Multiethnical, Multicultural, Multitraditional:games

As an archipelagic country, Indonesia has hundreds of ethnic and cultural diversity that is extraordinary. One of them is reflected in the traditional games. There are hundreds or even thousands of different kinds of traditional games scattered throughout the archipelago that is the legacy of our ancestors. The multicultural and multi-ethnic of Indonesian Peoples has produced a variety of traditional games. This is what demonstrated that the presence of so many ethnic groups in Indonesia, then how unimaginable richness of Indonesian culture. Likewise, traditional games scattered throughout this corners of the country.

The creativity of the Peoples is very apparent from the way they create a variety of traditional toys, the use of all provided by nature and what is given by the environment of flora and fauna. Indonesian traditional toys's raw materials are generally identical to the geographic characteristic where traditional toys are located. In mountainous regions and the mainland in general the base material of the traditional toys made of wood, bamboo, clay, seeds, leaves, fruits, and other trees. While in the coastal regions in general, the traditional toys made by utilizing clams, snails, shells, and others like. These raw materials are very easy to get in the nature.

In the present—where technology is progressing very rapidly—spawned a variety of toys that are all-sophisticated and all-electrical. Modern toys always give a broad impact, pros, cons, positive impacts, negative impacts on the psychological and academic development of the children.

(Rony G. Suara Gemilang) Thanks for visiting Multiethnical, Multicultural, Multitraditional:games—Saturday, November 07, 2015—https://ekobudi-prayitno.blogspot.com/2015/11/multiethnical-multicultural.html