Gotong Royong (Mutual Aid), Spirit of Togetherness In Indonesia

Vacation, my parents house is still a village atmosphere that still holds tradition. Often when a holiday is also filled with activities in the village tradition. For example, if there is one resident who will hold events such as weddings. Other residents crowded participated prepare whatever is necessary. Moreover, in building something that will be used for the public. Residents will also help each other. It's called mutual aid (Gotong Royong). Mutual assistance means that cooperation is done for a specific purpose for the common good. Mutual Aid is a traditional Indonesian culture has been recognized the world since long. Mutual Aid also means helping each other, for the sake of happiness and harmony in their society. Mutual Aid is also a typical characteristic of democracy in Indonesia through deliberation to determine the decision. A value of unity of the nation was to teach the next generation. Mutual Aid is a social activity that is characteristic of the Indonesian nation from antiquity to the present time daulu. Sense of community arises, because of the social attitude of selfless individuals to lighten the load being carried. Only in Indonesia, and a small part of a country in Southeast Asia groves wither we can find this attitude of mutual cooperation in other countries because of the general attitude is because there is no mutually indifferent to the surrounding environment.

This is a positive attitude that must be preserved so that the Indonesian people are strong and powerful nation in all lini.Tidak countryside only can we find the attitude of mutual cooperation, but in urban areas can be encountered easily. Because of the culture, that culture had been induced in these properties from childhood to adulthood. But I see now is another reality as age advances, global competition, all dikalim serbah cangih, and the influx of western culture and so on, has been considered a cause of mutual values ​​royongan Indonesian people are now starting to look washed out, we see it has occurred particularly predominant in major cities in Indonesia. In fact not only in big cities, in the values ​​of mutual desapun royongan was partially washed out look, what if the culture does not continue to be nurtured and socialized in the wider community, by itself will fade a growing culture of self-awareness is.

Agree with Subur Priono, Staf Humas Kabupaten Penajam Paser Utara, especially when it is now essentially owned by the nation's mutual assistance is only mutual aid that is safe and profitable joint. While mutual assistance is something that is difficult with hard to find. Mutual help this nation is owned mutual assistance must have feed back, let us together work together for other people, so that later when we have the intention then others will help us, because mutual aid is a culture of Indonesia's culture and we should very useful for us all, so that the culture of mutual aid will always be owned and does not fade in social life. tuktux.blogspot.com