Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Globalisasi Kebudayaan


Pengaruh Globalisasi Terhadap Perkembangan Kebudayaan Indonesia
ROBBI NURDIN HIDAYAT    1006756484    SASTRA INGGRIS

            Kalau kita mendengar kata globalisasi, maka sesuatu yang datang dalam pikiran kita adalah perubahan yang mendunia atau universal terhadap segala bidang, baik itu bidang ekonomi, sosial, budaya, dan politik tentunya. Dalam pembahasan ini, saya akan menekankan pada apa saja pengaruh dari globalisasi yang melekat pada kebudayaan yang ada di Indonesia pada saat ini. Seperti yang kita tahu bahwa makna dari kata Kebudayaan itu sendiri adalah cipta, rasa, dan karsa dari sekelompok manusia yang berada dalam suatu wilayah dan membentuk suatu tatanan kehidupan baik itu dari segi norma-norma kehidupan atau pun aturan lainnya yang sekarang kita sebut Kebudayaan. Indonesia merupakan negara yang memiliki kemajemukan kebudayaan. Bayangkan saja dalam satu wilayah yang terdiri dari berbagai desa, namun dari setiap desa tersebut memiliki budaya yang berbeda-beda. Kalau kita lihat pada saat ini, globalisasi telah menjadi ancaman bagi kebudayaan yang ada di Indonesia. Mengapa demikian? Karena dengan hadirnya globalisasi ini, masyarakat Indonesia mulai  memiliki kiblat baru mereka yaitu kebudayaan barat sebagai bagian dari sesuatu yang dibawa oleh globalisasi. Sebenarnya apa saja pengaruh globalisasi terhadap kebudayaan Indonesia saat ini?
            Pada saat ini, kebanyakan masyarakat Indonesia telah berkiblat ke negera barat dengan alasan negara barat adalah negara yang maju di segala bidang, sehingga mereka berfikir, dengan mengikuti cara berfikir dan budaya barat, mereka juga bisa memajukan negara Indonesia. Apakah mungkin hal itu terjadi? Jawabannya mungkin saja terjadi, namun kita tidak bisa terlepas dari identitas kita sebagai bangsa Indonesia. Globalisasi yang dilakukan oleh bangsa barat ini menimbulkan berbagai sisi positif dan negatif terhadap kebudayaan Indonesia. Contoh dari sisi positif yang ditimbulkan oleh globalisasi ini adalah :
a.       Perubahan sistem masyarakat yang dulunya tertutup oleh dunia, sekarang menjadi masyarakat yang terbuka oleh dunia.
b.                             Mulai bermunculan budaya-budaya baru yang lebih maju dan mendukung kebudayaan yang telah ada, contohnya seperti kebudayaan yang dibawa oleh masyarakat china ke Indonesia. Banyak berkembangnya kesenian-kesenian baru di Indonesia, seperti mulai munculnya musisi-musisi lagu pop, band-band, dan mulai juga bermunculan alat-alat kesenian baru, sepertinya guitar listrik, drum, dan lain-lain.
Dari berbagai sisi positif yang disebutkan diatas, kita bisa melihat bahwa globalisasi ternyata bisa juga berakibat kemajuan budaya, seperti yang disebutkan mulai bermunculan kesenian baru, budaya berdagang china, dan lainnya yang mana mampu memajukan budaya masyarakat Indonesia. Namun demikian, kalau kita menganalisis lebih dalam mengenai globalisasi ini, maka kita akan menemukan ada penyimpangan terhadap kebudayaan Indonesia. Beberapa sisi negatif dari globalisasi terhadap kebudayaan Indonesia adalah :
a.                          Mulai bermunculan trend-trend barat baru, seperti cara berpakaian ala barat yang cenderung memakai baju ketat-ketat dan tidak menutup baga tubuh yang sepantasnya ditutup. Style rambut yang aneh dan unik mulai di terapkan oleh masyarakat Indonesia.
b.      Mulai hilangnya rasa solidaritas diantara sesama. Dengan hadirnya bangsa barat yang membawa masyarakat Indonesia menuju arah individualistis dan cenderung cuek terhadap sesama, contohnya budaya gotong royong yang dulu di junjung tinggi oleh masyarakat Indonesia, sekarang sudah hampir hilang. Ini terlihat sekali di daerah-daerah perkotaan, seperti Jakarta dan Bali. Ini jelas membuktikan bahwa masyarakat perkotaan telah terkena virus globalisasi yang dibawa oleh bangsa barat ke Indonesia.
c.       Mulai hilangnya kesenian-kesenian lama yang dimiliki oleh masyarakt Indonesia. Sebagai contoh, dulu masyarakat Jawa senang sekali mementaskan pertujukan wayang. Hampir setiap minggu mereka mengelenggarakan pertunjukan wayang yang berceritakan tentang kisah-kisah Jawa itu sendiri, sehingga budaya mereka tetap terlestarikan dengan adanya pertunjukan wayang itu. Namun, ketika datangnya globalisasi, masyarakat Jawa perlahan-lahan meninggalkan pertunjukan wayang ini, semakin lama semakin hilang. Kalau kita lihat sekarang, hampir tidak pernah lagi masyarakt Jawa mempertunjukan wayang mereka. Dengan kata lain, satu kebudayaan telah punah dan hilang dari pemiliknya akibat munculnya budaya yang lebih modern yaitu budaya barat yang dianggap lebih maju dan populer.
d.      Dengan adanya globalisasi, kebanyakan generasi muda tidak lagi memperdulikan identitas mereka. Mereka kebanyakan beralih kiblat, seperti yang sebutkan sebelumnya, ke barat dengan merubah hampir seluruh gaya hidup mereka dulu, ke gaya hidup sekarang. Orang banyak menyebutkan zaman sekarang bukan zaman modern, tetapi zaman global modern.

