Thursday, October 27, 2005
♥ Ketupat Pasar, Ketupat Bawang, Ketupat Jantung dan Ketupat Daun Palas
Aidilfitri is just next week. Preparations are being made to celebrate Raya. And this includes decorating the office.
Previous years, there would be 3-4 people in my office who knows how to weave the ketupat. But since they have been transfered to other departments and have retired, not many knows how to anyam ketupat.
Being brought up in the city (I am not being stark up here), I have no idea how the ketupat was being weaved before. I would just sit around my auntie and late grandmother watching them working their hands around coconut leaves to make the sarong ketupat. I can still remember one time when my aunts and uncles would race against each other to see who can anyam the fastest!
As I started working, I found myself being interested in learning how to anyam ketupat. At first, I got my hands tangled in ribbons for the ketupat for decorating the office. The first year, I only learnt 50% of the process (which was considered as the tricky part). I gave up because I knew that I could not make it to be a ketupat. The following year, I learnt the whole process with my 'teacher' giving instructions. When I wanted to do it by myself, I was lost again. But I kept on trying and sometimes, I would succeed in making the ketupat. But sometimes, it was just by accident.
This year, only 3 people in this office who knows how to anyam the ketupat - me (halfly knowlegable), Kak G and Wa. But Wa is down with a fever and suspected to have denggi. So, only 2 of us did the work of anyam ketupat. The problem is, I can't remember the 'paths' to make the ketupat.
Anyway, I got lucky and my first attempt was successful eventhough it took me half an hour to finish the ketupat. The first ketupat I made was the ketupat bawang. Struggling again for the next half hour, I managed to make ketupat pasar by accident.
Ketupat pasar
This time I was determined to make the ketupat AND remembering the 'paths' to take in making ketupat bawang or ketupat pasar. At last, I am capable of making the both ketupat and it takes me around 5 minutes (the most) to finish one ketupat. Ha..ha..
Ketupat bawang
This made me think. If our generation and the generations after us do not have any knowledge and interest in making ketupat from coconut leaves, the original version of ketupat might not exist anymore.
Decorations from the ketupat that I made
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri everyone. Maaf zahir batin especially if I have hurt anyone's feelings in my writing.
Previous years, there would be 3-4 people in my office who knows how to weave the ketupat. But since they have been transfered to other departments and have retired, not many knows how to anyam ketupat.
Being brought up in the city (I am not being stark up here), I have no idea how the ketupat was being weaved before. I would just sit around my auntie and late grandmother watching them working their hands around coconut leaves to make the sarong ketupat. I can still remember one time when my aunts and uncles would race against each other to see who can anyam the fastest!
As I started working, I found myself being interested in learning how to anyam ketupat. At first, I got my hands tangled in ribbons for the ketupat for decorating the office. The first year, I only learnt 50% of the process (which was considered as the tricky part). I gave up because I knew that I could not make it to be a ketupat. The following year, I learnt the whole process with my 'teacher' giving instructions. When I wanted to do it by myself, I was lost again. But I kept on trying and sometimes, I would succeed in making the ketupat. But sometimes, it was just by accident.
This year, only 3 people in this office who knows how to anyam the ketupat - me (halfly knowlegable), Kak G and Wa. But Wa is down with a fever and suspected to have denggi. So, only 2 of us did the work of anyam ketupat. The problem is, I can't remember the 'paths' to make the ketupat.
Anyway, I got lucky and my first attempt was successful eventhough it took me half an hour to finish the ketupat. The first ketupat I made was the ketupat bawang. Struggling again for the next half hour, I managed to make ketupat pasar by accident.
Ketupat pasar
This time I was determined to make the ketupat AND remembering the 'paths' to take in making ketupat bawang or ketupat pasar. At last, I am capable of making the both ketupat and it takes me around 5 minutes (the most) to finish one ketupat. Ha..ha..
Ketupat bawang
This made me think. If our generation and the generations after us do not have any knowledge and interest in making ketupat from coconut leaves, the original version of ketupat might not exist anymore.
Decorations from the ketupat that I made
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri everyone. Maaf zahir batin especially if I have hurt anyone's feelings in my writing.
Am i really never good enough for you?
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