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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Rice needs soil and water to grow. Rice is grown on vast spaces if land. Rice sustains life of an individual in a typical SEA community. Hence, the land which sustains the life of the individual is the land that she/he belongs to.

For riverince and coastal communities, the river or the sea would be their source of life. River provides mode of transport. Sea provides food.

Due to the connection and the bond between the individual and the surroundings, the notion of "tanah air" is very central to the life and culture of the Malay community.

Tanah tumpah darah
Literally: "soil where blood is shed"
Meaning: birthplace

Tanah pusaka
Literally: hereditary soil
Meaning: land inherited from past ancestors

Tanah hidup
Lit: living soil
Meaning: land used for growing crops

Tanah mati
Lit: dead soil
meaning: non-arable land

another part of SEA; 2:16 AM

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