappeared in this world but also the unknown languages that never be recorded in world document are lost, too.

The most languages are used by speaker will be the main problem in destroying local languages. Technology and media of information have used English and common language that used by people. The value of language will appear in international languages. International language has become the daily language for people and they will forget about their local language. No doubt, if we do not have the way in preventing our local language from extinction, our nation language could be disappeared.

We have to know local languages are our precious literatures and assets. A language could explain who we are and what tribe we are. If this happened, we have made the new era in next 20 years. No local languages anymore in our world.

From here, we must find the way out in preventing our local language from the extinction. The first act as the preventing action, we can start from making a local fairytale movie with local language as the main language. In local advertisement, we can use local inviting expression language. Second, we can start on internet. We invite government to make a site for local language. For example, Kutai Kartanegara (a regency in East Kalimantan) has own site about Kutai language. In this site, we can find news, funniest stories, and share everything in Kutai Language. Third, we must show local languages are fun and popular by performing local language in theater. We also can use short story as the medium for preserving local language. Forth, we can preserve local language by doing a festival of traditional, customs, and traditional popular music. If we can do this preventing continual in every year, I believe we have descended the disappearing of language in the world. Besides, we also do not forget that we have lost some language in the world and we must to revive those languages. For example, Japan has tried to revive Ainu from extinction. Just eight people spoke Ainu on the island of Hokkaido in the late 1980s, but now it is being revived after years of ostracism and decline. It is a proof that we could revive our extinct language. But, it is still return to the people who want to revive our heritage from extinction. If majority people don’t think about how important local language, we was trapped in one language in our future.

In our hand, we purpose about where will we bring local language in this world? Disappear or die?
Let’s we hold out our local languages and protect them from the extinction!

December 5, 2008 | 8:36 AM Comments  1 comments

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HOW TO DO AN ACTION TOWARD MDGS ACHIEVEMENT
Related to country: Indonesia

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Written by: Iswahyudhi N. R

There is not all of youth known about Millennium Development Goals. But, they know about what is happening in their country. In developed country, it’s common if youths know much about MDGS. How is about in developing country?

The situation above has been solved by youths itself. It is awareness campaign as the solution. Doing the campaign is the easiest that can we do for our world. But, before that, we have to do something, something as we known as an action. And these are my ideas:

1st action: Gathering friend.
Objective: Making a group for action toward MDGs achievement.

Gather your friends in one place, especially your close friends. For example, it’s your house. There, you have to do kind of presentation about world issues which are pressing our country. The authentic proves is needed in here. So, you must find proves from media, for example in internet and newspapers. These proves have a role as the making an awareness. When you are presenting the world situation, you have to present what is MDGs to your friends if they don’t know about it. The members are no need to much. You can do action with 6 until 10 persons or members in your group.

After you have finished your presentation, tell your reason in that gathering. Tell them your vision and mission as your purpose in making action group. And, in the end, you have to put a name for your group. In your group, tries no mentor, no leader, or no lower member. You have a same privilege. If you can do it, if you are enjoying with the management, it doesn’t matter too.

2nd action: Visiting village.
Objective: Gathering MDGs situation information at the village that is you visiting.

Bring your group to the small village in your country, if you can, try to go to hinterland. Ask the people there about 7 goals of MDGs which are happening in there, but do not touch MDGs in directly because they don’t know about it. Try to close with them using friendly approach.

If you need the statistic files, you can ask the village administration in there. If it is still not enough, you can ask the Statistics Agency in your district or city where you live. These files will help you to know about what should you do for youth action in that village someday. Which one is the majority goal that should be done by your group, and make those problems in a list.

3rd action: Design the action
Objective: Provide the action design for MDGs achievement.

This is the third step. Your group must discuss about the model of action. What kind of action that suitable on the problems which faced by people in the village that has been visited by you? Find it by discussion.

What kinds of action are they? The actions must be the real action. For example, you can do a teaching reading and writing program to children and illiterate people in village that have been observed by your group. But, at first you have to make a step or design about how to do it, what is the first step of it or how to begin? That is the function of this design.

O ya, I almost forget, try to make an action that could not spend much money; at least your group can get the funds by your group members. It should be like a trip where you can spend much money for it. So, why not for this project?

4th action: Let’s go!
Objective: Implementation of Action.

Simple! Let’s Do the design, make documentations about your group works, and make it as your lovely trip or adventure. But, don’t forget that you need time to stay there. You must have a good fund of it. But, how could we find the funds?

For find funds or sponsors for your action, you can do your own contributions and all of your friends in group. You also can find them with make a partnership with government, by making a short proposal.

5th action: Publication of Action
Objective: Let people know about what have you done for your place, your province/state, your country, especially for youths in your place.

Publish your activity (action) from newspaper, web, blog, or other media that could be known by most of people, especially for youths in where you live. Try to approach youths using media of information that they use mostly. It can help in raising the awareness to them.

6th action: Let’s go to school
Objective: Campaign about MDGs, your group, your action, and gathering new members.

Write a letter to the high school about your group will do a visitation to the school. I think the principle will appreciate your action.

Use the documentations that you have when you were doing your action in hinterland or small village as evidences of situation. Tell the students about what MDGs stand for and what are they? Tell about children and youths role in MDGs.

From this action, you have to give the information about MDGs, but don’t forget to give information about your group. Tell them about your group purpose to. Tell them about they can do the same thing with you. Tell them about how to start. In the end, if they don’t know about how to make a group or start the action, just invite them to your group.

7th action: Evaluation and Find the Next Action
Objective: Finding the mistakes from your action about what are the insufficiencies about your action and your group? And find the next action by the same way (from 1st until 7th).

Just do the evaluation about your action. You have to know how success your action, if the percentage is enough you can do the next action, if it’s not, you have to find the other action but have a same target with your last action. Make the new designs.

8th action:Celebration
Objective: Awarding your action.

We need to celebrate something after we have done something. This idea is needed for personal or group. The celebration can give the positive aura for our spirit in doing something. When your works have been awarded, you will be satisfied and you will want it again. So, it can bring the new spirit and new idea for you. If you celebrate your action with your entire group by something fun, no doubt, you will feel the satisfaction on your work, yourself, and pride to your group.
Next action will be easy, at least.

Last action: Have fun with it!

Just think all of actions that have been done by you are fun. Good appreciation, positive estimation or thinking, and positive works can make all of works become so full of fun.

“If you cannot talk, just do it by your brain, hand, and your smile…”
“Think if world can be reached by your hand…”
“See the world by your own hand, own skills, own dream…”
“We have one dream, that is live in peace…”