点评:Appearences are deceptive
Indonesian culture and traditions are really interesting and unique. I read books by Clifford Geertz on Indonesia when I was a student at SOAS. Much later, I reads books by B. Anderson and Robert Hefner on different aspects of this beautiful country. Before I came to Labuan Bajo, I looked at some websites about where to visit. Mella Village was mentioned by many travel sites. So, we decided to visit this traditional village (assuming there was realla village). When we arrived the sire after 40 min drive, we could only see one sample house similar to that of used by traditional village dwellers where you reach in two days as the guide claimed. There was an old man who greeted us and put a box for donation in front of us. One sample wooden house comprised of one room. Amazing:-) You feel really cheated because id does not reflect anything similar to traditional village life. And also you can only imagine how people in those village look like and live. There was no sign of them. Then, I decided to re-read books of Clifford Geertz, B. Anderson and Robert Hefner to understand complexities of Indonesian society and culture.
翻译:外表具有欺骗性
印度尼西亚的文化和传统非常有趣且独特。当我还是亚非学院的学生时,我读过克利福德·吉尔茨(Clifford Geertz)关于印度尼西亚的书籍。很久以后,我读了 B. Anderson 和 Robert Hefner 的书,关于这个美丽国家的不同方面。在来纳闽巴焦之前,我浏览了一些关于去哪里参观的网站。梅拉村被许多旅游网站提及。所以,我们决定参观这个传统的村庄(假设有realla村庄)。 40分钟车程后,当我们到达老家时,我们只能看到一栋类似于传统乡村居民使用的样板房,正如导游所说,两天后即可到达。有一位老人向我们打招呼,并把一个捐款箱放在我们面前。一间木屋样本由一间房间组成。太棒了:-)你感觉真的被骗了,因为身份并没有反映出任何类似于传统乡村生活的东西。而且你只能想象那些村庄里的人们的样子和生活方式。没有他们的踪影。然后,我决定重新阅读 Clifford Geertz、B. Anderson 和 Robert Hefner 的书,以了解印度尼西亚社会和文化的复杂性。