I visited Irian Jaya two years ago because my uncle has a factory over there, and my family were invited at his new paper factory's open ceremony. i stayed there for 5 days and i got a lot of cultural shocks when i was there. i will not going to forget all of those experiences.
first of all, one day in the evening i walked alone around my uncle factory and i wore pretty short pants because i used to dress like that when i am at home. during i walked around, many people looked at me and talked behind me, so got confuse. well, luckily one of my uncle's secretary told me that was unusual thing ehen there is a girl in the evening walking around alone and wear minim clothes. people there may think that i was a bad girl. i felt so suprise because i thought wear pretty short pants doesn't maean that i am horn. so from that day i will not wear a short pants when i visiting a new place in rare areas.
secondly, i was not only got a surprise from that tragedy but also another cultural shock stories came when i had a lunch at my uncle house. at that time i was not only having lucnh with my family but also with the whole of my uncle's factory employers which were around 10 = 12 persons. we were having lunch at my uncle's vactory hall and my mond cooked some javaness and chinese foods for us. short story most of my uncle's employers shock that we use to ear all the part of chicken such as foot (ceker)., head and inside of the body (jerohan). for those people it was not a certain thing to do they thought we could only eat the prevalant parts of the chicken. because of their opinions my mom canceled to serve the chicken with honey sauce.
the last one is about the way they talk, they were talking so fast and most of them still use the original language of Irian so i was not understand at all because of that problem, i often got confuse and missunderstanding while having a conversation with them. that was very annoyed
Selasa, 07 Juni 2011
Sabtu, 04 Juni 2011
Perbedaan Bahasa ‘Bakso’
Setiap daerah mempunyai budaya bahasa yang berbeda – beda. Namun, perbedaan ini akan menimbulkan masalah apabila perbedaan ini dipertemukan. Kao ini saya akan menceritakan satu pengalaman pribadi saya tentang perbedaan budaya bahasa di dua daerah yang dipertemukan
Saya mempunyai teman bernama Agnes. Agnes berasal dari luar pulau, yaitu Makasar. Pada suatu siang yang panas, saya beserta teman – teman saya ( termasuk Agnes ) memutuskan untuk makan bakso yang terletak di luar kampus. Setelah kami berjalan kaki dan sampai di warung bakso, kami memesan bakso pada ibu penjual bakso. Warung tersebut menyediakan berbagai macam isi bakso, ada tahu, siomay, bakso halus, dan bakso kasar ( bakso dengan banyak urat ). Setelah kami makan, kami menuju ke ibu penjual bakso untuk membayar. Saat itu, Agnes dengan lantang berkata kepada ibu penjual, “Bu, punya saya yang hitam dua. Nggak pake yang putih.” . Si ibu penjual pun bingung dan berkata, “Apanya yang hitam?”. Saya dan teman – teman pun tertawa terbahak – bahak mendengar perkataan Agnes. Si ibu penjual pun juga tersenyum dan itu membuat Agnes malu. Setelah itu, kami kembali berjalan menuju kampus. Saat perjalanan, Agnes bercerita bahwa di Makasar bakso yang halus disebut dengan putih dan bakso yang kasar disebut dengan hitam. Setelah Agnes menceritakan hal itu, barulah kami mengerti apa arti dari perkataan Agnes di warung bakso tersebut. Saya juga bertanya mengapa orang Makassar biasa menyebut bakso hitam dan putih. Agnes menjawab mungkin karena bakso kasar / urat lebih berwarna hitam sedangkan bakso halus lebih berwarna putih daripada bakso kasar.
Pengalaman pribadi saya ini dengan jelas menunjukkan perbedaan budaya dalam hal bahasa antara budaya Surabaya dan budaya Makasar. Di Surabaya, kita biasa menyebut ‘bakso kasar’ dan ‘bakso halus’. Tetapi, di Makasar ‘bakso kasar’dan ‘bakso halus; disebut berbeda. Penduduk Makasar biasa menyebut ‘bakso hitam’ dan ‘bakso putih’. Jika perbedaan bahasa antara dua kota ini dipertemukan, hasilnya adalah masalah. Seperti misalnya Agnes yang mengucapkan kebiasaannya mengatakan ‘bakso hitam’ dan ‘bakso putih’ di Surabaya, yang akhirnya di tertawakan oleh penduduk Surabaya. Hal yang sama juga akan terjadi jika penduduk Surabaya mengucapkan kebiasaannya mengatakan ‘bakso kasar’ dan ‘bakso halus’ di Makasar, sebab Agnes bercerita bahwa hal itu pernah tarjadi dan penduduk Makasar pun menertawainya.
