Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Traditional markets showcase local culture

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… 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. …”

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Traditional markets showcase local culture

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Despite the mushrooming number of modern markets, many people prefer traditional markets for the personal interaction.

"A traditional market is a display of culture or the gateway of acculturation contacts between people from various backgrounds," anthropologist Meutia Farida Hatta Swasono said Wednesday. She said this was marketable as a tourist attraction.

Meutia was speaking at a seminar, titled "Empowering Traditional Markets in the Era of the Hypermarket", held by the Culture and Tourism Ministry.

The ministry said it was important to make traditional markets around the archipelago tourism spots, just like Beringharjo market in Yogyakarta, Sukawati market in Bali, Gede market in Surakarta, the floating market in Banjarmasin and the antique market on Jl. Surabaya, Jakarta.

The seminar, held Nov. 28 to 30, was attended by some 75 participants from across Indonesia, including civil servants, university students, NGOs, market operators and associations of market traders, who came to share their views and make recommendations on the drafting of a new bill on market empowerment for tourism.

Indonesia has declared 2008 as Visit Indonesia Year.

Traditional markets' ambience can be a sort of spiritual fulfillment and entertainment for visitors, the seminar heard.

"I like the warm atmosphere between buyers and sellers at traditional markets," a Central Jakarta resident, Elly, said Thursday.

"Just saying hello or joking with vendors. That doesn't happen ... at a supermarket," she said.

Elly said she goes to the traditional market near her home twice a week and had become a loyal customer of certain vendors in Cempaka Putih market since 1979. She said she only goes to the supermarket once every two months at most.

"There is no guarantee either that supermarket fruit and vegetables or meat products are fresher than traditional market goods," the 66-year-old woman said.

Her close relationship with market vendors has lead to her being invited to a wedding reception of the daughter of one of the vendors.

"I frequently give them used plastic bags and dried rice crusts. I am pleased when they gratefully accept my offerings," Elly added.

Elly is not alone in her inclination to shop at traditional markets.

For people like 27-year-old Melati, shopping at traditional markets is her first choice to get cheaper and fresher vegetables and fruits.

"Besides, I feel more human while shopping at a traditional market," Melati said, acknowledging her mother could shop for hours at traditional markets, chatting with vendors.

Metta, a 28-year-old mother of two, said she preferred shopping at the door-to-door green grocer which visits her home on a daily basis.

"I don't enjoy shopping at a muddy market. Besides, I think the price offered by the mobile grocer is cheaper than the traditional markets because I don't have to pay for transportation."