Rhetoric
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
In the 19th century, an old man in Surakarta observed with sadness what was going on around him: young men parading their piety.
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Their worship, thin as face powder, was all for show and self promotion.
That old man, Mangkunegara IV, wrote a long verse poem which is still known all over Central Java: the Wedhatama.
Anggung anggubel sarengat, / Saringane tan den wruhi, / Dalil dalaning ijemak, / Kiyase nora mikani, / Ketungkul mungkul sami, / Bengkrakan mring mesjid agung, / Kalamun maca kutbah, / Lelagone Dandanggendis, / Swara arum ngumandhang cengkok palaran.
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