Sumba Horse Racing,Between Tradition And Business Opportunities

Following on last post featuring food and batik,to this time i will feature culture,Asian culture is precisely Indonesia on horse racing tradition in Sumba island.

Horse racing is a native tradition in Sumba,Indonesia.Sumba is a small island in Nusa Tenggara Timur Province,Indonesia.Horce racing is still going on untill now.Various competitions ranging from the sub district,district or inter district inthe island of Sumba held each year.

It is not easy and expensive to prepare race horse to this race,certain previleges are applied to race horses in order to obtain the best results.The preparation includes  the provision of quality  feed and vitamin,exercise sprinting,exercise jockey and so on.Keept in special cages since childhood,this horse gets special treatment  from the owners.Every day is washed with warm water and massage the feet and body,eating,exercise and generally ran ahead of race day given a daily vitamin and drink 6 eggs mixed with honey.Proverbial horse owners almost forget about everything including  the exclusion of domestic affairs in order to prepare a horse for a victory.

The rise of racertrack opens excellent opportunities for business,as information a horse from crosses Sandalwood(Sumba original horse) to Australian horse valued between 2-50 million (Indonesian rupiahs),the more often wins the price is more expensive.Horse cross between foreign horse and Sandalwood horse most inthe search,especially the descendants of the horse because thre is a preasumption champion horse will give birth a baby horse champion candidates.This lead horse had a good price ,owner usually been given a down payment it at least 6 million(Indonesian rupiahs) to unborn  baby horse.

   Horse rce so important in Sumba because due to have social value and politic,often won the race,the owners are becoming icreasingly popular among enthusiasts and also the public.Sumba community life that are never out of the horse,slowly began change.Fomerly horse use for all purposes from transportation to the carrier,now the role that started it replaced motorcycles owned by each family.Thats why the prospect of race horse  to be more attention,although the care of race horse need care and greater cost but because the result arequite favorable it would not be a problem.It took 2.5 million rupiahs per month for a race horse.There are feed types are bran,corn stalks and just before the race plus eggs and honey.

Behind the good race prospects,there are something that really affect.The climate changes that trigger a variety deases.Antrax devastating deaseas because it so deadly.Inter-island trade of horse too.Both of thing were very influential in the cattle population of horse in Sumba island.

BATIK,BEAUTIFUL TRADITIONAL CRAFTS FROM EAST

Following on previous post discussing recipes from the east of nasi goreng,memorable cuisine from east ,now we will discuss about  the asian culture that is about batik.Batik is a fabric which a picture of folk handicraft in most Asian countries.India,Ceylon,Japan,China and Indonesia have a batik history.There are allegations of batik originatif from India and Ceylon but there is an opinion that is a local native traditional craft.To remember ,there are areas that have tradition of batik but doesn’t include areas influenced by hinduism and budhism ,religion which was brought from India and Ceylon.For example Flores,Toraja and Halmahera in Indonesia.

  
Indonesian batik using wax –resist dyeing tehnique that prevent staining fabrice using wax infiltration.Batik has known from the 13th century that was originally kind of batik is done by hand  and then entering industrialization era seal discovered using a technique called batik prints.At earlier time batiks is a job for women and after discovery of printed batik man go do it,Because the stamp printed batik use tool that quite a bit heavy so it takes considerable force.As tradition,batik is done for generation that are found to special design of motif that can be known from a  family where the batik is made.Batik name is comes from the javanese ”amba”meanings is made,and “tik” meaning is dot”.Dot in this case means a sign or symbol.In Java this craft is progressing proudly.At this time  its daily clothes.There is interesting where  there is motif is only allowed in wearing  nobility and the ordinary people should not wear itSo..,different from batik which used also vary in rank .After a long time just resting on a dark colour like brown,black and maroon,entered 17th century there are variations in colour and design motifs,it caused interaction with other cultural.such as china that carries red colour and also the Dutch who introduced flower design motifs.From two types of batik,original batik has more value because authentic hand made.At the first,batik using a white fabric of cotton,it’s called mori.This time rayon and silk used too.
Indonesian batik as a whole of techniques,technologies and development of culture-related motifs have been recognized and designated as a UNESCO as masterpiece of the oral and itangible heritage of humanity in September 2009. There are some city that became a center of batik productions in Java,Indonesia such as Solo,Yogyakarta,Pekalongan,Tegal,Banyumas and Banjarnegara.Here’s an example of one of the city of batik,batik banjarnegara.

