“Orang bilang tanah kita tanah surga
Tongkat,
kayu, dan batu jadi tanaman..”
– Koes Plus
A few weeks ago, my aunt (Auntie Nunung) invited me to visit an
area that far far away from my lovely home. Ya, sebuah kota kecil di tanah
Sumatera bernama Musi Banyuasin (2 hours riding car from Palembang, The Capital
City of South Sumatera). Since my aunt
visited there because of the task from her office in Jakarta to control the
work over there, it was a great pleasure to accompany her and do the ‘little adventure’
at the same time :p. Alhamdulillaah and thanks to you, aunt :).
I was so excited! because it has been 21 years
I have never visited South Sumatera. Maklum, saya memang lahir di Sumatera
Selatan, tepatnya di Lubuklinggau (7 hours from Palembang) and when I was
a-cute-2-months-baby-girl, my parents moved to Central Java hehe. Perjalanan ini
pun untuk napak tilas tempat kelahiran saya ;). Sepanjang jalan lintas Sumatera,
saya asik mengamati pemandangan di kanan-kiri jalan. Ternyata, luaaaass sekali
perkebunan disana dan ada berbagai macam jenis perkebunan yang saya temui seperti
kelapa sawit, karet, cengkeh, buah-buahan lainnya, dan hmmmm coklat! :P.
And that was the first time I saw the REAL oil
palm plantations (memangnya ada yang palsu? :P). Maksud saya, baru kali itu
saya melihat pohon kelapa sawit berjajar diiiiiiiiii sepanjang jalan menuju
TKP. It was a very wide oil palm plantations and I am amazed. A scenery that rarely
seen in the land of Java. Baru hari itu saya benar2 melihat bahwa Indonesia ini
sungguh memiliki tanah yang subur. As the lyrics above talks about, “tongkat,
kayu dan batu jadi tanaman”, sampai-sampai kalau kita menancapkan begitu saja
kayu atau cabang batang pohon di tanah, akan menjadi bibit baru nantinya. It is
also Proved by the diversity of plantations in Indonesia. All praise to The Creator.
As featured in various article, Indonesia put
itself as the largest crude palm oil producer in the world. Indonesia dominate
world markets crude palm oil by 47% in 2011. Besides, exports of palm oil can
contribute State foreign exchange of USD 14 billion in 2010 and expected to
continue to increase significantly from year to year. Indonesia juga menempati
peringkat kedua sebagai eksportir karet mentah Dunia and was mentioned as a
supplier with the best quality materials. Isn’t that amazing?
I am proud to be Indonesian dan melihat petani-petani
perkebunan yang begitu bekerja keras, I hope those plantations commodities
bring prosperity for the citizens of Indonesia especially for them. Benar-benar
dari tanah Indonesia, dikelola oleh orang-orang Indonesia dan untuk orang-orang
Indonesia :). Aamiin
Ya Allah..
By the way, karena di sana sinyal Hp kian memburuk, jadi deh
saya melupakan Hp untuk beberapa waktu dan bermain2 dengan camera. Mobil kami pun berhenti sejenak dalam
perjalanan menuju TKP hehehe karna tempat yang harus tante saya datangi masih
berada jauuh didepan. Memotret momen saat saya dan tante bermain-main ditengah perkebunan
Kelapa Sawit (penasaran :p) dan Karet.
Voila! I was just realized that palm oil plantations
and rubber plantations are very beautiful for the location of
photoshoot! It’s pretty amazing! :D hehe. These are the photos taken by
me, my aunt and her
colleague.
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| My beautiful aunt |
Love,
Aquila N. A.
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