What is up with me and these long titles? Well, nevermind.
I’ve noticed that plenty of Indonesian people around me, whether it be in real life, or forums, have been quite “hostile” towards Malaysia. Not in the sense that they’re aiming machine gun shots at Malaysians, obviously, but by frequently referring to them as “thieves”.
Now, because I am usually clueless about the ongoings of my own country (I’m not proud of this), I just knew about it since a few weeks ago (see? not that late). I think it stemmed from the incidence in which Malaysia “stole” the dance Reog Ponorogo, though the Malaysian ambassador admitted, “Reog Ponorogo milik Indonesia!” (it belongs to Indonesia!), to quote him. There’s the case about this song, too, but since I don’t know about that, I won’t go saying things about it in case I am immensely wrong about it.
Firstly, this is all my could-be-quite-subjective opinion on it, so please don’t whine in an annoying manner. It’s up to you to define what would be annoying, but I don’t think there’s many of those kind of people reading my blog (if any). I am not an expert on culture, or whatever other “thieveries” Malaysia has committed, so also feel free to correct me where I’m wrong. I’m just going by what I know.
Now, didn’t Malaysia use to be something like a part of Indonesia? Besides, we’ve been beside each other since, like, forever (ha) that our cultures ought to be similar. They also never claimed that Reog Ponorogo belonged to them (well, even if they did, the ambassador changed that), they just said that it’s available as a tourist attraction. Things such as culture aren’t patented/copyrighted, so we have no rights to stop them from carrying out the dance.
They could also end up developing it as something that’ll be completely different from the original Reog Ponorogo. Just like manga that stemmed off American cartoons with strange proportions that now has the ability to overtake it in popularity, if it hasn’t already.
Sorry, it just had to lead to manga. Change of topic time.
I’ve heard something about the “thievery” of batik, too, but once more, it’s not patented, so there’s no such thing as thievery of batik. But were Malaysia to patent batik, then I would strongly disagree. No one, Indonesia, nor Malaysia, in fact, any other country, should patent such a thing. Culture is to be shared by everyone. If I’m not wrong, such textile-dyeing technique has been performed since a millennium ago, most likely in Ancient Egypt, aka the source of everything. It can also be found in some African/Asian countries. Do you see them claiming it? So Indonesians, if you don’t want Malaysians to claim things as theirs (if they do), you shouldn’t either.
Batik isn’t exclusively Indonesia’s. Did Siberia or Nigeria or Cameroon or whatever get mad at Indonesia for being the one most famous for it? Sheesh.
So for those still whining over it: PLZ CRY MOAR
Note the fact that however, I am glad that this caused people to start realizing just how precious our diverse cultures are. Unity in Diversity!
Another note is that by insulting Malaysia, you are being fucking hypocrites in a way. Indonesia has made countless carbon copies of popular TV shows from other countries, which are, in fact, copyrighted. Yes, I know that you’re probably aware of this, and you know that it’s definitely stealing by the international definition, and that you probably don’t consider yourself as a part of these people. But just letting you know. =)
Ahh… yes… I do think so.
Or perhaps I should just [b]CRY MOAR[/b] (did that turn bold?)
Well, uhhh……
Apa ya? Sebenarnya kita kan sudah diskusi tentang hal ini…
Yang jelas, setuju bagian : ‘I am glad that this caused people to start realizing just how precious our diverse cultures are.’
*kabur*
@ Nilta:
No, it didn’t turn bold, and
YOU FAGGOT
DON’T JOKE ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT
PEOPLE MIGHT THINK YOU’RE NOT JOKING
=) =) =)
CRY MOAR
Have a nice day, my little sister =)
Eh wait, Infico tinggal dimana? skola dimana? kul dimana?
