Biography of My Village
I am a woman who live in quite village. I am from Kuala Jelai regency Sukamara town Central Kalimantan Indonesia. my decent was from West Kalimantan. I am a Malay tribe. I am 5th child from 7 children. I am 20 years’ old who lives in the 100% Moslem people in my region. Therefore, I am a Moslem too. I am a female who always helps my mother does housework as our culture. I love traditional dancing and singing which are origin from my region. I always join traditional ceremonies as a dancer. I can do 3 traditional dances, those are Zapin, Creation, and Coastal dance. There are 4 main impact the culture of my life, those are self-culture, cultural beliefs, cultural background impact view world, and the influence of culture on my interactions.
There are kinds of story about my culture self-analysis. Most of people say that I am Banjarese, but it was wrong. Most of people in my region say that we are Malay. Most of people say that my region is the border between Malaysia and Indonesia. my region’s location is close to from West Kalimantan. My village is across to west Kalimantan, several region in West Kalimantan are Malay, because of that my tribe is Malay. I think that I am a Malay, because our culture almost the same with Malay tribe. My father’s parents are Dayaknese from west Kalimantan. My mother’s mother is Dayaknese from West Kalimantan and my mother’s father is Banjarese. I think that why the people in my region say us Malay, there are several cultures. we are Malay because our language is almost same as west Kalimantan, but we different pronunciation. Then, our culture in tradisional dancing, when we have an event. we always show Zapin for the opening in the event.
I have several aspect cultures; it influences on my communication with others. My region is a small city which has Malay language. For example, when I come to the city to get my study, I meet a lot of people who have different background cultures and tribes. There are Banjarese, Dayaknese, Java and so on. I am a Malay, I cannot interact with them easily, because I use to use my language when I talk with my friend. I should speak Indonesian, in older that they understand what I say. Even though, I could not speak fluently, because I am not often used to it. We have different culture among them. Due to it influences us to cmmounicate each other. Sometimes, some my friends ask what does it mean. I explain briefly in Indonesian language.
My region has many kinds of beliefs. Our decent believe that we have 3 animals as belief. Do you know these 3 animals? it has been belief from our ancestors, there are white crocodile, fatin fish, Prince monkey. They are just strange creatures which are believed by the people’s in my region from our ancestors. Every people in my region has a belief, they regard as the descendants of previous ancestors. My family tell me about this, and my family believe that we have white crocodile in my father’s family and my mother’s family prince monkey and fatin fish. Every people should remember them and give them offerings. But we have time when we give them offerings such as, wedding party, when a woman give birth, circumcision, and when the people go so far. It has several thing can occur. If we do not give them offerings, they can be angry and we can be possessed by them. And also, if we eat fatin fish the people in my region believe that our eyes can be blind based on the descendants. I see with my eyes when it occurred. Furthermore, the people in my region believe that the strange creature gives us sustenance. It is believed to be in the form of a dragon which has a very long body size. We have a ceremony every year on January to give it respect. We should give an offering. Such as, cow’s head and other offerings. The way how we take the offerings. We use a big ship. If we do not give it, something can happen. Distress will come to our village, very heavy rain, very big waves and someone’s death as a sacrifice. But, I do not believe it. I strongly oppose this belief because it contrasts with our religion. We are 100% Moslem in my region.
We have kinds of culture in my village, and it has culutural background that impacts world view. my village has been created by the people in my village. Previously, my village is a harbour. Many people come to my village for going to somewhere by ship. For example, Java, Banjarmasin, West Kalimantan and so on. It was getting crowded, and it has been a village since several years ago. Because many people move to in my region. Certainly, The people have different background cultures and tribes. Such as, Javanese, Dayaknese, and Banjarese tribes. In additional, my region’s location is close to from West Kalimantan. My village is across to west Kalimantan, several regions in West Kalimantan are Malay. Most of people say that my region is the border between Malaysia and Indonesia. So, I am a Malay. We have the unique culture. It is the way we serve food based on the gender. When my mother serves the food, she always gives my father and my brother the best food than the girl have. And also she puts it in different plate or bowl. According to the people in my village, we cannot eat their food. It is not polite for us. We will be scolded by my mother. That might be normal for people who are not from my area, but that would make my mother furious. For instance, I see on the television, the people around the world eat together with their family in the same place food and I see is not normal for me. But, it is normal for them.
I have several aspect cultures; it influences on my communication with others. My region is a small city which has Malay language. For example, when I come to the city to get my study, I meet a lot of people who have different background cultures and tribes. There are Banjarese, Dayaknese, Java and so on. I am a Malay, I cannot interact with them easily, because I use to use my language when I talk with my friend. I should speak Indonesian, in older that they understand what I say. Even though, I could not speak fluently, because I am not often used to it. We have different culture among them. Due to it influences us to communicate each other. Sometimes, some my friends ask what does it mean. I explain briefly in Indonesian language.
In conclusion,
There are 4 main impact the culture of my life, those are self-culture, cultural beliefs, cultural background impact view world, and the influence of culture on my interactions. There are kinds of story about my culture self-analysis. I have several aspect cultures; it influences on my communication with others. My region is a small city which has Malay language. We have kinds of culture in my village, and it has cultural background that impacts world view. It is the way we serve food based on the gender. I have beautiful region, because it is surrounded by the sea and beach. And also we have abundant marine resources. If you want to know about my region. You can visit my village and enjoy your time.