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Garis Batas 11: Sarandip=Indonesia?

Alisher dan keponakannya. (AGUSTINUS WIBOWO) “Sekarang kamu bukan tamu lagi. Kamu sudah bagian dari keluarga ini. Mari masuk!” kata Muhammad Bodurbekov, alias Alisher, ramah. Sudah beberapa hari ini saya menginap di rumah Alisher, tinggal di rumah Pamirinya yang indah. Tetapi pagi ini Alisher tidak lagi mengantar sarapan pagi saya ke chid atau Rumah Pamiri, melainkan mengajak saya ke bergabung dengan ibu dan adik perempuannya. Sarapan pagi orang Wakhan adalah shir choy, teh susu yang dicampur dengan mentega dan minyak. Rasanya asin. Dicampur dengan roti yang disobek kecil-kecil, diaduk-aduk dengan sendok, dan dihirup panas-panas. “Ini adalah sarapan yang luar biasa energinya, bahkan para pejuang zaman dulu cukup makan semangkuk shir choy sebelum berperang,” ucap Alisher. Bagian Rumah Pamiri di rumah Alisher memang tradisional dan cantik. Tetapi ruang keluarga, tempat di mana Alisher sekarang mengajak saya menikmati sarapan, lebih kecil dan hangat. Di ruangan kecil ini tinggal bersama bapak, ibu, adik perempuan, dan beberapa orang keponakan si Alisher. Adik perempuan Alisher, bersuamikan orang dusun Shegnon, pulang kampung ke Ishkashim untuk melahirkan. Menurut tradisi orang Shegnon, bayi pertama harus dilahirkan di rumah keluarga ibu. Alisher sekarang menggendong-gendong keponakannya yang masih orok. Bayi itu dibungkus kain berhias manik-manik, dan terbaring di atas guwara, ayunan [...]

June 6, 2013 // 0 Comments

Ishkashim – Bodurbekov Family

Alisher (a.k.a Muhammad Bodurbekov) with his cousin “Now you are not guest anymore. You are part of our family. Welcome!” – Muhammad Bodurbekov Since the first minute I arrived in Ishkashim, I was impressed by the hospitality of the people in the Wakhan Valley. I was invited by Muhammad Bodurbekov, 29, to his house in the village. Muhammad, alias Alisher, worked in Dushanbe in Aga Khan’s NGO, MSDSP. He had classes in Khorog and he then had chance to see his family in Ishkashim. He spent a month in the UK for his higher education, and he still maintained his British accent. Alisher was an educated professional and he had so many things to discuss. So before starting, let’s sit on the ‘kurpacha’, the guest welcome matress, which Alisher laid between the pillars of Ali and Muhammad. Sitting on the kurpacha symbolized the acceptance of the welcome gesture from the host. In this house there were Alisher’s father, mother, sister, and some nephews and nieces. Alisher sister was married already but she was staying in her parents’ house. She was married to a man from Shegnon and according to the Shegnon tradition, the first child should be born in the [...]

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