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Under The Jack-Fruit Tree
July 27, 2010, 3:42 pm
Filed under: Personal-Life

A CONFIDENCE has going through the long journey. Like this two best friends who are united towards a common goal. Trust each other to get through one road. This poem is about a mutual trust which described under the jack-fruit tree.

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I kept on U
All the things U have
With a tiny little cigar
U told me a sad story.
Let it began
From your bottom of the heart
Bellow the deepest suffer
That could be broke the rocks.
U said it was the past
I said it would be a glorious.
U have to forgotten
I had intended a lesson.
U promised the next big things correctly
I provided that mistaken couldn’t be wrong.
We have agreed
There are only U and me
Just both U and I
Under this jack-fruit tree.
That we have to trust each other.

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Sat, Nov 7th 09 & Wed, Nov 11th 09



Landless
July 26, 2010, 3:17 pm
Filed under: National Minorities

THERE is a resettlement house at Nyogan, Sungai Bahar, Muaro Jambi district for the tribes. They are extracted from the forest after his native habitat turned into plantation life palm oil. But the resettlements keep them poor.

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His name is Orik [59]. He is one of several thousand tribesmen In Kubu Bahar an attitude infuriated with the government. “Customary land snatched the company of our old village. We were expelled. Three years ago BPN [National Land Agency] have fallen into the field. They admit us into the HGU land, but why until now have not returned to us? “He asked.

Orik including one of the few members of the SAD who still dare to set up the hut and yard in the plantation area of Asiatic Persada Company (AP), one of the large scale palm oil plantation companies have as the Wilmar Group. Although often get feared by security forces but Orik and his colleagues did not back down. Since he founded the cabin located on customary land. Old village customary land consists of three administrative regions that are often referred to as the Padang Salak village, Pinang Tinggi Village and Tanah Menang Village.

Meanwhile HGU (Hak Guna Usaha = Land leasing Right) is right to cultivate Orik is owned by AP. The HGU Initially the government provided the Bangun Desa Utama Company in 1987. But in the year 1992 has been the transfer of ownership to the AP.

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Kuliner Kelapa Sawit
July 25, 2010, 5:48 pm
Filed under: National Minorities

TIADA rotan, kelapa sawitpun jadi. Sayur umbut kelapa sawit adalah salah satu kuliner unik di sini. Sudah tentu ia tak akan dijumpai di Pulau Jawa dan sekitarnya. Meskipun rasa kuahnya tak jauh beda dengan sayur lodeh.

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Orang bijak mengatakan bahwa kuliner suatu komunitas masyarakat sungguh mencirikan kebudayaan. Saya bersetuju dengan pendapat tersebut. Dan saya makin sependapat takkala berada di sini. Menemukan satu jenis kuliner baru yang muncul karena tumbuh dan berkembangnya perkebunan skala besar. Ia adalah sayur umbut kelapa sawit.

Konon, kuliner yang sangat familiar bagi suku bangsa minoritas Dayak Ngaju, dikembangkan dari jenis serupa berbahan dasar rotan muda. Dalam bahasa ilmiah, rotan ini disebut Calamus rotang. Bolehlah dibilang bahwa sayur umbut kelapa sawit adalah bentuk lain dari sayur umbut rotan muda yang terlebih dulu eksis di kalangan komunitas tersebut. Mereka serupa. Hanya berbeda pada penggunaan kelapa sawit dan rotan muda sebagai bahan dasarnya.

Sebagai suku bangsa yang hidup dari pemanfaatan hasil hutan, rotan adalah produk utama komoditi di pasar local. Tentulah, hal demikian mensyaratkan habitat hutan dan ekosistemnya masih utuh sebagai rumah hidup rotan.

Kini hutan telah banyak tiada. Digantikan oleh kelapa sawit.

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