Sunday 9July06
Highlights: Sunday market (pasar), and going back to Bantul with Marty
It’s difficult to describe a city, as every corner has something different going on at any one time.
On Sunday mornings here, the streets fill with markets… a sort of ad-hoc phenomenon of people with things to sell, finding a spot on the side of the street. Some lay out a blanket, or set up a tarp overhang,, and call it a “warung” (food stall) with food made on the spot or from home.
On UGM campus (Universitas Gadjah Mada), certain spots fill with so many parked scooters & people cruising around- it’s hard to move. At a glance, it has the feel of a place to see & be seen. A lot of “ayam kampus” walking around. Ha ha (campus chickens).
Which reminds me of another interesting topic Dan brought up the other day… The phenomenon of Indonesian girls covering their hair with jilbabs in the Muslim tradition is a recent development. Indonesians are Muslim like Latinos are Catholic (if you’ll allow me a sweeping generalization…)
But few wore jilbabs really until about 3 years ago, so we hear. Dan has a younger sister in his host family who explained,, “it’s cool to wear them now.” huh!
Never under-estimate the power of cool appeal. Ha ha. I guess 50 cent & other rappers wouldn’t wear huge gold crosses in their music videos if a little symbology wasn’t cool at home too.
Highlights: Sunday market (pasar), and going back to Bantul with Marty
It’s difficult to describe a city, as every corner has something different going on at any one time.
On Sunday mornings here, the streets fill with markets… a sort of ad-hoc phenomenon of people with things to sell, finding a spot on the side of the street. Some lay out a blanket, or set up a tarp overhang,, and call it a “warung” (food stall) with food made on the spot or from home.
On UGM campus (Universitas Gadjah Mada), certain spots fill with so many parked scooters & people cruising around- it’s hard to move. At a glance, it has the feel of a place to see & be seen. A lot of “ayam kampus” walking around. Ha ha (campus chickens).
Which reminds me of another interesting topic Dan brought up the other day… The phenomenon of Indonesian girls covering their hair with jilbabs in the Muslim tradition is a recent development. Indonesians are Muslim like Latinos are Catholic (if you’ll allow me a sweeping generalization…)
But few wore jilbabs really until about 3 years ago, so we hear. Dan has a younger sister in his host family who explained,, “it’s cool to wear them now.” huh!
Never under-estimate the power of cool appeal. Ha ha. I guess 50 cent & other rappers wouldn’t wear huge gold crosses in their music videos if a little symbology wasn’t cool at home too.
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