Rasa Sayange

This remark below has prompted me to start a new blog

Every once in a while, Unspun comes across a comment that is
so well written, argued or enlightening that it seems a shame to leave it as
part of the many other comments in a thread. Especially the Rasa not so
Sayang thread, which has generated 117 comments so far!Unspun finds this comment from winterinoz
full of insights into why Malaysia’s use of Rasa Sayang(e) became such a
controversy and why viewpoints differ so much. winterinox gets
Unspun’s just-made-up Award for Contributing
to Serumpun Understanding:

Well, my malaysian fried said he never realized that indonesians appreciate
product of culture so highly. For him this song is just another folk song from
the archipelago.

I explained to him that in Indonesia, ppl really put emphasize on the
locality and originality of products of culture. Most indonesia will probably
know that the song Bunga Jempa is from Aceh and Angin Mamiri from Makassar.
We’ve been introduced this concept of locality since elementary school.