Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Maria village's women preserve 'hairy' tradition

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“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Maria village's women preserve 'hairy' tradition

Panca Nugraha, The Jakarta Post, Bima

While fewer Indonesian women are choosing to keep their hair long these days, women in one village in West Nusa Tenggara are hanging on to their long locks to preserve an old tradition.

Maria village is located some 35 kilometers from Raba, the capital city of Bima regency.

Most women in the village sport hair stretching at least to their hips, while some have hair stretching down as far as their calves.

According to tradition, Maria women must not cut their hair before they are married.

Once married they are free to do as they choose, but most women find it hard to part with their hair and decide to leave it long.

Many women in the village use traditional hair care products rather than more modern and easier alternatives.

Most believe that using natural ingredients keeps their hair black, thick and beautiful.

"It is not easy to take care of long hair, but we have to in the name of tradition," Hasnah, 20, told The Jakarta Post.

Hasnah and her friends gather most Saturday nights to exchange hair care tips.

While shampoo and conditioner is readily available at several small kiosks in the village, most women rarely stray from traditional and natural ingredients, including candlenut, tamarind and mango.

Even Maria women who have moved away from the village to study or for work generally continue to preserve the tradition of having long hair.

"I sometimes wash my hair with shampoo when I'm studying in Mataram, but I much prefer to use natural ingredients, especially when I go home to my village," said Nur, 23, who is studying at Mataram University.

Maria village is becoming an increasingly popular destination among domestic and foreign tourists, who wish to see the spectacular landscape and the long hair of Maria women.

HM Yasin, an anthropologist from Wawo district, said Maria women had maintained this tradition for hundreds of years.

"This tradition is to promote motherly instincts among Maria women," said Yasin, adding that Maria residents originally came from Southeast Sulawesi.