I used to be a looser :(. I never really appreciated my own culture until I am abroad. It feels very proud when other foreigner able to appreciate what we have as an entity (in term of culture and values). To be able to appreciate our own culture and values is not easy. Youth might tend to see it as an old fashion-outdated (alias ketinggalan jaman).
Once upon a time, I uploaded my pictures using this traditional clothes on my facebook. I got abundance of admiration responds from my beloved foreigner friends and some of my Indonesian friend. However, I was extremely upset as some of my other Indonesian friends put improper comment such as addressed me as an ondel-ondel.
Well, this is me and this is what I am. I am so proud being what I am (who have thousands of unique cultures and languages). I would not called myself as an Javanese but I am nusantaranese (woohoo I invented another vocabulary). I can be Acehnese, Bataknese, Padangnese, Lampungnese, Java, Sundanese, Balinese, Dayak, Bugis, Ambonese, Papua, Timorese. I am so proud to be with them and I feel very rich as well!
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