Saya mempunyai teman bernama Agnes. Agnes berasal dari luar pulau, yaitu Makasar. Pada suatu siang yang panas, saya beserta teman – teman saya ( termasuk Agnes ) memutuskan untuk makan bakso yang terletak di luar kampus. Setelah kami berjalan kaki dan sampai di warung bakso, kami memesan bakso pada ibu penjual bakso. Warung tersebut menyediakan berbagai macam isi bakso, ada tahu, siomay, bakso halus, dan bakso kasar ( bakso dengan banyak urat ). Setelah kami makan, kami menuju ke ibu penjual bakso untuk membayar. Saat itu, Agnes dengan lantang berkata kepada ibu penjual, “Bu, punya saya yang hitam dua. Nggak pake yang putih.” . Si ibu penjual pun bingung dan berkata, “Apanya yang hitam?”. Saya dan teman – teman pun tertawa terbahak – bahak mendengar perkataan Agnes. Si ibu penjual pun juga tersenyum dan itu membuat Agnes malu. Setelah itu, kami kembali berjalan menuju kampus. Saat perjalanan, Agnes bercerita bahwa di Makasar bakso yang halus disebut dengan putih dan bakso yang kasar disebut dengan hitam. Setelah Agnes menceritakan hal itu, barulah kami mengerti apa arti dari perkataan Agnes di warung bakso tersebut. Saya juga bertanya mengapa orang Makassar biasa menyebut bakso hitam dan putih. Agnes menjawab mungkin karena bakso kasar / urat lebih berwarna hitam sedangkan bakso halus lebih berwarna putih daripada bakso kasar.
Pengalaman pribadi saya ini dengan jelas menunjukkan perbedaan budaya dalam hal bahasa antara budaya Surabaya dan budaya Makasar. Di Surabaya, kita biasa menyebut ‘bakso kasar’ dan ‘bakso halus’. Tetapi, di Makasar ‘bakso kasar’dan ‘bakso halus; disebut berbeda. Penduduk Makasar biasa menyebut ‘bakso hitam’ dan ‘bakso putih’. Jika perbedaan bahasa antara dua kota ini dipertemukan, hasilnya adalah masalah. Seperti misalnya Agnes yang mengucapkan kebiasaannya mengatakan ‘bakso hitam’ dan ‘bakso putih’ di Surabaya, yang akhirnya di tertawakan oleh penduduk Surabaya. Hal yang sama juga akan terjadi jika penduduk Surabaya mengucapkan kebiasaannya mengatakan ‘bakso kasar’ dan ‘bakso halus’ di Makasar, sebab Agnes bercerita bahwa hal itu pernah tarjadi dan penduduk Makasar pun menertawainya.
Jumat, 03 Juni 2011
Tricky Balinese Idioms
This happened about two years ago, when my roomate first came to Bali. After spending her first two days in the city center, she decided to pay me a visit (I was in my grandparents’ house at that time) and we both agreed to meet up at a cafe in Kuta. Actually, she has never travelled to Bali before; hence, the environment and the whole city routes were completely new to her. However, she arrived safely in Kuta, but after ten minutes of amazement, suddenly she got lost and completely knew nothing about the directions. Then she walked to the nearby bus and asked direction to an old man next to her, “Boleh antar saya ke alamat ini?”, then the man answered her, “boleh, tapi setelah itu saya minta pipis ya?”. She felt so offended after hearing the man’s unrelated-sudden reply, then she exclaimed,”maksudnya apa ya,pak?”. The man smiled a little while then added “pipis,pipis. Kalau situ kasih pipis lebih,,beli antar langsung ke tempatnya”. She thought that the man was trying to flirt or even insult her, yet the man kept smiling as he waited for her next reply. She felt so annoyed by the man’s rude words and she could no longer hold her temper, then all of a sudden, she slapped the man as she said, “dasar jorok!” and walked away. The man felt so humiliated that he pulled her hand and slapped her back .Once in a wink, this misunderstanding turned into a duel, simply because my friend misinterpreted that silly word. Everybody near the bus stop then tried to calm them down.
Five minutes later, after being convinced by others, the man apologized to my friend and offered his favor using the word “pipis” again. Still fully conquered by her anger, she tried to slap the man again, but somebody held her back and asked what seemed to trouble her. She then told him that the man was probably trying to flirt her. Hearing all this, the man suddenly burst into laugh and explained that he actually demanded the wages for his assistance (the word “pipis” means “money or wages). Two minutes of stillness passed, then she set a confused face as she said, “sorry I did not know”. She hurriedly left the place without saying another sorry word. She did not even want to turn around, for she was afraid of being given a sharp glance. Luckily, she found a telephone pole nearby (she left her cells at the hotel) and called me, she told everything that had just happened. My only reply was “be careful of whatever words you are going to hear or even say. We are just two strangers, here”. My friend experience has indirectly led my curiosity to have a further look on the Balinese idioms.