Inilah hal yang ditakuti oleh para ahli kebudayaan yang masih memperhatikan kelestarian kebudayaan yang ada di Indonesia. Mereka takut globalisasi yang dibawa oleh bangsa barat mampu mendominasi kebudayaan lama. Hasilnya, kebudayaan Indonesia akan musnah seutuhnya tanpa meninggalkan bekas kebudayaan lama yang telah dijaga oleh nenek moyang kita pada masa dahulu. Sewajarnya kita harus bersyukur kepada pendahulu kita yang telah memberikan kebudayaan Indonesia yang majemuk ini sebagai identitas yang tak kan pernah hilang walaupun masyarakat global berusaha memunculkan kebudayaan yang jauh lebih bagus dan lebih maju.
Kita sebagai bangsa Indonesia wajib menjaga dan melestarikan kebudayaan kita, jangan sampai modernisasi dan globalisasi memusnahkan kebudayaan yang ada dan bahkan menggantinya dengan kebudayaan yang tidak sesuai dengan jati diri bangsa Indonesia. Kalau kita perhatikan, pada saat ini kita sedang berada dalam era imperialisme bangsa barat. Kenapa saya mengatakan demikian? Karena perhatian saya terhadap kesenian lama telah memudar akibat tidaknya adanya masyarakat yang menampilkan pertunjukan itu, malah pada saat ini bangsa Indonesia cenderung menyelenggarakan konser dan acara-acara yang berbau modern. Saya melihat, kebanyakan masyarakat perkotaan malu untuk mempertunjukkan pertunjukan adat atau kesenian budaya adkibat darah globalisasi yang mengalir dalam tubuh mereka.
Maka dari itu, kita sebagai bangsa Indonesia dan generasi penerus harus menyadari akan kekayaan bangsa kita dan keanekaragaman budaya yang dimiliki oleh bangsa kita. kita jangan sampai membiarkan kebudayaan lain masuk tanpa penyaringan atau pun penyesuaian terhadap kebudayaan kita sendiri. Kita juga harus berusaha untuk melestarikan kebudayaan yang yang ada dengan jalan mempertunjukannya atau tetap menjaganya, sehingga kita bisa memilah mana kebudayaan barat yang sesuai dan tidka sesuai dengan kebudayaan lama kita.




Daftar Pustaka
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24673301/Difusi-Akulturasi-Dan-Asimilasi-Konsep-Contoh-Dan-Perbedaannya

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Body Building Strategies


Robbi Nurdin Hidayat
1006756484
Build Up Arm Muscles-Triceps Muscle

Topic : Build Up arm muscles-Triceps muscle
Thesis Statement : Here are some steps to build up your Triceps muscle with pushing
                                exercise styles
Body Paragraph : a. Board Press Exercise
                           b. Dips Exercise
                           c. Dumbell Triceps Curl Exercise
Conclusion : In conclusion, to build up your arm muscles-Triceps muscle, you should do those three exercises, including Board Presses Exercise, Dips Exercise, and Close Grip Barbell Bench Press Exercise. Do all those three exercises regularly because it will effects the process of building up your Triceps muscle, and also you can get injured or cracked when you randomly do it. I am sure that you can build up your arm muscles especially Triceps muscle and get healthy body if you keep track of what should be the first, the second, and the third exercises.

