Satu nusa,
satu bangsa,
satu bahasa kita,
tanah air,
pasti jaya,
untuk selama-lamanya,
Indonesia pusaka,
Indonesia tercinta,
Nusa bangsa,
dan bahasa,
kita bela bersama
With a vibrant forest 25 school students were singing songs "Satu Nusa,
Satu Bangsa". Satisfaction immediately visible on the faces of students in Sangong, South Siberut, Mentawai Islands regency, West Sumatra, was the successful sing the song by Liberty Manik until finished.
"Just this month they could sing it. As far as can memorize new verses and did not understand its meaning," said Suendi (24), young Hamlet Salappak, South Siberut, which teaches that song.
Suendi using the song Satu Nusa,
Satu Bangsa (One Nusa One Nation) as one of the media to teach Indonesian at the school forest. All students in the school which occupies one room houses on stilts Mentawai it's safe Sabba gathered in one room while they are very diverse age, from seven to a dozen years.
Although from the age of most high school students were already eligible graduate school (SD), they are still difficult to speak Indonesian, as well as writing and arithmetic. Thus, the material should be taught in the language of the Mentawai. Indonesian difficulty making the children are not easy to talk with newcomers or read a book so that knowledge from the outside very little is absorbed.
This condition occurs because the Mentawai language becomes the only language in their environment. While formal education, although only at the primary level, becomes expensive. SD Sangong nearest Saliguma in the village which is about 12 kilometers, or three-hour journey by foot through the woods and hills.
The absence of formal schools create a school which was established forest NGOs Yayasan Citra Mandiri since a year ago was greeted by excited citizens Sangong. So hungry for education, now there are two neighboring communities are scrambling to Sangong forest school held near their area.
Limitations of educational facilities is not the only problem at the corners of Siberut's. Health services are also not in Sangong. Since there is a 2007memang has health centers in South Siberut with 2 doctors, 21nurses, and midwives 5. However, until now none of the medical personnel in Sangong. As a result, knowledge and quality of health of the village is very minimal.
"This is my pregnancy to 11. Actually, I'm tired pregnant. But, how not to get pregnant?" Bai asked Seggeilolo, Sangong citizen, who was eight months pregnant. Child number 10 Bai Seggeilolo about 1 year old, same age as the grandson of the first son of Bai Seggeilolo.
While Jetti Bai, Bai Seggeilolo neighbors, pregnant to-10 time, because the husband was still expecting an additional boy who would become heir to the family fortune Mentawai. Of the nine previous pregnancies, Bai Jetti have two boys, three girls, two died during the toddler, and two miscarriages.
The lack of facilities in line with Sangong difficult to reach the area. Sangong only be achieved by pompong-boat ride made of meranti trees intact and powerful engine driven PK-5along the river about six hours drive from Muara Siberut, the capital of South Siberut district. When chartering pompong, charge around Rp 400.000 one way.
Live weight
Muara Siberut lies 146kilometer from Padang, the capital of West Sumatra Province. Travel to Muara Siberut can be reached by motor boats during the 10-12 hour trip across the Mentawai Strait. The ship sailed only twice a week from Padang to the tariff Rp 65,000-Rp 125,000 per person.
The high cost of making public transport in Siberut, especially in the corners, getting left behind. Any goods prices soar. If in Padang sugar prices ranging between Rp 8,000 per kilogram, in the Mentawai Village 9.000per pounds worth Rp. Meanwhile, if the price premium on the refueling station for public Rp 4500 per liter, in-Madobag village about four hours away by pompong of Muara Siberut-price to Rp 9,000 per liter.
In contrast, crops in the village as Madobag hard to sell in other regions. "If you're harvesting durian, many fruits that we let down and eaten by pigs. For, if taken to Muara Siberut, angkutnya costs can not be closed with a selling price," said Chief Arosokhi SD Madobag Marinus (45).
If the high living costs, the results of community-managed nature tend to be low cost. Patchouli oil prices, for example, fluctuates from USD 260.000hingga Rp 1.2 million per kilogram. Communities in the interior of Siberut patchouli oil should sell this to the gatherer in Muara Siberut. Required to carry expensive because of transportation costs to purchase up to 20 liters of gasoline to go home. With gasoline prices up to Rp 9,000 per liter, high transport costs from the mouth upstream to make the exchange rate low patchouli oil.
Each family brings their own agricultural products which they would sell. The money immediately to buy various needs that can not be produced by nature, such as sugar, tea, kerosene for lighting fuel petromaks, until gasoline.
Economic Siberut asymmetric, ie buying cheap and selling expensive, is still aggravated by the lack of public infrastructure. No electricity. If you want to enjoy the electric light and television broadcasts, citizens must have a diesel. Cell phone signal has not reached all the villages. "If you want a phone, need to take first in the hills or up pompong, dropping to near Muara Siberut," said Marinus.
Similarly, a general access road is still a slippery path and muddy when it rains. Bridges are still many made from tree trunks. Many times the children could not go to school if heavy rain because the road is too muddy and the tree trunk bridge had washed away the water.
These conditions, continued Marinus, makes working in such areas is not easy Madobag. Three of the 11 teachers in elementary Madobag imported from Padang forced separation from family and sleep at home riding Marinus. Workload did not light because educate 226 students.
"However, we should not complain about conditions (heavy) this. As employees, we have been promised to the state, willing to be placed anywhere in Indonesia, including in Siberut," said Marinus.
Burden to be borne by Marinus and Siberut people in general is a risk that they must pay as a citizen of Indonesia.
However, if the presence of government-what is there?-Not improve the welfare of its people, it's time they questioned the meaning of independence and the whole business of the nation was....
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