Pieces of mine: April 2015

Thursday, 30 April 2015

Traditional Dress of West Kalimantan

King Baba and King Bibinge

There are plenty traditional dress on Indonesia which have historical and knowledge values. One of them is West Kalimantan traditional dress.The traditional dress worn by male I called king baba and which is worn by female is king bibinge. The dress has been worn since long ago. It is made of stem skin of kapuo or Ampuro tree, the stem skin is hit in the water. The skill of making clothes from tree skin is descended from generation to generation, besides weaving.The design of female and male dress is different.

The male dress consist of head coverer with enggang bird ornament, long trouser and belt. the dress for female consist of breast coverer, waist holding cloths, head ornamnet of enggeang bird, and necklce. The difference is sometimes also based on the activities they do.

Apart from the dress stated above, there are also many traditional dress such as King maniks, tanjung batabur, kamprio, dabal, king babo, Indulu Kalit Kayu Tempo, induli Manik, King Tatak, Tanjung Kaen Kampo, Bulangmalahalangke, Bulang ara, Baju Burung, Bulang Uri, Bulang Bidang, King Bidang and Ming Batabur.

Source: http://kebudayaanindonesia.net/culture/1025/traditional-dress-of-west-kalimantan

Holistic Education: An Introduction, Page 1

Purpose of Holistic Education

The purpose of holistic education is to prepare students to meet the challenges of living as well as academics. Holistic education believes it is important for young people to learn:

About themselves.
About healthy relationships and pro-social behavior.
Social development.
Emotional development.
Resilience.
To see beauty, have awe, experience transcendence, and appreciate some sense of "truths."

Consider your life's greatest challenges. What did you need to know to overcome the obstacles you faced? Consider your greatest successes. What did you need to know in order to achieve those successes? Then ask yourself, how many of those things that I needed to know did I learn in school?

For thousands of years before schools there were social groups which taught people about the great adventure of being human; its trials and tribulations, its challenges, and its enormous possibilities for human goodness and even greatness. These groups were extended families, communities or tribes or clans, and religions. For the most part, these groups have disappeared or become compartmentalized in people's lives.

Now, it is predominantly popular culture (the media, music) and schools from which young people can learn about what it means to be human. But culture has it own agenda (not the welfare of children), and schools were not designed to replace extended families, communities, and religions. They were designed to prepare people for the world of work; to give them the skill sets that would help them up the ladder of material success.