The Essay

Build Up Arm Muscles-Triceps Muscle

This essay is addressed for those who want to build up arm muscles and get healthy body. To shape your arm muscles, you must train it regularly and of course do it in order. Actually, building up your arm muscles is important because it is related to your health. For example, when you go to fitness center  and you do some exercises for your muscles. You actually have tried to be healthy. Nevertheless, in this essay, I only give you some explanations about how to build your arm muscles-Triceps muscle, so that you can get several methods to be followed, and also you can get healthy body. Arm muscles consist of two main parts of muscle, Biceps muscle and Triceps muscle. Biceps are like your front hand muscle, and Triceps are the most important muscle on your hands. According to the source www.buildmusclefast.com paragraph 1, that I have read, Triceps muscle takes two third of the upper arm and it is made up three parts of hand muscles a long head at scapula, a lateral head, called Humerous, and the short head that is in the Humerous, but a bit lower than lateral head whereas Biceps muscle take only one third of the upper arm. It means that you must more concentrate on Triceps muscle than Biceps because Triceps muscle is more important than Biceps muscle to build your arm muscles up. Hence from that, here are some steps to build up your Triceps muscle with pushing exercise styles.
As I have experienced it, the first step is called Board Presses Exercise. It is like you lay down your body on a bench press which already has weight in it. Then put two or three or four boards on your chest to limit the motion between the board and the weight, so that the weight will not hit your chest if it is dropped from your hands. Board Press Exercise is one of the Pushing Exercises. It forces your Triceps muscle to push the weight up and down, and it will indirectly build your Triceps muscle by pushing it ten times. If you feel that you cannot lift the weight up, you can reduce it. This is the most important step you should do because Board Presses actually shape your front Triceps muscle, and you cannot build your deep Triceps muscle without building up your front muscle first. You will be injured if you do such exercise.
The second step is called Dips. I put Dips as the second step because Dips shape your deep Triceps muscle. After you have trained your front Triceps muscle, then you must train your deep or middle Triceps Muscle. It can strengthen your Triceps muscle. To get Dip’s positions, you should stand up between two bars. Then you hold the bars with your hands-left and right, push your body with your hands as strong as possible. Next slowly lower yourself downward and push again, and repeat it ten times as you can. Please do this exercise carefully because if you force your hands to push your body too quick, your hands can get cracked.
The third step or the last step is called as Dumbbell Triceps Curl Exercise. To do this exercise, you have to stand up straight with dumbbell in your two hands-left and right, grip it powerfully, keep your elbows close to your torso, and move out the dumbbell up and down about ten times. This step is the easiest exercise to do. I put it on the last step because it builds your back Triceps muscle and also the whole Triceps muscle.
In conclusion, to build up your arm muscles-Triceps muscle, you should do those three exercises, including Board Presses Exercise, Dips Exercise, and Close Grip Barbell Bench Press Exercise. Do all those three exercises regularly because it will effects the process of building up your Triceps muscle, and also you can get injured or cracked when you randomly do it. I am sure that you can build up your arm muscles especially Triceps muscle and get healthy body if you keep track of what should be the first, the second, and the third exercises.

References
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/triceps.htm
www.buildmusclefast.com



Panjang Beach And Kuta Beach




Robbi Nurdin Hidayat
1006756484
Comparison and Contrast

Topic : Panjang Beach and Kuta Beach
Thesis Statement : In several parts, Panjang beach and Kuta beach are different, but alike
Body paragraph :
a. Differences
- Hotel designs
- Tourism resorts
- Cultural Perspectives
b. Similarities
- Landscapes
- Malls
Conclusion : In conclusion, Kuta beach and Panjang beach: different, but similar. Although the two beaches differ in some aspects like the design of the hotels, Tourism Resorts, and also the cultural perspectives of the two societies, both are suitable to be the place for holiday. Moreover, the differences of them make special characteristic of those two beaches which actually can attract to be visited by the tourists outside Indonesia and the similarities like Malls near the beaches and the landscapes classify them as beauty of the nature.

