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Kalwedo is legal evidence of the ownership of indigenous peoples in Southwest Maluku. It is joint ownership of life with siblings.

Kalwedo has rooted in cultural life and language of indigenous peoples  on Babar and Southwest Maluku islands. Kalwedo's cultural inheritance is carried out in the form of language games, daily plays, customs, and discourses.

Kalwedo is taken from a regional language word that has theological, philosophical and sociological values where the meaning of the word is a greeting word for everyone in Southwest Maluku Regency.

The Kalwedo culture unites the people in the Babar and in Southwest Maluku islands in a customary kinship, which unites the community into a house of prayer and a customary palace belonging to each other. Kalwedo values are implemented in the traditional kinship greeting across islands and countries, namely, inanara ama yali (sister and brother).

Inanara ama yali describes the virtues of life and the human heritage of Southwest Maluku people, which includes the totality of heart, soul, thought and behavior. Kalwedo values bind the bonds of brotherhood in the community through the living tradition of Niolilieta / Hiolilieta / Siolilieta (living side by side well).

Voice of Indonesia presents “Let’s Speak Bahasa Indonesia,” a lesson in the Indonesian language on the Radio. We introduce some Indonesian vocabulary and tips on how to use it in a conversation. This segment is a joint initiative of Voice of Indonesia and the Language and Book Development Agency of the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture.  Today’s topic is Eating Rujak/Fruit Salad(Makan Rujak).

Read to this conversation about Kevin who eats mango salad, which is picked from Rama's house yard.

Now, I am going to introduce some vocabularies and expressions related to the topic today.

If you want to express that you don’t like something, you can use the expression Aku tidak suka which means ‘I don’t like’. In the dialogue, Kevin expresses his dislike for something with an expression Aduh, ini pedas sekali which means ‘it’s too spicy’. Rama apologizes to Kevin, because he doesn’t know that Kevin doesn’t like spicy food. When someone asks for apology, you would respond by saying Iya, tidak apa-apa which means ‘it’s ok’/’never mind’. 

That was “Let’s Speak Bhs Indonesia”, a lesson in Bahasa Indonesia or the Indonesian language on the radio. Hopefully, this edition will be useful for those who want to know more about Bahasa Indonesia. 

Delegation of the Danish Embassy in Indonesia visited campus of Sepuluh November Institute of Technology (ITS) on Friday (4/11) to explore cooperation, especially in the maritime sector. Rector of ITS, Mochamad Ashari welcomed Danish Ambassador to Indonesia, Lars Bo Larsen and his staff. Through the initial presentation, Ambassador Lars Bo Larsen expressed his interest in knowing the forms of cooperation opportunities that can be built with ITS later. Rector Ashari introduced the ITS campus and ITS Science Technopark to the Danish Embassy delegation. Therefore, the visit of the Danish delegation was continued to the ITS National Ship Design and Engineering Center Building.

Indonesian Embassy in Oslo welcomes the achievement of educational cooperation involving Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Agder University in Kristiansand City, Norway, and the ASEAN University Network. Through this collaboration, a postgraduate study program 'MBA in Sustainability Management' will be opened and it will start in August 2021. Indonesian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway and the Republic of Iceland, Todung Mulya Lubis revealed that Gadjah Mada University and Agder University have a long history of cooperating in various projects since 1992. Most of these projects are funded by the Norwegian government. Agder University has officially released information regarding the opening of the MBA in Sustainability Management study program. The education program, which is fully funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will seek 30 candidates for each batch. 20 of them must come from countries in the ASEAN region.

The Indonesian government through a Joint Decree of the Three Ministers has officially reduced the days of collective leave in 2020 from the previously agreed 11 days to 8 days.  The elimination of 3 days of the joint leave is aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19 from becoming more widespread because people will take advantage of holidays to return to their hometowns or visit tourism attractions.

It seems that the government has learned from the previous decision, when it imposed a long leave of absence at the end of October, and does not want to repeat that mistake. The recent spike in positive cases of Covid-19 is closely related to the long vacation at that time. Collective leave is not certainly the only factor, but it can be assumed it is the biggest factor. Why? Because, the addition of positive cases occurred exactly two weeks after the holiday period. So, it is appropriate if the government cuts off collective leave at the end of the year, not only reducing the collective leave, but banning people to go home, such as the one imposed by the government during the Idul Fitri holidays some time ago.

However, will cutting joint leave at the end of this year be effective in suppressing the spread of Covid-19? Probably not! Public awareness and discipline in implementing the Health Protocols is very important. The spread will be suppressed with high discipline from the community in implementing health protocols and the consistency of the government in implementing the 3T policy (tracing, testing, and treatment) and the enforcement of health protocol regulations is very important.

The government and public should be able to build synergies to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic which has recorded a daily positive number of nearly 8,400 people more recently. Without discipline and cooperation, the cutting off of collective leave days at the end of this year will be in vain.