Modern Balinese language, however is the version that got the major influence from Dutch, Chinese, and English, as a matter of fact, modern Balinese language at least introduces further variation such as spoken language (which mostly unknown for daily communication), polite language or Basa Alus which then divided into “alus sor” and “alus singgih”, whereby “Alus Sor” means words that used to put the speaker’s status lower than his/her speaking counterpart, on the contrary, “Alus Singgih” is the words that used to put the position of his/her speaking counterpart at higher status. Another variations are formal language (Alus Media) which is a generally accepted language spoken at the public by someone as presenter, head of meeting, and among these do not know each other; and Folk language (basa kasar) which is spoken by the largest part of Balinese and mostly among Sudra cast.
My friend’s case is the real example of Balinese folk language. The words “pipis”,”madahar”(eat), “luas”(go,travel),”maang” (give), and “nyama”(relatives) are some widely spoken words or idioms in Balinese society, especially in Northern and Central Bali. Another folk idioms such as “batis”(food),”ngomong”(speak),”noleh” (see) have no limitation on the degree which means that it can be addressed to anyone (younger or older people) from any casts (Hinduism cast), and are similarly sounded as Javanese folk language (ngoko). To sum up, Balinese language is basically related with the status of Balinese people in cast system. Higher cast will be respected with special words that attribute their actions, possession, character, and others such as high priest, chief of the village, and so on. Moreover, the different between the levels of the language is not in the pattern or grammatical rule, but in the level of lexicon. Balinese language or idioms may sound a little strange and swerve much further than the expected meaning to other people’s ear or perhaps cause a big misunderstanding as stated on the example, but they actually have deeper and unique meanings due to its multi layer’s level.
Sources : http://www.wikipedia.org/balineselanguage and personal experience
Five minutes later, after being convinced by others, the man apologized to my friend and offered his favor using the word “pipis” again. Still fully conquered by her anger, she tried to slap the man again, but somebody held her back and asked what seemed to trouble her. She then told him that the man was probably trying to flirt her. Hearing all this, the man suddenly burst into laugh and explained that he actually demanded the wages for his assistance (the word “pipis” means “money or wages). Two minutes of stillness passed, then she set a confused face as she said, “sorry I did not know”. She hurriedly left the place without saying another sorry word. She did not even want to turn around, for she was afraid of being given a sharp glance. Luckily, she found a telephone pole nearby (she left her cells at the hotel) and called me, she told everything that had just happened. My only reply was “be careful of whatever words you are going to hear or even say. We are just two strangers, here”. My friend experience has indirectly led my curiosity to have a further look on the Balinese idioms.
Modern Balinese language, however is the version that got the major influence from Dutch, Chinese, and English, as a matter of fact, modern Balinese language at least introduces further variation such as spoken language (which mostly unknown for daily communication), polite language or Basa Alus which then divided into “alus sor” and “alus singgih”, whereby “Alus Sor” means words that used to put the speaker’s status lower than his/her speaking counterpart, on the contrary, “Alus Singgih” is the words that used to put the position of his/her speaking counterpart at higher status. Another variations are formal language (Alus Media) which is a generally accepted language spoken at the public by someone as presenter, head of meeting, and among these do not know each other; and Folk language (basa kasar) which is spoken by the largest part of Balinese and mostly among Sudra cast.
My friend’s case is the real example of Balinese folk language. The words “pipis”,”madahar”(eat), “luas”(go,travel),”maang” (give), and “nyama”(relatives) are some widely spoken words or idioms in Balinese society, especially in Northern and Central Bali. Another folk idioms such as “batis”(food),”ngomong”(speak),”noleh” (see) have no limitation on the degree which means that it can be addressed to anyone (younger or older people) from any casts (Hinduism cast), and are similarly sounded as Javanese folk language (ngoko). To sum up, Balinese language is basically related with the status of Balinese people in cast system. Higher cast will be respected with special words that attribute their actions, possession, character, and others such as high priest, chief of the village, and so on. Moreover, the different between the levels of the language is not in the pattern or grammatical rule, but in the level of lexicon. Balinese language or idioms may sound a little strange and swerve much further than the expected meaning to other people’s ear or perhaps cause a big misunderstanding as stated on the example, but they actually have deeper and unique meanings due to its multi layer’s level.
