essay- RE-GROW TOLERANCE, FAITH, AND PRIDE OF INDONESIAN CULTURE AND DIVERSITY

RE-GROW TOLERANCE, FAITH, AND PRIDE OF INDONESIAN CULTURE AND DIVERSITY

                We are so lucky to live in a country that has so many cultures and diversity. Yeah!! That country is Indonesia. The culture and diversity of Indonesia can be seen from the differences of it from each province. We can find the unique of traditional languages, custom clothes and houses, traditional dance, special knick-knacks, flora and fauna, and many more.

            As the young generation we should know about our own culture and diversity which is exist in our motherland, Indonesia. And we must proud of our nation, because we have so many unique culture that the other country doesn’t have. But in this globalization era, many problems related to our culture begin to arise. It’s like we’ve lost our culture, especially what’s happening in big cities. That thing caused of globalization. Globalization obviously has positive and negative impacts for us. The main source of the problem is the negative impacts. It makes most of people (especially Indonesian) choose modern lifestyle that offered by foreigner as the effect of globalization. Modern lifestyle persuades people to be a consumptive one, and Indonesian products turn into the second option.  Moreover, nowadays we also heard that some of our culture had been claimed by our neighbor country (Malaysia). The example of the culture which claimed by Malaysia are Reog Ponorogo, Rasa Sayange song, batik, etc. and Indonesia’s area also claimed as Malaysia’s area, that’s Ambalat.

            That was the real problem that faced by Indonesia related to our culture and diversity which is happening right now. It proves that Indonesian pride of the culture and diversity is gonna fade. Because of that reasons, as the youngster we must re-grow tolerance, faith, and pride of our culture and diversity.

            Something that we can do to reach our aim is about holding some festivals. By the festivals we held, public interest and pride of Indonesian culture will be increased. The examples of festivals are fashion festival, dance festival, and food festival. Festival of fashion (custom clothes festival) can educate us  about the its diversity. Dance festival will amaze us because Indonesia’s dance has its own uniquely and can never be compared with the other dance. Festival of food makes us to have more knowledge about all foods each province and area in Indonesia.

            We also know that Bali is the one of the province in Indonesia which is famous of its culture. Many foreign tourists come to Bali. Some of them just enjoy the view, relaxing, do water sport, and many of them also not forget to watch culture festival, such as dance festival which shows Kecak, Pendet, and all. They enjoy it so much. Because of that, we must have thinking and ask our self, why don’t we love and have pride of our culture and diversity if foreigners like it so much???

            Besides we hold some festivals, to re-grow tolerance, faith, and pride of Indonesian culture and diversity we can do an acculturation. We know that acculturation is the mixing of two or more cultures which meet and affect one another and create new culture. The example is campursari, it’s the mixing of Javanese traditional song with dangdut in the harmony of traditional and modern music instruments. Then Kudus Minaret, it’s the mixing of Hindu and Islamic culture that resulting unique mosque building with Hindu architecture. So, we don’t need to take the differences to be a problem in our society life. Because the differences can be combined to be a new harmony.

            To re-grow tolerance and faith, togetherness is needed. In our society life of course we ever get some problems. With togetherness we can discuss and solve the problem together. We also have familiarity side to each other and respect all people though we are different with them. In religious life we must respect each other, because everyone has the same rights. That’s why we don’t need to have conflict or argue with them just because of our differences.

            Then in this globalization era we can’t stop the coming of the culture from the other countries. Now we have more knowledge about burger, pizza, spaghetti, gown, and all. But we have not enough knowledge about gethuk, lempog, lemper, baju bodo, beskap, etc. Do we love our own culture? Actually our culture is better for us because it more suitable for our personality as eastern.

            In our reality we can’t live without abroad culture, we also can’t leave only with our own culture. There are many abroad cultures that come to us, sometime it’s good but sometime it’s not good for us. Some of abroad cultures are incompatible with our religion’s rule and our personality. That’s why we need something to prevent the bad impacts of abroad culture. That thing is a filter. The filter can be the faith of God and our Pancasila. We must take choice of that culture. If it compatible for us and it will bring good impacts we can choose it (example : science and technology), but if it incompatible so we don’t need to take it as a choice.

            Overall, to re-grow tolerance, faith, and pride of Indonesian culture and diversity awareness from all parties is needed. Because with the awareness, positive natures to support our aim will b created. The natures such as togetherness, familiarity, respect and accept each other, and being the selective one. Beside that, to reach our aim the activeness of the youngsters  to make all people understand and have pride of our culture by hold some events is needed because youngsters are the pioneer of the change.