Mejuah-juah, Seorang teman saya, Nina Chairani, wartawan Republika, mencari teman akrabnya, bernama RAKUT P PERANGIN-ANGIN. Pernah menjadi guru STM di Magelang, Jawa Tengah. Pernah tugas belajar ke Australia tahun 1980-an. Terakhir tinggal di Geger Kalong, Bandung, Jawa Barat, 1980-an.
Barangkali ada yang mengetahui keberadaannya? Semoga ada yang bisa membantunya. Bujur. --- Pada Jum, 2/7/10, MU Ginting <[email protected]> menulis: Dari: MU Ginting <[email protected]> Judul: [tanahkaro] Beberapa catatan penting perkembangan di tabloid SS Kepada: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Tanggal: Jumat, 2 Juli, 2010, 3:03 PM Beberapa catatan penting perkembangan di tabloid SS ”Semuanya seolah abstrak, tidak dapat diukur dengan uang. Tetapi, coba bayangkan seandainya semangat kekaroan dan kesenian Karo sudah tidak dianggap lagi oleh masyarakat Karo? Dapat dikatakan kita akan kehilangan jati diri, lebur dalam arus globalisasi. Tidak akan ada lagi jalan pulang . . . . ” (Ita Apulina Tarigan, SS Juni 2010) ”Adi siandingken ras sinuan-sinuan, Karo enda bagi sada batang si mbages kel penuankenca mbarenda. Kenca enggo megegeh kel urat-uratna, gundari enggo jadi sada batang si meledang kal janah enterem kalak ngadi-ngadi ije perbahan mereken sada kemalemen ate.” (Danadya Ginting, SS Juni 2010) Cultural Power No matter where we are, Karo culture and tradition are important for a Karonese from his birth until his death. A Karo leader, even leading outside of Karo Highland, should understand Karo culture as the social system of every Karonese person around the world. He or she should know Karo language and kinship as the basics of Karonese culturalcommunicati on in daily life. If not, he/she will be considered as an incomplete Karonese. The loss of this power would make Karo leaders not to be welcomed among Karo people. It is important at least to win sympathy and support of Karonese electors and followers. Contextual Power Whether we are a leader in the Karo Highland or outside this region, our context, especially in the big cities of North Sumatra, is pluralism. There is plurality in religions, cultures, traditions, languages, characteristics, worldview and values. As it is often said, North Sumatra is “The Little Indonesia” where most of the tribes of Indonesia live together in harmony for years. In Sora Sirulo, for instance, we see Karonese people with diverse religions: Christian, Catholic, Moslem, Hindu and Pemena. A leader should maintain and even improve the harmony of these regions, not breaking it or manipulating it for his own interests. He should be able to accommodate the needs of all religious, social, cultural and professional communities. This is not meant to be a recommendation to become a syncreticleader but to recommend a contextual leader, who understands the different contexts of the people he leads without losing his own identity and integrity. GBKP as a religious-cultural institution exist in a plural context as well. Some of its members are of non-Karonese background as Tobanese, Chinese, Javanese, Balinese, etc. (Brother Joe Bre Birink, Denpasar, SS Juni 2010) Bujur ras mejuah-juah kita kerina MUG
