Hey you there, nowadays we, as Indonesian, are stunned by a social media that confirms Malaysian have claimed Tor-tor dance as their culture. As response, many Indonesian, of course, defend their country's culture by objecting the issue with some activity by making a hashtag texted #TorTorPunyaIndonesia in a social media, twitter as you know, which was a world-wide trending topic yesterday.
You know, social media has a great influence and power in spreading some information, and with this action, world will know that Indonesia has a dance which called tor-tor and the dance is wanted to be proclaimed by another Jiran country. People are so nationalist because of this issues and they prohibit Malaysian to claim this culture.
When you hear this kinda situation, maybe you realize that Indonesian are nationalist and care about their culture, in which way protecting Indonesian culture from another Jiran's proclaimed.
However, I do not get this point. Frankly, I was ashamed yesterday while paid attention on my twitter timeline and seeing that many people were a sudden-nationalist. Maybe it was referring to chauvinism. They were never wearing "ulos" or even knowing tor-tor is come from Tapanuli, although they were just screaming and shouting for a justice while Malaysian proclaimed it yesterday. Even, maybe they only follow the trend, such a twitter right now which has a "follower" as a priority. This is not 21st century, but "following century", I think.
SO, what would we do, as Indonesian, while facing this issue? easy, don't just be NATO, no action talk only. do not only tweeting and making a world-wide trending topic in social media, without any response in action. So when you are objecting Malaysian proclamation about tor-tor, it means that you have to be care with this kinda culture. Care means actions. not a tweet or a word. So if you are Batakese and you have an Ulos, wear it on some traditional party and be proud of your culture ! Others, if you are not Batakese, try to acknowledge another tribe's and clan's culture, even we are not studying those lessons in school. Maybe, for government,