Sources : http://www.wikipedia.org/balineselanguage and personal experience
Rabu, 01 Juni 2011
MAKAN SIANG TERBURUK
Ini adalah pengalaman saya untuk yang kedua kalinya bertemu dengan orang-orang berkewarganegaraan German. Waktu itu saya beserta Tante saya diundang untuk makan siang di rumah teman dari Tante saya. Rumah itu ditinggali oleh satu keluarga yang berasal dari German namun mereka telah tinggal di Indonesia selama kurang lebih 2 minggu. Tante saya sudah berjanji bahwa kami akan pergi membeli bunga bersama-sama sebagai hadiah bagi keluarga tersebut pada pagi harinya. Tiba-tiba, pagi hari pada tanggal kami diundang tersebut, Tante saya mendadak telepon dan membawa kabar buruk-bagi saya-, “Nik, Kubo (tante) nggak bisa datang ke rumah Michael.. Jadi kamu datang sendiri ke sana naik taxi ya..“. Saya benar-benar sangat bingung, “Lho Kubo, terus beli bunganya yapa? Aku bingung mau beli bunga apa ini.. Aduh..“. Namun Tante saya sangat tergesa-gesa dan hanya menjawab, “Terserah kamu aja wes.. Pake duitmu dulu, nanti Kubo ganti..“ dan langsung menutup teleponnya.
Setelah berhasil membeli bunga, saya sesegera mungkin menuju rumah keluarga terebut. Namun yang terjadi adalah, jalanan sangat macet karena terjadi kecelakaan mobil. Karena saya tidak punya nomor dari Mr. Michael, saya hanya bisa terus-terusan panik di dalam taxi. Sesampainya di rumah tersebut, ternyata saya sudah telat selama kurang lebih 45 menit. Dengan sedikit canggung, saya langsung memasang senyum terbaik saya sambil memberikan bunga lily putih yang sengaja saya beli. Saya memilih lily putih dengan alasan yang sangat simpel, yaitu karena saya menyukai bunga lily. Saya terus memperhatikan Mr. Michael dan istrinya yang menyambut saya, dan yang saya dapati adalah, mereka berdua tersenyum dengan sangat canggung, lalu mempersilahkan saya masuk.
Saat itu meja makan beserta hidangan telah tersedia lengkap dan mereka pun mempersilahkan saya duduk. Pada saat itu gelas di depan saya kosong, maka Mr. Michael memanggil pembantunya untuk membawakan saya juice jeruk. Seperti kebiasaan saya, akhirnya secara tidak sadar saya bertopang dagu di atas meja sebagai indikasi bahwa saya sedang menunggu. Melihat perilaku saya, istri Mr. Michael mengamati saya sejenak, lalu cepat-cepat mengalihkan pandangannya ke makanan. Saya sadar bahwa tindakan saya salah, maka saya cepat-cepat menurunkan siku saya dari meja dan menunduk. Beberapa saat kemudian, saya dipersilahkan untuk makan. Waktu itu menunya adalah salad segar. Isinya sangat lengkap mulai dari selada air sampai buah melon. Karena saya tidak suka selada air, untuk menghargai mereka, saya akhirnya tetap memakan selada tersebut namun dengan cara dipotong kecil-kil terlebih dahulu. Namun sekali lagi saya merasa mendapat tatapan aneh dari istri Mr. Michael. Akhirnya sisa dari waktu makan siang saya habiskan dengan hanya terdiam dan berkonsentrasi menghabiskan makanan saya.
Setelah tiba di rumah, saya cepat-cepat menelepon Tante dan menceritakan semuanya. Saya sangat terkejut ketika mendapat penjelasan bahwa ternyata ada peraturan etika yang menyatakan bahwa jangan pernah memberi bunga lily sebagai hadiah kepada orang German, karena itu adalah simbol dari penguburan atau pemakaman. Kedua, ketepatan waktu adalah hal yang sangat penting bagi orang German, dan saya rupanya melupakan hal itu (kejadian pertemuan pertama dengan orang German di Hotel Tugu). Ketiga, jangan meletakkan siku di meja makan karena dianggap tidak sopan, dan saya melakukannya. Keempat, German mempunyai table manner yang unik untuk tidak memotong selada air yang ada di dalam salad, namun kita harus melipat atau menggulungnya menggunakan garpu dan pisau. Sekarang saya tersdar bahwa saya benar-benar harus banyak belajar mengenai budaya negara lain agar tidak terjadi lagi hal-hal memalukan yang juga dapat menyinggung perasaan orang lain.
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