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comedy programs on TV or movies. One day there was
From time to time some Koreans confuse Indonesia with
heavy traffic jam on the street so I asked the reason to my
India. Some Koreans only know Bali island apart from In-
Indonesian friend. He said ¡°Because Many people go to see
donesia. When it comes to Indonesia, some Koreans still
a new French comedy movie, ¡®Mr Bean¡¯, today. I couldn¡¯t
think they are the natives living primitive life without
understand as a Korean person that their culture and life-
wearing clothes. If only people see the capital city of In-
style in the beginning, but after a while i did do understand.
donesia Jakarta, they will be surprised of its greatness. Of
They are warm-hearted people.
course, comparing to Korea¡¯s economics they are quite be-
I had some embarrassing moments while I was living in
hind. Indonesia is consist of more than 17,000 islands, 300
Indonesia. One of the examples is that I have 15 sisters
tribes and tribal tongues. They learn Indonesian as their
attending same collage in our boardinghouse. They used
common language only when they joined primary school.
to ask me ¡°sudah mandi(Did you take a bath)?¡± I didn¡¯t
Thus some unschooled people don¡¯t know how to speak,
know the reason why they ask me that way whenever they
read, and write their common Indonesian Language, so
saw me. Actually this kind of question is very embarrassing
they only use their tribal tongue. There are various cultures
for me as a Korean person. I really didn¡¯t understand why
and dialects because each tribe has its own unique culture.
they were asking me this question. I remember that I used
But they still coexist peacefully with each other. despite of
to take a bath with a good scented soap many times so I
the their many different cultures, each tribe takes pride in
thought maybe the reason they were asking was for that,
its uniqueness. In other words, they have a rich culture and
but I found out later that it was my total misunderstand-
many kinds of food to enjoy.
ing of their culture. One of my Indonesia tutors explained
Indonesia is also known for her world heritages. There are
to me about this greeting habit later that it is just general
lots of things to see in Yogyakarta city where I stayed for
greetings for Indonesian like one of the Korean greetings
my schooling. Jogjakarta is a city and the capital of Yog-
¡°Did you have your meal?¡± whenever we see others.
yakarta Special Region in Java, Indonesia. It is renowned
Taking a bath is important for Indonesian people. They
as a centre of classical Javanese fine art and culture such
take a shower in the morning and evening. So Indone-
as batik, ballet, drama, music, poetry, and puppet shows.
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sian who work in Korea find it difficult when they work
Yogyakarta is one of the monument cities located in like
in companies which don¡¯t have shower facilities. They are
Kyung Ju City in Korea. There are Keraton palace where
used to taking a shower twice a day even in the winter sea-
Islam leader Sultan lived, Borobudur the buddha¡¯s temple
son in Korea. Taking a shower is one of the most important
and Prambanan the hindu temple in Yogyakarta.
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parts of their indonesian¡¯s lifestyle.
The buddha¡¯s temple, Borobudur, is well known as one of
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Islam is the dominant religion in Indonesia, which also has
the world¡¯s 7 wonders. This is 2nd biggest Buddha¡¯s temple
a larger Muslim population than any other country in the
in the world with the monument consists of six square plat-
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world, with approximately 202.9 million identified as Mus-
forms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated
lim (88.2% of the total population) as of 2009. The general
with Buddha statues. Some might believe the legends that
idea of Islam to most people is that Arabic countries have
if they touch the Buddha statue with a wish, the wish will
the most adhered people to Islam, but isn¡¯t the case. The
come true. Prambanan is beautiful Hindu temple consist of
Indonesian government announced that each Indonesian
three hindu temples such as Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva that
should at least choose one of these religion according the
are symbols for three major hindu gods.
law: Islam, christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Catholicism
The buddha¡¯s temple, Borobudur and the hindu temple
and confucianism. So their religion is recorded on their
Prambanan are recorded in the world heritage in UNESCO.
social ID card. If you don¡¯t have any religion in Indone-
An Islamic country, Indonesia is working for unity out of
sia, you¡¯ll might be considered as a communist. That¡¯s why
its diverse cultures. Indonesia is an ingesting country with
most Indonesians often don¡¯t understand some Korean
its various cultures since they have as many cultures as their
people when they say that they don¡¯t have a religion.
various tribes.
written by Kim, Mi Yeon timsayang@hanmail.net
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