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Guardians of Tradition

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Buku ini merupakan kumpulan foto yang berisi perjalanan hidup kelompok Cina Benteng di Tangerang mulai dari lahir, remaja, bekerja, menikah, hingga meninggal. Bahkan, foto perayaan Gotong Toapekong yang diadakan setiap 12 tahun sekali tidak luput terdokumentasi.rnrnWalaupun itu buku kumpulan foto, namun tidak seperti buku kumpulan foto yang hanya berisi foto dan caption. Buku ini juga memberikan narasi singkat tentang kehidupan dan tradisi orang Cina Benteng. Selain itu, bentuk buku ini mengingatkan kita pada buku kitab yang ada di film-film Cina. Buku bersampul merah dengan dijilid menggunakan benang. Sebuah buku kumpulan foto yang layak untuk menjadi koleksi.

The Jakarta Post is delighted at this opportunity to publish this photography book titled "Guardians of Tradition" by P.J. Leo.

The publication of this book has a special meaning in the effort to revive the waning spirit of unity in Indonesia through planting greater understanding in the minds of its readers about the diversity inherent in Indonesian society.

P.J. Leo, a photographer for The Jakarta Post, has compiled this photography book into a series of visual documentation and notes depicting various moments in and aspects of the way of life of the people of Chinese descent living in various parts of the Tangerang area of Banten. This reflection of the history of the Chinese community there centers at Klenteng Boen Tek Bio, the oldest temple in Tangerang, which is estimated to date back to 1684.

This community is better known as "Cina Benteng" (Benteng Chinese). Although most commonly identified as "Chinese" , this people have undergone a pronounced process of adaptation and assimilation into their social environment. They are more skilled at reading and writing the Indonesian language than the language of their ancestors. In fact, the Indonesian language they use for communication in their daily lives bears a distinct accent heavily influenced by the Sundanese and Betawi dialects of the region.

As the saying goes, "If we don't get to know someone, fondness cannot grow". We hope that the beatiful photographs in this book will provide a path toward getting to know and understand the history and way of life of the Benteng Chinese community, in particular, through the documentation of ancestral artifacts, along with the articulate and informative commentary of Oey Tjin Eng, who dedicated 15 years of his life in service at the Boen Tek Bio Temple.

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Call Number

306.4 LEO g

Publisher

Jakarta : The Jakarta Post., 2018

Collation

130 p.; ilus.; 20 cm

Language

Indonesia

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306.4

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Edition

Cet.1, 2018

Subject(s)

Fotografi
Cina Benteng

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