A beautiful To-Tor Dance from Batak-Indonesia

 Tari to-tor is a name of traditional dancing which motion unite in one rhythm with the music (named Margondang) which is played using traditional music instrument such as gondang, flute, batak trumpet and so on. 
Based on its history the To-tor dance played in a ceremony dealing with spirit, where the spirit is called and it pervades to the statues. Then the pervaded statues begin to move by themselves to dance. The dance include the motion of legs dan hands. There are so many kinds of To-tor dance. One of them is To-tor Pangurason (the cleaning dance). This dance is usually held on a big ceremony in order to clean from any possible disruption of other spirits. The other is To-tor Sipitu Cawan ( seven plates dance). This dance is usually held on a inaugural of a king, this dance is born from 7 princes of heaven who take a bath in a lake on the top of pusuk buhit mountain as well as a coming of piso sipitu sarung (seven knives). 
To-tor nowday is not for Batak tribe anymore. But it is still assumed with the world of spirit, but it becomes an art because to-tor has become a culture in every activity of traditional Batak.

Gasing, a Unique Game from Indonesia

Gasing is a traditional folk games in Indonesia. This game can be found almost in the entire Indonesia. This game is played by children and teenagers, especially boys whose ages between 7-17 years old, it can be played individually or in a group. Gasing is made from wood and shaped tappered down, then to play this, it must be twisted by a rope then hardly pull the rope so the gasing rapidly spinning. In a formal game, the winner is a player who can spin his gasing as long as he can. The longest spinning is the winner. This game is very competitive. Compete the skills and agility of the players. Nowdays, gasing has become a game which hold by teh goverment. In the latest several years some game already take place domestically and internationally. 

Ulos From Batak-Sumatra Island-Indonesia

Ulos is a weaving fabric originated from Batak in Sumatra Island with scarf shape. It is a symbol of love and unite. In literaly, ulos means blanket which cover and make warm to the body. But based on ancestral beliefs of Batak tribe, there are 3 sources which give warm ro human body, they are sun, fire, and ulos. From that 3 source of warm, ulos is assumed the most comfort one with daily livelihood.The ancient Batak Tribe was used to live in mountains, they are called "mountain men". It's because they life and cultivate in the mountains area. By living in a high land, they must face the cold weather, from that thing ulos is introduced.
In summary, the function of ulos is the same as blanket which we use to warm our body when sleeping.
The price of ulos is various. The little ulos can be bought with price aroud Rp 6.000-Rp 250.000 or $ 0.6 USD - $ 26 USD or more. whereas for the high class ulos with the best proccess of manufacturing can be bought around hunderd thousand until million rupiahs.For instance, the ulos batak for weedding ceremony of batak has the price Rp 7,5 Juta or $ 780 USD.

What To Do About The Flu

Let's know about disease and illness, we'd better now these to overcome when they come to our life. If we have enough preparation, then we will easy to conquer the problem. Here is an article as I quote from the expert to overcome when the flu comes to our life....  

 

"You had the flu last winter and the winter before that. If there's one thing you know for sure it's this: you don't want to get it again this year. The bone-racking aches and pains, the chills, fever, coughs, and fatigue laid you out flat. And when the flu hits your household, it knocks everyone down – kids and adults alike – for at least a week, sometimes two.

If you can't afford to lose time to the flu, or if someone in your family has a medical condition that could be complicated by getting influenza, there are flu treatments you can take to reduce your chances of getting sick. And reduce your chances of passing the flu on to the rest of your family and your coworkers.

That's what this section of eDrugstore.md is all about: Learning what you need to know about how the flu bug works and then finding out what flu treatments are available to help you deal with it.

The Flu Bug Is Many Bugs
The flu is actually a number of viruses that infect the respiratory tract. Two main types of flu cause the outbreaks we experience every fall/winter: Influenza A and Influenza B. This is important to note because some drugs only target Influenza A. Others target both A and B. Once your doctor has diagnosed you and determined the kind of flu that's doing the rounds in your community, you can decide on the best type of flu treatment for your situation.

The Flu Shot
As you probably know by now, the flu shot is the single best thing you can do to prevent getting influenza. But the flu shot, while very effective, doesn't protect everyone. So you could still contract the flu. What then? While it's true there is no cure for influenza, there are several medications that can reduce your chances of getting the flu AND reduce the severity of the symptoms and the length of time you are sick.

Tamiflu
Prevents or reduces the severity of Influenza A and B. Tablet form.

Relenza
Prevents or reduces the severity of Influenza A and B. Inhaled."

 

By: Antonio LeMaire in http://www.expertarticles.com

Bluemoon on 31 Auguts 2012 in Indonesia.

Bluemoon on 31 August 2012 in Indonesia.

As I read in http://www.memobee.com, there will be a blue moon in Indonesia. It a special phenomenon which is occured every 2,7 years. This phenomenon is occured when the full moon comes twice in a month. It happened on 2nd of August for the first then again on 31st of August. The blue moon occured when the full moon is covered by space dust so it seems blue from earth. 

