FEATURE : KULINER

MISTERI ASAL MULA TINUTUAN

Oleh Timothy Koraag

(Resep Bubur Manado (http://www.tokomesin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/resep-bubur-manado.jpg)

Seperti Feature Kuliner yang saya angkat sebelumnya mengenai Tinutuan, saat ini saya ingin mengangkat lagi dari sisi yang berbeda. Di Feature yang sebelumnya saya menjelaskan tentang Tinutuan pada umumnya namun kali ini saya lebih memaparkan Asal Muasal dari Tinutuan itu sendiri.

Tinutuan atau yang sering disapa Bubur Manado ini adalah menu makanan yang lezat disantap bagi tiap golongan masyarakat, Karena bahan-bahannya yang berbau sayur-sayuran ini sehingga menjadikan Tinutuan sebagai menu favorite bagi sebagian masyarakat lokal maupun mancanegara, terutama mereka-mereka yang vegetarian.

Keberadaan Bubur Manado ini yang sudah terkenal disebagian mata masyarakat Indonesia membuat para pengusaha makanan antusias untuk menjadikan Bubur Manado sebagai salah satu menu makanan mereka.

Berbicara tentang asal dari hidangan ini sudah tak asing lagi bagi banyak orang, dari namanya saja Bubur Manado yang sudah terpampang jelas-jelas nama kota asalnya yakni Kota Manado, Ibukota Provinsi Sulawesi Utara.

Namun bagaimana dengan asal mula terciptanya makanan ini? Tentu banyak yang ingin tahu tetapi juga banyak yang bisa dibilang bodoh amat yang penting perut kenyang dan hatipun senang.

Asal Mula Tinutuan ini sendiri masih menjadi misteri hingga sekarang, bahkan masyarakat Manado pun kurang mengetahui asal terbentuknya.

Bagi sebagian orang mengatakan bahwa makanan ini mulai diperdagangkan diawal tahun 1970 dibeberapa sudut kota Manado sebagai sarapan,

Dan sebagian orang mengatakan bahwa Tinutuan ini tercipta pada saat penjajahan Belanda di Indonesia khususnya di Sulawesi Utara, dengan sumber makanan yang terbatas sehingga masyarakat lokal berkreasi demi mengisi perut mereka yang lapar dengan bahan-bahan seadanya disekitar halaman rumah yakni sayur-mayur.

“Tinutuan dulu tercipta karena keadaan ekonomi di Manado sangat buruk, dan akhirnya menjadikan sayur-sayuran sebagai makanan di campur dengan beras sedikit” jelas Jessica Supit, seorang mahasiswa yang diwawancarai (19/12) ini.

Begitupun dengan narasumber yang satu ini “Orang minahasa ada ba sambunyi di hutan, kong karena nda ada makanan dorang cuma ambe sayuran dg nasi sisa” tutur seorang wanita lanjut usia dari Minahasa bernama Joula Tumiwa,

dengan bahasa Manado yang berarti “Orang Minahasa dulu bersembunyi di hutan, dan karena tidak ada makanan maka mereka memasak sayuran yang dicampur dengan nasi sisa” saat diwawancarai hari ini.

Juga dengan penyantap favorit Tinutuan satu ini, diusia belianya Chandra Lombeng memaparkan “Karena zaman dulu di Sulawesi Utara banyak sekali rempah dan sayur senhingga orang-orang Minahasa mencoba memadukan sayur seperti kangkung, gedi, sambiki, jagung dan nasi sehinggah terciptalah tinutuan, karnah pada dasarnya org Manado suka dengan yg pedas pedas makanya ditambah dengan sambal roa/bakasang sehingga sangat nikmat saat dimakan pada pagi hari” lengkapnyaa. (19/12)

PIDATO : BAHASA INGGRIS

“Traditional Food is a Big Deal”

By Timothy Koraag

Tinutuan or Manado Porridge

First thing you would be confused why i would be able to speak about Traditional Food cause it is not a Big Deal? Right? But that is the point why i would be able to speak about it. 

Okay,

Traditional food is a part of Culture.  Manado has a lot of Traditional Food but one of them that is most famous is Tinutuan. people in Manado have no idea how much advantage that we can gain from Traditional Food. They were ignoring it because it wasn’t a Big Deal. But the truth is They were wrong. It has a lot of advantages in every kind of Aspect. Every kind of aspect i mean like Financial Aspect, Cultural Aspect and Social Aspect.

First up, i would like to explain about Financial Aspect. I want to give you an example, At the other Country Hand Made Food or we can say  Traditional Food is way more expensive than  Junk Food but why in Indonesia it is the Opposite? Why is the question, why we cannot be like them?  but i’m not saying that i would like to change it because it is probably impossible for me. 