   

                                                                                                                                                                

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NASI GORENG,MEMORABLE CUISINE FROM EAST

This time i will give you a recipe from the east,south east asia,rather Indonesia.Before that i will present a story associated with it.At one point the dutch power in the colony,Indonesia had been end.It carrier consequences for the people of two side,the newly free Indonesian people and Dutch citizens that living in indonesia.Indonesian people busy to consolidating itself,and the Dutch citizens had to leave Indonesia.The problem appear,Indonesia born-Dutch people find different state of good atmosphere,climate and food in Holland.They come to remembrance Indonesia,the place where they are accustomed to living.Longing to Indonesia that they felt well and was represented by the song "Geef Mij Maar Nasigoreng"that sung by Wieteke Van Dort.What's nasi goreng?It's memorable cuisine from indonesia.Do you want to know the lyrics of this song?This i dedicated to you.

                                 GEEF MIJ MAAR NASIGORENG(Give me nasigoreng)
                       Toen reptrieerden uit de gordel van smaragd(when we got back from indonesia)
                       Dat nederland zo koud was hadden wij toch nooit gedacht(we do not think that dutch is very cold)
                       Maar't ergste was't eten
                       Nog erger dan op reis(The worst was the food.worse than the food on the trip)
                       Aardapp'len,vlees en groenten en suiker op de rijst(Potatoes,meat and vegetables and rice to use sugar)
                       Refr:
                       Geef mij maar nasigoreng met een gebakken ei(Give me some nasi goreng,with fried egg)
                       Kroepoek sambal en wat een goed glas bier erbij(With chili crackers and a glass of beer)
                       Geef mij maar nasigoreng met een gebakken ei
                       Kroepoek sambal en wat een goed glas bier erbij
                       Geen lontong,sate babi,en niet smaakt hier pedis(there is not lontong,pork satay then,no sense of chili)
                       Geen  trassi,sroendeng,bandeng en geen tahoe petis(there is not trasi,sroendeng,bandeng and tahu petis)
                       Kwee lapis,onde-onde,geen ketella of ba-pao(layer cakes,dumplings,not cassava or bak-pao)
                        Geen ketan,geen goela-djawa,daarom ja,ikik zeg nou(there are not sticky,not any sugar,so i say)
                       Refr:
                       Ik ben nou wel gewend,ja aan die boerenkool met worst(But now i familiar with cabbage and saucis)
                       Aan hutspot ,pake klapperstuk,aan mellek voor de dorst(Hutspot with grated coconut,with milk)
                       Aan stamppot met andijwie aan spruitjes,erwtensoep(Stamppot with vegetables andijwie,spruitjes,soup erwtens)
                       Maar lekkerst toch is rijst,ja en ik daarom steeds roep(But nevertheless rice the most delicious.So i always say)
                       Refr:

Nasigoreng is fried rice.It is popular food in Indonesia.Did you know,Mr barack Obama like nasigoreng as well because he has memories of childhood in Indonesia.Nasigoreng  ussualy to serve for breakfast.You must wondered what it feels like it?Please cook it and here's the recipe:
        
Javanese fried rice recipe:
Ingredient:
      * 500 grms rice
      * 200 grms of boiled beef,cut into long thin
      * 100 grms wet shrimp,peeled
      * 2 tablespoons soy sauce
      * 2 tablespoons cooking oil for sauteing
Seasoning:
    
      * 4 red chilies,seeded
      * 1 teaspoon shrimp paste
      * 6 pieces red onion
      * 3 clove garlic
      * 1 tsp coriander
      * 1/2 tsp sugar
      * 1 teaspoon salt
Complementary:

      * 2 chicken eggs,make pancakes
      * 2 cucumber,peeled,cut into pieces
      * Prawn crackers to taste
      * Fried onion to taste
How to make:

      1.Stir-fry ground spices until fragrant.give 3 tablespoon water and soy sauce,stir well.
      2.Insert meat and shrimp,stir briefly.Add rice,stiring constanly until blend well over low heat,remove from heat.serve with sprinkling of fried onions scrambled eggs,sliced cucumber and shrimp crackers.               

Javanese fried rice(nasigoreng) is ready to be enjoyed.

This article is inferred from various sources.