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(sumber : http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/09/16/Coexisting-in-Harmony-Malaysia-day/?style=biz)
- Their village is in Dalat. The closest town is Mukah, about 50km away by car. In these villages, there are more boats than cars.
Danie became Daniesya after marrying her childhood crush, the gym loving Suharmi Suhai. Daniesya told her elder sister first and then her aunt.
“Everyone said, ‘It’s your life, it depends how you manage it. The conversion is not the point, it is how you live your life after."
Suharmi Suhai is Daniesya's love. They first met in kindergarten. Suharmi describes his own heritage has "rojak". His own mother is a convert. #Dalat #coexist
“Everyone said, ‘It’s your life, it depends how you manage it. The conversion is not the point, it is how you live your life after."
Suharmi Suhai is Daniesya's love. They first met in kindergarten. Suharmi describes his own heritage has "rojak". His own mother is a convert. #Dalat #coexist
They pray as Muslims in this family home,
- Juhan repeated said during the interview he never had any qualms about her daughter's life choices.“When she told me (about the conversion), I was OK with it. I told her, you are an adult, you live your life. Not that I wasn’t a little surprised but I didn’t want it to be a problem in the family,” said the village chief, who is a former librarian, speaking in a combination of Bahasa Sarawak, English and Malay.“I have been to peninsular; Muslims and non-Muslims have difficulties eating together. Why should that be a problem?”
This is the wall at family home of Daniesya's father, Penghulu Juhan Ilul. The walls at this home used to include religious iconography. After Daniesya's conversion, all were taken down and replaced with family photos. "It is our way of saying we respect all religions. Even though this is my home, I don't take advantage if the space. I don't look down on others. I have Buddhist friends, animist friends... all OK" #Dalat #coexist- Midway through the interview and the entire family seemed to agree spontaneously that it was time to drink and snack.
- But when you are in rural Sarawak, a snack is never just a snack. Families threat you with so much well prepared food you cannot but feel touched.
- Daniesya's parents and siblings still practise their religion.
- Christmas is an important family affair.
- Danieya’s husband Suharmi came across as incredibly easy-going during the interview. He was all smiles all the time.Like his father-in-law, Suharmi also said he did not consider himself overtly religious.
- The village chief Juhan wanted to make clear he has seen the divisiveness of religion. When the village was isolated, before there were roads and bridges, getting to the nearest town Mukah involved a two-hour boat journey to Oya, an overnight stay, followed by a nine-hour trek on foot.The isolation meant Kampung Sungai Ud villagers had to rely on its own people for everything. Villagers shared common living traits: from the type of church they went to, to tribal beliefs.Roads came about 20 years ago. The village opened up to external influences. Development was welcomed. Juhan’s library, which had operated out of a corner of a Government office, became a full-fledge facility with its own premises. Being able to drive to Mukah reduced the travelling time to just an hour.“What came after that were different kinds of Christianity and that did actually split the community. Some people started believing they could not mix. To me, some people become too obsessed,” Juhan said.When I pressed for more, Juhan declined to elaborate, shaking his head, as if to indicate that when there is nothing nice to say, better to not say anything.
- Between the Penghulu’s home and the river, there is a workshop of sorts. Here was Juhan’s obsession: A racing boat, enough to fit just one, and with an engine so tall it seemed comically out of place.
The family enjoying a weekend afternoon looking through photographs. "The way to harmony is to never assume any group of individuals is better than any other group... We just have to accept what other people can do, which, perhaps, we cannot do. You have to let them do it according to their believes. Don't try to interpret what they are doing. Don't ever talk about who is better or what is better." #Dalat #coexist- “We celebrate Hari Raya,” Daniesya pitched in. “I give the all kids duit raya, they seem to like it. We have ketupat and rendang, which Suharmi’s mother makes. When it is Christmas, we don’t go to church, they do. When they go carolling, we listen and have fun. A few months before that, we have already agreed who will give whom presents. Last year I got a blouse from my younger brother.”
- Mukah town is in the midst of transition. While Dalat is still very much a village, Mukah is modernising. The planes and airport might be small, but Mukah houses Malaysia's second largest aluminium smelter.
- This airport, where the arrival hall and the runway are under a badminton court apart, will be replaced soon. Phase one of a new airport, which can accomodate jumbo jets, is under construction.
- Communication towers rising from the coast.
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