But i’m talking about it because People in Indonesia especially in Manado underestimate Traditional Food, and what about how they make it, or cook it? So we’re talking about the facilities, maybe the facilities do not have a high standard quality. The Manadonese custom is to make traditional food if there will be a Party and the people that Sell Traditional Food are just about 25 % so we can start from ourselves to sell Traditional Food and make our Economic Empowerment much stronger.

Second Up, Cultural Aspect. Traditional Food is a part of Culture, it is influential . right now about 40 % of Manado People don’t know how to cook Traditional Foods and maybe it is because they’re too lazy or don’t want to learn and including me i’ve never been taught by my parents how to cook it so i don’t know how to cook them. 

Right know you probably think i’m weird why i would like to speak about Traditional food but honestly i don’t even know how to cook it either but at least there are people that know how to cook it. my suggestion is for the government to make a Program about How to Make Traditional Food so The Culture would not be able to die. And if our culture dies it will affect our Tourism Activity. for example if i am The Tour Guide and while i am at restaurant with tourists and they ask me what is the ingredient or the composition ? and i don’t know what it is? It can be a Disaster! 

That can make me feel like such an embarassment and also embarassing my school, my department and my teacher because i am from Tourism Department and just because such a little thing ? make all of what i’ve learned useless. me as the Tour Guide the real purpose to be a Tour Guide is being the bridge between another country and my country. It can make Tourists not want to come here again because they’ve lost their passion to come here.  Can’t you even imagine it? What will be happen with our City? Yes, our city will be broken.

And the Last one is Social Aspect. This aspect could really have an advantage tho. We know right Now there’s a lot of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Path and etc. we can use all of those as advantages too. For example i can inform or Introduce to my foreign friends on facebook  to traditional food so they can be interested to come here and tell to all their friends to come here and have a vacation. It can be useful. It can influence at the Financial Aspect that our Economic Empowerment will be stronger and influent at the Culture Aspect, our culture will be known all around the world and there will be so many people who would like to come here and make our economic empowerment stronger than ever.

PIDATO : BAHASA INGGRIS

Natural Beauty

By Timothy Koraag

Tourist Object in North Sulawesi

Almost everyday we heard news about natural disaster that cannot be controlled by the people that have the obligation of. 

We all know that north sulawesi’s natural beauty has potential and very beautiful to make as Tourism places. Manado has a lot of Tourism places, but people in Manado didn’t see or care that thing.

 We don’t know what is the bad impact that can be if we broke our own natural beauty. For the example is malalayang beach. 

Malalayang beach is a beautiful tourism place that is the most famous in North Sulawesi, malalayang beach can increase the economic empowerment. But why there’s a lot of trashes in there and also about the security is not reflect as Tourism place.

North Sulawesi has potential that always make us equal with another famous tourism place, but we’re not realize about that.

The natural beauty of north Sulawesi is beautiful but how we can make it more? They just know to enjoy it, see it and feel it but there’s no feeling to care or protect it. 

People in North Sulawesi just know to say it about the level or the quality of our tourism places but never did the real or the fact of our natural beauty. They just know to proud but they have not action that showing about prouding as advantage to make north Sulawesi can be equal with another tourism place.

We all have been at our own tourism  places and we all have seen about the quality and all of the facilities in there. Where is our consciousness ? we need to realize from now on so we can compete with  another province? Or even another country?.

Me as the young generation or the next generation , I want the best for my country so another country can see how beautiful we are ,so? Let’s keep our environment and don’t be shy to do the best for your own country, llet’s start with a little thing like don’t throw trashes wherever we want, save water and another. And then it will create a new Natural Beauty with a perfection .

Thank You  

PIDATO : BAHASA INGGRIS

CULTURAL DIVERSITY IS OUR IDENTITY

By Timothy Koraag

logo wonderful Indonesia

Good Day Ladies and Gentlemen! Thank you for Having me, my name is Timothy Koraag you can call me Timothy, I’m Representing SMK Negeri 1 Manado i’m 11th Grade Tourism Department.

The Title of My Speech is ‘Cultural Diversity is Our Identity’

Culture, what do you think when you hear this word?

You might think it’s about Custom or Habit , Traditional Foods, Traditional Songs, Tradiional Dances and another that related with Tradition.

Culture is a Habit or Role of Life that was Created by Our Ancestors, generated by one generation to the next generation.

There’s a lot of Definitions of Culture but i can conclude all of those that “Without Culture, We Have Nothing”.

You may ask why without Culture we have Nothing? Of Course Without Culture we Have Nothing, because Culture is a Part of our Life; it Has been a part of our Life. It has been a Legacy from our Ancestors in accordance with Hereditary.

