The Mystery of Tolaki Girl Beauty
Pearls in the silent valley

In a valley very far from the crowd, lived a very happy family with 2 very beautiful children, beauty like a natural imperial princess of Japan without polish

Introduce my name hana, the first of 2 children, my tribe is not so well known in the archipelago when, we from the tolaki tribe are very worthy to introduce its culture, because we have a unique culture and unity in groups.

People say, I'm very beautiful and charming, my face is no less beautiful than the city girl, I often dream of being a city girl who looks attractive, I see her on TV, I see her,that's very rare because it has to travel 2 hours to the village that has internet access, that's why I used to watch at home the village head who has a television

"Paa, Hana wants to see the city" he told his papa

"Which city, don't be too high your imagination son" replied papa

I silently digest the word father just now, do not go to the city to the village alone is very rare during I finished Junior High

I didn't continue my school, there wasn't enough cost, but only the sago tree smokers, and the tap water made of brown sugar, that was enough to eat, sometimes not enough.

Though I also want to be like other girls, it can be school but the poverty line makes me have to accept the reality.

"We people have no son, do not look up, but look down so as not to be tempted by the excess of people" Papa's advice

Honestly, I began to saturate my life, imagine living in a desolate valley without neighbors, and had to walk 1km, then arrived in a village.

When night falls, only the sound of animals are heard and the sound of the wind whirring to create natural music that sometimes sounds sad, as if representing my broken heart

"Hana, if we live in the city, the night will be fun" said my sister named Lana

"Of course the deck, we will walk to the mall and enjoy entertainment and certainly many friends" I said confirming a speech that apparently also dreamed of being a city girl.

"Kak hana, how about if we ask permission to papa, move to the city, we will be able to find work brother" said lana

"What work is lana?", I asked my sister who was 15 years old, who was supposed to sit in Junior High School 3rd grade, was forced to stop school because there was no cost.

"Working at the Toko kak, lana often see on TV, girls work a lot in the store" replied Lana who was apparently very ambitious to complain about the fate of the city

I didn't feel like I was chatting with lana until dawn, which was my entertainment with lana, because we had absolutely no other entertainment, other than chatting

"wake up", cried mama from outside

Apparently me and lana, misery

"Don't like to stay up late" said the mother who was stirring sago in the frying pan, that's our breakfast menu ,which was eaten with sambal wato (sago caterpillar) which became our menu and drunk with coffee.

"hana, grate the coconut first, the synonyms already want this mateng" said mama

Although only breakfast so, has made us very grateful, we very rarely eat rice, in addition to expensive rice also sago became the main food for the people of tolaki

"Let's all eat, the synonyms are dead" said mama, serving food on ceramic plates, it is said that this plate is still the legacy of our ancestors who came from mainland China,there is also a version that says that we are of Japanese descent, of course we also do not know for sure, maybe because the Tolaki tribe is generally clean white and eyes are slightly narrow and generally have a beautiful face.

"tomorrow we will go to the village, there is health counseling" said the father

"Horeeee,horeeee", yelled a

dikku jubilant, he was very happy kedesa

Usually we go to the village, while carrying, sagu, palm sugar and vegetables that will be carried papaku, mama,aku and lana, also shouldered large baskets on their backs

we leave at dawn tomorrow after the dawn prayer, because the 1-hour village trip just arrived, so tonight we are all prepared tonight.

The next day my family went to the village, a journey that was quite tiring because it passed the rocky mountain slopes and some rivers

When the sun rose as a spear, we arrived in the village and headed to the market to sell our luggage, papa did not forget to treat us meatballs that became my favorite menu as well as my sister lana

After finishing eating, we also headed to the village hall, people had gathered a lot because of the arrival of guests from the district, TNI, Police and Students I saw sitting on the Stage with Camat and the village head.

"Hana, lana is sitting in front of ya", said the wife of the village chief who was very good to us

"Yes ma'am, thank you very much" I said

Rather uncomfortable actually sitting in front, because I felt it was inappropriate to sit next to this kind-hearted village mother, but I couldn't resist it.

"It's a lot of people" said Lana

"Yes dek, the name is also a government event" I replied

Many looked at me and stared at Lana with a spotlight that I could not understand, but I threw away my nervousness, and tried to torment ordinary people.