@ Faivon:
Aku? Aku tinggal di Bandung, sebagai seorang murid SMAN 1 Bandung. XDDD
ouh, gw kira di malaysia ^^;
@ Faivon:
He? Karena ngepost sesuatu seperti ini ya… Soalnya disini juga ada beberapa orang yang masih bertindak seperti hipokrit terhadap Malaysia. -__-
Iya, soalnya post lo kayak lo lagi berada di malaysia ataw di negara laen =p
Ironisnya, warga Malaysia sendiri terutama Melayu, menerima orang Indonesia dengan baik kok
@ Faivon:
Mungkin karena aku jadi ingat sama masa-masa hidup di negara lain. Itu juga saat-saatnya WTC baru dibomb, jadi ada beberapa orang yang berperilaku… menyebalkan terhadapku. >___>
Ironisnya, warga Malaysia sendiri terutama Melayu, menerima orang Indonesia dengan baik kok
Wah, kalau gini lebih parah lagi; rasanya justru kita yang jadi antagonisnya. Terus aku dengar ada beberapa orang Malaysia yang berpandangan negatif terhadap Indonesia; ya, itu juga cuma minoritas, lagipula, bila seseorang berpandangan negatif terhadap kita bukan berarti kita harus membalas. Baguslah kalau orang Malaysia masih baik. :9
Can’t we just get along? <— maunya sih gitu
Saya baru tahu ada blog di WP juga. :mrgreen:
Hoho… mungkinkah karena orang-orang di Indo masih beranggapan “Saya yang Paling Benar™” dan menerapkan “Generalisasi yang Negatif™”? :? Yang kayaknya rada menyedihkan, sebagian orang justru hanya berteriak-teriak membenci Malaysia dengan dalih “budaya yang dicuri” tapi tanpa tahu dasarnya. Konsensus sementara.
XD Memang baru bikin… Untuk publisitas, hahaha, tapi rasanya nggak jauh berbeda Nggak suka layout yang di Friendster, terlalu gelap. XDD You like this one?
Yang kayaknya rada menyedihkan, sebagian orang justru hanya berteriak-teriak membenci Malaysia dengan dalih “budaya yang dicuri” tapi tanpa tahu dasarnya.
Yeah… it’s as if it’s the “cool” thing to do, and because there’s a sense of anonymity in a crowd, people can mock Malaysia as a whole without worrying. <– sikap orang Indonesia yang cenderung ikut-ikutan duh, aku ini memangnya nasionalitasnya apa
Aku sendiri nggak tahu apa-apa tentang ini sebelum dengar orang lain ngomong macam-macam tentang Malaysia… :/ Karena bingung aku selidiki sedikit; ternyata…
they not just claimed our batik, they claimed our ambalat & sebatik island too. and “some” kilometers acre of our land in Kalimantan.
What do you say about that?
(Bahasa Inggris gue brantakan yah, bro?)
@ wong embuh:
Lol, I don’t know much about that, so I don’t have much to say either. ^^; Eng, depends on how significant the islands are to Indonesia, I guess; if we’re just defending its status as a property of Indonesia because someone suddenly became interested in it, I don’t really see the point.
But since I don’t know the importance of islands, I could be wrong, so I’ll just say: as long as we discuss it without badmouthing each other, we’ll eventually reach a pleasant compromise. XDDDD Yang penting kita jangan saling hostile dulu…
@Infinite Infinicio:
Sebetulnya saya baru lihat yang ini.
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Kasus pulau yang waktu itu yang jelas IMO, secara militer, ngga sepenting perannya pulau Iwo Jima dalam operasi Leapfrogging.
Yang fotokopi sinetron itu kan pembuat sinetron-sinetron itu, sedangkan masalah klaim batik dan whatever itu datang dari pemerintah. Mungkin itu yang bikin panas.
Anyway, sudah dua bulan sejak artikelmu ditulis. Rasanya orang-orang hanya marah sesaat saja kok. Anggap saja sentilan biar kita makin peduli sama budaya sendiri. Moga-moga nggak terulang lagi aja.
@ dee:
Hmm, iya, memang sih. Ahh, ingin komentar lebih jauh, tapi tidak bisa menemukan kata-katanya (hah). But it still seems somewhat hypocritical.
Yup… sepertinya masalah “Malingsia” ini sudah berlalu~~ Dan semoga saja kejadian serupa tidak terulang lagi. Tetapi entah kenapa… saya rasa pada akhirnya kita akan menemukan hal lain yang membuat kita ‘marah’ atau semacamnya. It’s as if we’re looking for something to be angry with, in a similar fashion to how gossip magazines scrounge up rumours to talk about…? *semoga tidak*
*maaf campur-campur T___T*
*maaf nggak jelas*