On this Era, many Young people are more interested with another culture than their own culture, they’re forgetting their own culture until it will be die. they say that our culture is boring, old and ugly but the truth is if they are thinking with a positive mind it is not boring and Ugly but yes it is Old but not Old in kind of another old. Actually it is Beautiful and we must proud of it, we are living in Indonesia and Indonesia is such a Heaven with its Distinguish Cultures, we’ve got a lot of Cultures from Sabang to Merauke.

They say that “Culture Separate us, make us different we cannot be one”. Sure we can! Why not? Here i give you an anology why we can be one! Imagine that Indonesia is a piece of paper, and Culture is Crayon. We all know that Crayons consist so many colors and either Indonesia consists 34 Provinces and every Province has their own Culture, Imagine that those Provinces with its Cultures are Crayons.

And then we draw it on the paper , with combine them, we aculturate them and then what happen? 

It creates a new Masterpiece. 

Is that Beautiful? Yes, it is. 

Is the paper more colorful? Yes, it is.

So? Although they’re different, they could still be one and Beautiful. 

See? Don’t you realize how beautiful or culture is? You have no idea how much advantage  that we can gain by Culture! You juat forget it and more interested in another culture.

A few times ago we heard news about Malaysia claims one of our Culture that was Jaipong Dance as their own. How does that feel for us? As the people of Indonesia especially Young People as the owner of the Culture? That’s Hurt, you don’t care about you’re culture and then another country steal it and you suddenly come here and defending it? I mean like where have you been? What have you done before they steal it?

So? What should we do? As the Young Generation ? as the Next Generation?

We must realize from our heart and mind that we should love our culture, don’t ever forget it, preserve it cause it is our precious asset and after we realize what action we need to do? I suggest that we make a campaign for love your culture so our culture can be Everlasting.

Culture represents the beauty of our country and by Represents the Beauty of our Country? It shows our Identity as Indonesian People, The Young People , The Next Generation?

Identity is Important because of Identity we would be known all around the world and Culture is our Identity.

And that’s what i called Cultural Diversity is Our Identity.

Thank You.

PIDATO : BAHASA INGGRIS

“ATTITUDE AS OUR GRATITUDE”

By Timothy Koraag

When someone owe a gratitude on you and they pay it, how do you behave? Are you going to be happy? Feel respected? Satisfy? Appreciated? Well, those things are such a nice attitude, right? It’s like students owed grattitude on teachers.

Today my speech is about gratitude on Teacher, a person who has taken me from crayon to perfume, who taught me right from wrong and a weak from strong, well, that’s a lot to learn but how can i thank them, what can i give them in return? Times before i don’t know until i finally realized that they need respect, feel appreciated and thankful.

For me being a Teacher is such a sublime occupation because they’re teaching us the students untill we mature enough to face the world. But today what they give them in return? Teacher being disrespectful, unappreciated, unthankful by students, i mean those things are the opposite from what i thought.

Let’s see on July 2016 from Kompas.com said a Junior High School Teacher from Sidoarjo North Java named Muhammad Samhudi (46) been arrested by the Public Prosecutor because he pinched one of the student who didn’t want to do a prayer. the Prosecutor said that he broke the law in Chapter 80 Subsection 1 rule of Children Protection of 2014 Indonesian Constituation number 35. The Defendant demands prison for 6 Months and 1 year on trial. Samhudi reported by the parents of the student who pinched by him, because the parents cannot excuse what he did to their child.

A few times later this is what happened (showing pictures) reported by Liputan6.com many Teacher being afraid to teach after the case of a teacher pinched a student. I mean what happen with this country? If all the teachers being afraid to teach then who’s going to teach us? Is that what they want? Well, back into the previous case can you even imagine how ridiculous that thing? I mean a pinch? Is that his gratitude on his teacher?

I think the teacher did the right thing because the student didn’t want to do the prayer that’s why he pinched him but how ridiculous also the parents of the student who cannot excuse what the teacher did to their child so they report it to the people who have the obligation of to arrest the teacher.

Then to the parents, why don’t you just teach you’re own child in your house if you don’t want the teacher to pinch them? Well, that’s the consequences if you enter you’re child into the School. I mean it’s okay to arrest the teacher if the student didn’t do anything but he pinched him, that’s crazy of course. Education supposed to be tough so it can produce a quality generation who can develope this country well, if the education is not tough what would happen with our country? Of course bad things which i cannot say it one by one but you know it.

The Prosecutor said that the teacher broke the law in Chapter 80 Subsection 1 rule of Children Protection of 2014 Indonesian Constituation number 35, one of the point is about violence on children, well, i think the paradigm of the constitution needs to be changed. I’m not saying that i blamed the constituation but it comes from our mindset, the way we think.

A lot of people also defend the teacher who been arrested, reported by Kompas.com the Chairman of Indonesian legistilative assembly Ade Komarudin Jakarta, July 2016 said that we need to re-recite the definition of violence on children on 2014 Indonesian Constituation number 35.

