Ketupat For You

Ketupat For You

(By Lifya)

What's Ketupat? for Indonesia Ketupat familiar. Ketupat kind of food that can be found every day. Ketupat made from woven coconut leaves resemble rectangular baskets stuffed with rice and boiled. Ketupat that is so eaten with vegetables or with specialties in each area such as satay, curry or rendang. So arguably Ketupat substitute for rice in eating food.

Ketupat is a symbol of human life journey full of twists and problems. Coconut leaves are pliable and good color well into the image of that in human beings there are qualities that can be formed, trained and directed to be always beautiful. So it always meant well, said well and gave good advice all to realize goodness.

Why Ketupat is synonymous with Idul Fitri? Eid without Ketupat like vegetables without salt. Fragrant aroma of coconut leaves add pleasure tasteful dish that has always been the main dish on Idul Fitri. Ketupat appear together when Islam came to Indonesia. Ketupat in use as a tool to approach by Sunan Kali Jaga to introduce Islam that was new at the time. This corresponds to the moment of Eid which is filled with a chance to apologize.

Since childhood I've been familiar with the ketupat On the days of Islam, such as Idul Fitri, Idul Adha, Maulud Nabi, the Islamic New Year, I always watched the mothers busy making nests ketupat From their mouths I also refer to their advice. Before you baligh should already good at making woven ketupat If you do not have to crawl under the feet ninik Mamak (tribal chief) to apologize ". There is another message that I received those who could not make a nest Ketupat will be lost so it does not know the way to go to in-laws house. Now I slightly understand that Ketupat also made in the food that will be delivered in-law's house. So Ketupat is a medium to get home-in-law.

Minang people (one of the tribes in Indonesia) always said figuratively. Captured the meaning of a conversation is implied meaning in the words. But for me, who was still little sense that I have not caught the implied meaning. I should be able to make a woven ketupat So I did not crawl apologize before ninik mamak (those that must be respected in a tribe). Or lost-in-law will go ahead. So when amak (mother) etek (aunt) and uni-uni (sister) is busy making nests Ketupat to welcome Eid holidays I was too busy to learn to make woven ketupat. For those hard to wrap my young coconut leaves in my hand so small that the early stages of what I do when learning to make matting ketupat is "menyisik" ie smoothing webbing that has been made by the Uni (sister) or etek (aunt) is still a framework yet compacted deliberately created by those who are already adept at making woven ketupat So woven ketupat-shaped frame that becomes solid after a tug of war with my fingers like an actual rhombus shape. Even then I did in a long time.

As the running time me and my friends became adept at making woven ketupat Sometimes we race to race made a nest ketupat My daughter the same age competing to hone fine motor skills, brain regulate considering steps braided wicker weaving. Eyes so obedient to the fingers afraid of missteps. So hungry while fasting not be felt, woven focus on ketupat. In while still in elementary school I was able to make a woven ketupat Various fariasi I learned ketupat shape. There is ketupat Bengkulu, ketupat square, ketupat with a stick that is still attached to ketupat that has been finished to resemble leaf. Also ketupat parallelogram. That is, the time elapsed how to create a nest ketupat with various forms I have mastered.

I will proudly show off ketupat nest have I made. Every time that makes ketupat without being asked I would spontaneously help create one. donated a large force. Making ketupat woven, made me float on memories. Memories of where I grew up as a child. At Station Road in front of the house Angah (call the aunt) me and friends always help Ajo make nests ketupat Ajo Pariaman who works as a trader satay Pariaman. Menyadiakan are always a large bunch of plaited coconut leaves. That's where I honed skill to play while learning. Satay Pariaman Ajo as outlined in the wagon has been given the charge to be meaningful experience. Ajo will bring the cart around the village. Peddling ketupat which was given the peanut sauce and eaten with meat pierced by a stick of palm leaves that have taken leaves as woven ketupat.

Make a nest ketupat brings a lot of things that implied I learned many things about numeracy and meperhitungkan.Aku should know how much rice is loaded. Because if too much of ketupat content will be loud and loose like grains of rice. If too little content of ketupat will become flaccid (soft). Count that should not be forgotten One bushel (dose rice) divided six multiplied by ten. The calculation results should be issued for each of the dead ahead takbiran. Zakat as stated in the Quran. Ketupat make me rich experience, which is always invited to do good for others. Without exception to anyone who comes to celebrate a victory. To tackle poverty for a binding relationship. I watched teary eyes full of emotion at the time of sharing lessons have been executed.

When making ketupat woven no longer deliver a message. Is that moment will be replaced with woven ketupat to be traded. So busy doing calculations of addition and multiplication calculations forget divide. Hopefully make ketupat nest did not stay memorial. Remained in small-hand dial by hand in twisting and weaving leaves waving. To remain woven into webbing not forget ketupat that calculation.

Happy celebrate the Idul Fitri brothers and my sisters, my nephew and all my friends. my heart and hopefully you come back after the holy month of fasting, in today's nan fitri Wish I serve ketupat plate widths. Cascaded vegetable sauce, sprinkled with crackers and a piece of meat rendang to you plus me feel beautiful smile ^_^.

About the Writer

Active Lifya write Website: lifyasofyan.blogspot.com, actively follow events written in print and electronic media. Communication can be via Facebook or email dralifya@ymail.com. Following events Teachers Competition Champion 2015 and became the best writing. Once the outstanding teachers at the National Level in 2013, received an invitation to Japan and awards for Umrah to Makkah in 2014. Alhamdulillah