The Essay

Panjang Beach and Kuta Beach

Beach is one of tourism resorts in Indonesia. Most of people usually spend their day off time on beach. In this article, I would like to talk about two famous beaches in Indonesia; Kuta Beach in Bali and Panjang Beach in Bengkulu. As we know Kuta beach is the greatest tourism resort that has been popular throughout the world. Most of the visitors are from some countries outside Indonesia such as Europe and America countries. Panjang beach also has popularity in Indonesia. It is the longest beach in Indonesia with 7 kilometers length. You cannot march Panjang beach by feet because you will get tired quickly. You should surround the beach by car, motorcycle, and so on. In several parts, Kuta beach and Panjang beach are different, but alike.
The differences among Kuta beach and Panjang beach are divided into two aspects which are the hotel design and Tourism resorts in the beaches. Let starts from Kuta beach first. In Kuta beach, the hotel designs are very modern and be westernized. People try to modernize the design of the hotel because they think the tourists would be excited with that. For example, the hotels are classified by the price, the accommodations which are served, and the landscapes, what can be seen from the hotels? For example, from the luxurious one is Aditya Homestay Munduk, the standard one is Pendawa Kuta and so on. The luxurious hotels are usually designed to attract tourist’s attention by building it near the beach with beautiful landscape that can be looked from it, and the designs are surely modern like hotels in Europe. What about the hotels around Panjang Beach?  Are they the same as what Kuta beach in Bali has? In Panjang beach, the hotels are mostly located very close to the beach. When you go around the beach, you will see the hotels on your left side. Actually, the design of the hotel is not quite modern, only some of the hotels are designed like modern hotels like Hotel Grage Horizon, Hotel Raffles City, and Hotel Rio Asri. The others are almost similar with the old design of Indonesian Hotels such as Hotel Puri Bidadari, Hotel Pasir Putih, and so on. You can see all the landscapes from the hotels, or you just walk out to the beach, it only takes 5 minutes to reach the beach from the hotels.
          When you go to Kuta beach, you will get what you think about western countries. You will meet some foreigners; you speak in English when you do conversation, and other activities that do not belong to Indonesian society. However, that makes Kuta beach to be famous today around the world. The people are so friendly with different cultures that come through the tourists, so they feel comfortable and often visit Kuta beach. Because of that ease feeling, the government of Bali makes Kuta beach as one of the investment for Bali Province. Different cultures that Bali societies have been received from the tourists make them heterogeneity  However, the Balinese do not lose their old cultures even they introduce those cultures to the visitors to get money. They really appreciate the shows and pay for it. What makes it interesting is that tourists learn the cultures for years. On the other hand, the visitors of Panjang beach are mostly from Bengkulu residence. The foreigners dislike to visit Panjang beach because they do not feel ease with the situation around it. The people are still more entrenched to their cultures. Thus, the tourists cannot do what they want to do on the beach, for example, the tourists take off their clothes and do sunbathing. Of course the people around the beach will forbid that kind of act because it does not fit the culture of Bengkulu people.
         Do not forget about the tourism resorts while you are going to the beach. Because it will make your holiday better than what you imagine in your mind. The tourism resorts on Kuta beach are different from what we have on Panjang beach. On Kuta beach, there are so many resorts or what we call as Play Rides. For example for play rides are Surfing, Sunbathing, Soccer Beach, Water boom, Kiddy Park, Sling shot, and so on. All the rides can be played by the visitors, but you need to pay for it. What about play rides on the Panjang beach? Actually Panjang beach does not have that many as Kuta beach have because in my opinion, the government of Bengkulu does not tend to make Panjang beach as a tourism resorts. The play rides are banana boat, wagons, jogging tracks, and sport center, you can do every sport on the sport center because it has been served for sports only, and elephant ride (there are two elephants on the Panjang beach you can ride on, just pay Rp. 5000. They are located on the Panjang Beach. You can be brought by the elephant to go around the beach.
          Kuta beach and Panjang are different, but almost similar also. The similarities are from the landscapes and Shopping center. If we look at what we know about beach, we have the imagination the sceneries that beach always has amazing sunset time, beautiful sea and trees, and famous white sand. Kuta beach and Panjang beach has that views. Then at the moment you pass those beaches, Shopping center are waiting for you to come inside. There are a lot of souvenirs you can buy for your family. It is unforgettable to have something that can remember you with the place you have ever visited.
          On Kuta beach and Panjang beach, Mall can be found near the beach. You can buy clothes, Hawaii clothes, Batik, and so many other things you can buy in the Mall. The name of the malls are different I think. On Panjang Beach, we call it Bengkulu Indah Mall, and on Kuta beach we find many malls near the beach such as Discovery Shopping Mall, Beach walk, and so on.
In conclusion, Kuta beach and Panjang beach: different, but similar. Although the two beaches differ in some aspects like the design of the hotels, Tourism Resorts, and also the cultural perspectives of the two societies, both are suitable to be the place for holiday. Moreover, the differences of them make special characteristic of those two beaches which actually can attract to be visited by the tourists outside Indonesia and the similarities like Malls near the beaches and the landscapes classify them as beauty of the nature.

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