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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Sundanese culture : Between Myth and Reality Reiz

Posted by Hancurnya Peradaban Manusia



W.S. Rendra in IV Cultural Congress in Jakarta, 29 October-3 November 1991, suggested that at least there are seven life force that must be owned by a culture. First, the ability to breathe. Second, the ability to digest. Third, the ability to coordinate and organize. Fourth, the ability to adapt. Fifth, mobility. Sixth, the ability to grow and develop. Seventh, the ability to regenerate.

The ability to breathe in the culture meant as the ability to process air into the prana, air cleanliness, mengharmonikan activity rhythm of life with breath, and eliminates the things that cause tension in the mind that is causing tightness in the breath of life. The ability to digest interpreted as the ability to assimilate the various experiences in life...[more]

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