"Hana, look at the guests above, they all look at you in awe" said the village mother who was right sitting next to me

"Village mother, there are only, I'm just a village girl, my clothes can be this because of the giving of the village mother" said me humbled

"Husshh, don't say how, you are very beautiful" said the village mother

Acarapun began, various series of events were completed and as entertainment, the village head held a lulo competition a kind of dance art typical tolaki.

"Come hana and lana, join" said the mother of the village pulled my hand into the arena lulo already circular, the young old also poured out following the movement lulo uniform

The sound of music makes me more excited to follow the lulo movement, many young people who come to hold hands with me

"hanaa, eager to take the prize" the village chief shouted

"Sir kades, who are the 2 beautiful girls sitting near the village mother?", asked a TNI member who seemed to be a bachelor.

"it's really pretty girl, village sir, can I know her more?", asked the handsome TNI again

"Of course we can, tomorrow we go to his house with his mother" said the village sir again

He actually feels very happy if someone likes hana and lana, they are good and smart girls, just a darling born from an incapable family.

On the other hand, the handsome young police officer continued to approach the village mother to find out about the hana

"Hana nak's name, he lives in the valley an hour from here, if the police, seriously want to approach him, the mother will accompany him tomorrow, it so happens that the mother has not been there for a long time" said the village mother

It was late afternoon the family just returned to the valley, because they were in the village to hold the village mother to eat first, Hannah and Lana helped the village mother in the kitchen, and her mother hana to work, too,the atmosphere full of familiarity makes hana so not inferior anymore as a village girl.

"Kak hana, so it seems like many who have a crush on kak hana, it's important to see kak hana as if not blinking" said lana on the way home to the valley.

"Later, if you arrive at a clean house yes, then the head of the village and his wife will go to the valley" said Mama

"You make what ma, do not want to propose kak hana nih" said Lana teasing me

"The kid from the block just talk", I said I was about to pin the head lana, but lana ran away, and I chased after her

Because we kept joking, it didn't feel like we were home.

After unwinding, we immediately cleaned the house, although very simple, walled with woven bamboo and roofed nipah leaves, but my house kept the peace.

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Early morning blind, we have prepared vegetables and sago, preparation make sinonggi if guests from the village come.

Right around 09:00 they had come, apparently the village and the village mother brought the members of the TNI, Police and the students to my house, making me very embarrassed.

"I'm sorry that's how we are doing" I said embarrassedly as I greeted them.

"Don't say that, they didn't come to see your house, but your heart is spacious" said the village chief

Papa provides fresh water, which is stored in a soil vessel, so it feels very cold

"Wahh, is it so sweet, where are you?", asked Baradha agus, a police officer who participated in the group of kades sir

"This is my own tapping son, this is my daily work in addition to smoking sago trees" said my father innocently.

Meanwhile, TNI members were seen

The one who was often next to the kades, seemed to prefer to find a bird and shoot it

"ginger, go home first to the diner" I said

I saw him smiling meaningfully at me

"Hana, do you have a boyfriend?", asked kak dimas.

I laughed when I heard the question

"Where would anyone want to be with a village girl like my feet, see for yourself what my condition is like" I said

"You're so pretty, you can't be nobody likes you" said a big brother

But I did not respond to the words in the room, for me it was just a normal conversation.

I can't just be impressed by the praise of people who just admire my beauty, I want the love of someone who loves me sincerely with the limitations I have.

"The synonggya is ready, you eat all" said the village head mother who mix directly the famous synonggya very tasty.

I am grateful that all my guests ate so well

"Thank you so much for the dinner" said brother agus

"Yes sama2" I said as well as other guests to thank you

our dinner was very simple

"Hanaa, I can come back here tomorrow" said the brother dimas seriously looking at me

"Yes, brother please", I say yes

In the afternoon they were ready to return to the village, with a big smile.

"wahh, apparently they are carried by many yes", said Lana who brought 2 red crackles from outside they did not tell, if bring something for us

"What's lana?" asked papa

"many nihh, try to see pa, all there are 2 pack cigarettes for papa, there is coffee, sugar, cooking oil, instant noodles and rice 5 kg pa", lana looks very happy

"Good and dimas seem to be competing for your attention" said Mama.

"Maaa, they're educated people, they don't deserve them" I said

To me, they are just admirers who do not necessarily love me, after they return to the city, will turn again to the educated city girl