And also the Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesian Muhajir Effendi Surabaya, August 2016 said that the Education of Indonesia still is brittle, to produce a strong generation the Education system needs to be tough and hard. if it’s not our generation will be easy to be beaten. He also explained that by a Hard and Tough Education doesn’t mean a violence, that’s why also that People need to think professionally.

Well, I am totally agree with both of them, that in case to produce a quality generation we needs to have a hard and tough education system, and also needed to change our paradigm and the mindset, the way we think, our demeanor.

And now who’s going to be blamed? The Teacher? The Student? Parents? People who got the obligation of? I think nobody is going to be blamed it’s just back into ourselves that we need to change our mindset, the way we think, our demeanor our attitude. Because everything comes from ourselves, nothing else. We as the most gifted creatures need to use part of ourselves correctly and nicely.

Back into the thing that by ourselves especially we as Students owed a grattitude on Teacher, we shoulda payed for it, we need to respect them, appreciate them, thank them. Well i chose this topic because this is my senior year and in about 150 days more i will be graduate from this school and i feel the weight of the worth is to the teachers. I owed them a gratitude and my attitude is how i pay it. Dear All, Thank you and Happy National Teacher’s Day.

ARTIKEL OPINI

KONTROVERSI KOSTUM BUDAYA INDONESIA DAN MALAYSIA DI AJANG MISS GRAND INTERNATIONAL

Oleh : Timothy Koraag

Selasa, 12 Desember 2017

Miss Grand International 2017 beserta Runners Up

Beberapa waktu yang lalu, dunia maya Indonesia dihebohkan dengan penggunaan kostum budaya oleh salah satu kontestan perwakilan Malaysia diajang Miss Grand International tahun 2017 ini.

Ajang Miss Grand International 2017 ini diselenggarakan 5 Oktober 2017 lalu di Vietnam.

Seperti biasa ajang yang sudah dilaksanakan selama 5 tahun sejak dibentuknya pada 2013 ini akan menampilkan kostum-kostum kebudayaan oleh masing-masing kontestan sesuai dengan negara yang direpresentasikan.

Betapa terkejutnya pelaksanaan MGI tahun ini kontestant Malaysia menggunakan kostum Kuda Lumping beserta Batik yang jelas-jelas merupakan budaya Indonesia.

Kuda lumping adalah seni tari yang dimainkan dengan properti berupa kuda tiruan, yang terbuat dari anyaman bambu atau bahan lainnya dengan dihiasi rambut tiruan dari tali plastik atau sejenisnya yang di gelung atau di kepang, sehingga pada masyarakat jawa sering disebut sebagai jaran kepang.

Rincian ini menunjukkan banyak sekali kesamaan pada kostum yang dipakai oleh kontestan Malaysia ini, belum lagi dengan kain desain batik yang dipakainya juga.

Batik adalah kain bergambar yang pembuatannya secara khusus dengan menuliskan atau menerakan malam pada kain itu, kemudian pengolahannya diproses dengan cara tertentu yang memiliki kekhasan.

Batik sudah benar benar dinyatakan sebagai bagian dari kebudayaan Indonesia oleh UNESCO secara resmi yang tidak bisa diganggu gugat.

Lalu bagaimana tanggapan masyarakat tentang kostum Malaysia ini?

Hal inipun sangat panas diperbincangkan oleh netizen-netizen khususnya Indonesia karena secara tidak langsung Malaysia sudah menyatakan bahwa Kuda Lumping beserta Batik telah menjadi bagian dari kebudayaan kepemilikkan mereka.

"SHAME ON YOU MALAY THIS IS INDONESIAN CULTURE !" komentar @a.zizet.

"National costume which origin from another country? So funny, and so embarrassed. Seems like you don't have original culture.. Hope you blessed in mgi!" komentar @ardityafebri.

"Kuda lumping indonesia di plagiat #haram_noh," komentar @fauzhi82812.

Itulah contoh beberapa komentar netizen Indonesia disalah satu postingan di media sosial Instagram yang menyindir Malaysia secara terang-terangan akan aksi mereka ini.

Dengan itu pihak Malaysia merasa terpojok maka merekapun mengangkat bicara, dengan menyatakan bahwa kostum mereka itu sungguh terinspirasi oleh masyarakat Jawa yang tinggal didaerah Johor, Perak, Selangor, & Singapura.

Namun masih saja banyak pihak yang menuding bahwa Malaysia mengplagiaris kebudayaan Indonesia.

Walaupun Indonesia dan Malaysia serumpun baik adatnya, kebudayaannya, juga tradisinya, namun apabila sudah mengenai ajang internasional seperti ini tentunya harus adanya keprofesionallan dalam pengambilan keputusan agar tidak adanya pihak yang merasa dirugikan juga timbulnya perpecahan dan kerusuhan.