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Getting my Hands on Film Camera

In attempts to slow_myself_down_away_from_digital_life, I am getting my hands on film camera. Yes, the kind of camera where you need to put the film roll in and then start snapping. If you are lucky, the pictures will turn up good but if not then we let the fate decide. This is not my first rodeo on using film camera, but it definitely the first ever to buy the film and develop it using my own money. It is not cheap, which I know.  What can I say, it's an expensive hobby.  I used my first film roll to take photos of my favorite people. So it has more human than random pictures. It was on family event. After the last shot, I wanted to develop it before I flew to Bali but they had no lab. Luckily we have the lab in Bali. I developed and scanned the film in Ojisanfilmlab Bali. They're just a google away. They sell the roll as well. I had to tell the TSA to do the hand checking rather putting it through the scanner. They understood.  Cimol hides himself in his favorite spot ...

[Tradisi Budaya] Menilik tradisi Lamongan

Jika proses lamaran pada umumnya adalah sang lelaki yang melamar wanita, sedikit berbeda halnya dengan Lamongan. Di Lamongan, sangatlah wajar jika para wanita yang melamar lelakinya. Hal itu masih terjadi hingga saat ini.

Agak sedikit kaget ketika mendengarkan cerita dari seorang teman yang berasal dari sana. Karena penasaran, saya akhirnya bertanya apakah nanti dia juga melakukan hal yang sama. Namun ternyata kekasihnya ingin melamarnya. Berbeda dari tradisi asal mereka.

Prosesi lamaran pun, umumnya di Indonesia lelaki datang kerumah wanitanya dan memberikan hantaran seperlunya. Nah kalau di Lamongan, wanitanya nanti akan menghantar juga kerumah lelakinya dengan hantaran yang lebih banyak dari hantaran lelakinya. Ini sih berdasarkan kasus teman saya dan dia pun mengatakan bahwa hal itu wajar terjadi di Lamongan.

Setelah melamar, prosesi selanjutnya adalah menikah. Ini juga nggak kalah ramainya. Umumnya, para undangan mendapatkan souvenir atau kue dalam kardus kecil untuk dibawa pulang setelah kondangan. Namun untuk resepsi di desa teman saya yang wanita, lagi-lagi sedikit berbeda. Setelah pulang kondangan, yang mereka bawa berupa minyak goreng seperempat liter, mi kriting seperempat kilo, dan beberapa sembako lainnya. Sehingga 'terkesan' budget yang dikeluarkan untuk resepsi lebih besar daripada jumlah amplopan. No offense ya. Jika memang niatnya mencari untung, ohh anda tidak akan bisa. Jika niatnya hanya syukuran dan berbagi, ya benar-benar harus menyiapkan budget yang besar.

Setiap kali mengunjungi teman yang ada di Lamongan, saya selalu terkesan dengan hal baru yang berbau tradisi.

Ada satu hal lagi yang ntah bagaimana, namun menurut saya itu salah satu bentuk gagal paham. Dont mean to offense ya, tapi yang ini benar-benar unik. Pertama kali kesana, kami jalan-jalan pagi. Kala itu saya belum berjilbab. Saya menggunakan celana olahraga yang panjang dan kaos yang pantas. Namun semua mata orang di desa memandangi saya dan salah seorang teman lainnya. Penasaran, saya pun bertanya kepada teman saya kenapa. Diapun menjawab jika berjilbab adalah penting disana. Tidak masalah apakah menggunakan celana atau rok pendek dengan kaos pendek, yang penting kepala tertutup jilbab. What??? Jadi nggak penting kamu pakai baju dan celana pendek asalkan kamu berjilbab.

Hmmm... agak gagal paham 😯

Nahh kemarin kan si dia abis lairan. Pulang dari sana, kami diberikan bingkisan seperti sabun deterjen setengah kilo, pewangi cucian, dan juga permen satu bungkus. Dan semua dibungkus kertas kado. Saya cuman bisa mikir, "selalu ada hal yang unik dari Lamongan setiap kali berkunjung".

Satu tempat di Indonesia memiliki tradisi yang unik dan berbeda. Cuman bisa bayangin aja, ada berapa macam wilayah di Indonesia? Dikalikan dengan tradisi tiap daerah, betapa kayanya tradisi dan budaya Indonesia ini..

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