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December 3, 2013

Culture begins with feet moving in rice fields and hands whittling fishing rods. In Indonesian, the origin of the word for culture, kebudayaan, is closely linked to the work of farming: there is a close association between budaya and budi daya (cultivation). In European languages, the word culture is derived from the Latin colere which can mean to inhabit, to cultivate, to tend, or to praise. But then people clever with words spoke about culture

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