By Imelda N. Sarumaha
I am Imelda Nasrani Oktafina Sarumaha, from
Nias Island, North Sumatera, studying
Psychology in Mercu Buana University, Yogyakarta. I knew Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta
for the first time from my roommate, when she invited me to participate in
Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta training about batik. It was a visit to Batik Museum of
Yogyakarta to get to know the history of batik, motifs and the tools used to
make batik. At the end of the visit, we were challenged to make batik motifs
based on the uniqueness of each region. This is something new and interesting
for me because I am so curious about what I will make, that is motif from Nias.
A few days later the training continued to Batik village of Giriloyo, Imogiri,
Bantul, where we practiced how to make batik from drawing pattern, pouring wax
on the patterns and coloring the fabric. I made a motif typically from Nias, that
is stone jumping.
The following Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta training
I joined was Parenting Skills training in Kopeng, Central Java. In this
training we learned to recall childhood experiences and how parents treated
their children, to oberve what treatment we got from our parents when we were
children and growing up, and to prepare
the participants to be parents and to think whether the past parenting patterns
was still relevant to be applied in the
future. It opened up my understanding and I knew how parents behaved towards
their children.
Recently, I was participating in Stube-HEMAT
Yogyakarta training of Together Compiling Indonesia, where the activities were
more exciting than my previous expectation. I could meet people from various regions in Indonesia,
various religions and various study backgrounds. They were people who want to
realize tolerance and had a high enthusiasm for learning. Here I also met new
people from various regions studying in Yogyakarta. Even, it was the first
opportunity for me to visit and study at Hindu temple, called Jagadnatha
Temple, in Banguntapan, Bantul, Yogyakarta.
The team of Stube-HEMAT was right to present
an exceptional speakers, delivering material that was very useful for me and my
friends who were joining the training. During the training, I got a new
perspective on Christianity that I did not get at school and college. Also, I
gained knowledge about Islam, Catholic and Hinduism, besides Christianity. In
addition, I also found ways to have dialogue with other religious friends and to
have experience diversity and tolerance among the differences.
From the Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta training, ‘Together
Compiling Indonesia’, I had wonderful atmosphere through meeting friends from
different ethnic groups, customs, cultures and religions. I also got stories of
experiences about religion, ethnicity and other cultures from other participants,
interestingly, I was not afraid anymore to share my experiences with them even
though we just knew each other but could create cohesiveness and harmony
together. So, now I begin more tolerant to people who are diverse around me
especially when I am at boarding house or campus. Thank you Stube-HEMAT.
(Imelda Sarumaha).
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