Sate or Satai.... Try it, and you wanna have more

Satai or many people say sate is a traditional foods from Java Island-Indonesia. Sate is a food made from meat, usually from chicken or goat and others, which is cut into small pieces stabbed by skewer and roasted on the burning charcoal. The seasoning is from the soy and peanut sauce. In Indonesia we can find many kinds of sate with different seasoning depends on its origin.  

Nowdays, sate is included in national food of Indonesia. Sate Used to famous in Malaysia, Singapre, Thailanda and also Philipine. Sate is also listed in world’s 50 most delicious on polling which is held by CNN Go on 2011.

It will be delicious if Sate is served with Lontong. Lontong is a cooked riced that is boiled on tube shape covered by banana leaves. Furthermore, we may use spicy sauce to make it more delicious. It is also my favorite food. I have tested various kind of sate in Indonesia such as Sate Ayam Ponorogo (chicken made sate from Java), Sate Kambing (goat made Sate from Java), Sate Padang (from Padang, Sumatra Island). Well, if you go to Indonesia, especially to Java Island, I recommend Sate as your menu to have dinner.

Overcome your stress

Hello guys, how are you there. Today I am going to share about how to overcame stress after doing all of the activities in the office. As a clerk, I also experience with stress condition which make me very depressed. The followings are some tips how to overcame stress when it happens to you.

1. Sharing
You must share your problem or burden to other people near you. It could be your friend, mom, daddy, brother, sister, etc. Furthermore, you can write diary and let your problem go away through your diary.

2. Listen to your favorite music
Enjoy your feeling by listening your favorite songs. It truly can increase the good mood and make you relaxed.

3.Laughing
Laughing is very good for our health. Watch funny video, have a joke with your friend, or read a funny stories which make you laughing. Laughing can make our body produce hormone that can make our brains release stress.

4. Get the healthy food
It is very recommended that you consume very low fat and high carbohydrate food  like donuts, pop corns, cookies, etc.Those food can stimulate the chemical matters in your body which can make you feel fresh when have a stress.

5. Drink a lot of water, eat fruit and vegetable
Drink a lot of water and eat fruit also vegetable to assist our body in managing the temperature and make cool when we have stress.

6. Take the exercise
Take some of your time to get little exercises around 10-15 minutes to keep the flexibility of your body. Exercise can make blood flow to the brain smoothly, increase the alpha wave which determine the relax and serenity of your body.

7. Get socialized and having fun.

Take some of your time to get intercourse with your friend or your family to have small talk. The close relationship with your lovely people can decrease stress and make you feel happy.

8. Get a Meditation
 Meditation can decrease the blood pressure significantly, then it can release stress.

9. Take a rest
Take enough time to rest. Do it everyday because lack of rest can cause body to get stress easily.

10. Put your plant on your desk.
Put some flowers  or other plant on your  desk to reduce stress. It can reduce stress 12% faster to be close with plants.

Rumah Limas (Pyramid House)

Rumah Limas (Pyramid House) has a specific shape. In bahasa, limas has two syllables, they are

'lima' (five) and 'emas' (gold). Otherwise, the very specific characteristic can be seen on the roof which has pyramid shape and also has pillars or it can be said as house of stilts. Actually, it is a Palembang typical house. It is very appropriate with the condition on climate of Palembang city which lay mostly near to the beach.
Usually, type of house of stilts is built on the river bank face to the main. This house is completed with bengkilas room, to held the ceremonial dan celebration or some important meeting. Actually, among many house of stilts, the limas house has the similarity because it is stood by the pillars. But, the house of stilts has no ladders. Whereas, in Limas House we can find 3-4 level of ladders which has certain symbols.

Generally, those two types of house are designed in big size and has many rooms inside. As its function, a house is a place to live because inside it occurs the procces of formation of the character of its occupants.

The unique of this house is that its the original shape as the traditional custom of Palembang house. On the frontage, there are two straight mode ladders (single flight stairway). These are the simple ladders because of made by woods but still has a unique value due to steel completes these shape.

Becak

Becak is the cheapest transportation in Indonesia. It is driven by a person who is called "tukang becak". It has 3 wheels and 2 people capacity seats in the front. When we want to enjoy the scenery of the city we better use becak. Due to the operator is a human, then becak only serves short range to go. You can find many becaks in Indonesia especially in Java island. I mostly find it in yogyakarta and solo. It is so interesting to ride becak. Many Tourist domestic and overseas going around using becak.

Andong

Andong is a short range vehicle. It has 4 wheels and it is pulled by one or more horses. We can see Andong around Java Island especially in Yogyakarta and Solo. In Yogyakarta and Solo city, Andong takes a big role for the ancient public transportation. An Andong is driven by a "kusir". I often go to Jalan Malioboro by Andong in Yogyakarta, starting from south to the east of Jalan Malioboro. While riding an Andong you can look around the beautiful scenery of the town. It runs slowly and. It is very appropriate for those who want to make a city documentation. Andong now as an icon of huge Javanese culture and its heritage.