B a d i k

[KuKulzA28]

Originally Posted by PenangsangII

to a Buginese/Makassarese, badik is "man's best friend"..... It's always carried wherever and whenever a man goes out.... even in his sleep, a badik is still tucked under his pillow

Is that still the case or did most Buginese and Makassarese let go of this old way and the Badik?

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by KuKulzA28

Is that still the case or did most Buginese and Makassarese let go of this old way and the Badik?

When I have been in Makassar three years ago I haven't seen people with a badik.
sajen

[KuKulzA28]

Originally Posted by Sajen

When I have been in Makassar three years ago I haven't seen people with a badik.
sajen

Ah, figures... it was a Buginese/Makassarese man's best-friend

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by KuKulzA28

Ah, figures... it was a Buginese/Makassarese man's best-friend

Makassar is a big city, maybe in the country they still wear it, I don't know about!
sajen

[KuKulzA28]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Makassar is a big city, maybe in the country they still wear it, I don't know about!
sajen

Good point! How traditional do you think Indonesia's countrysides are? Rapidly modernizing? Parangs, T-shirts, posters, cell-phones, carabao, wooden homes with corrugated sheet metal roofing?

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by KuKulzA28

Good point! How traditional do you think Indonesia's countrysides are? Rapidly modernizing? Parangs, T-shirts, posters, cell-phones, carabao, wooden homes with corrugated sheet metal roofing?

When I look to the home island from wife, Halmahera, it's still very traditional, on the other side: by my first visit you don't have had a cell-net, two years later you can nearly everywhere phone with cell. And everywhere plastic. But still many traditional being. I married my wife over there in traditional way, a "party" over three days. And a big Cakalele dance!!
Here some pics from 2006 for better understanding.
Pic 1: a market scene in Tobelo, the biggest city on Halmahera
Pic 2: village on a very small island by Halmahera
Pic 3: a "cow-lorry"
Pic 4: view from Halmahera to Ternate
When I see now the pictures I want to be there!
sajen