matthew
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Posted @ 26-06-2008 20:13

Hi.

I wonder if anyone can help me to understand the Indonesian attitude to 'orang kampung'.

It seems that the rich look down on them quite a lot, 'kampungan' is an insult that sums up this snobbery.

Tourists don't seem to have the same attitude towards them, but maybe because the culture is very different.

In the West it is not usual for middle-class educated people to socialise with working class uneducated people either, but in England at least it is generally a matter of pride to have made it from humble background, whereas in Indonesia it seems like people will just laugh at you for coming from the kampung.

Is this disdain almost universal in Indonesia?

sidia
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Posted @ 27-06-2008 16:36

On 26-06-2008 20:13 matthew wrote: Hi. I wonder if anyone can help me to understand the Indonesian attitude to orang kampung. It seems that the rich look down on them quite a lot, kampungan is an insult that sums up this snobbery.

Like the the "rich " or "powerfull" europeans looking at the plebs ?

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AnisJ
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(Edited) Posted @ 27-06-2008 17:22

matthew Is this disdain almost universal in Indonesia? Posted 26-06-2008 20:13

universal = all over the whole world ......

mathew

There are even differences among the Indonesian cities, inhabitants of Jakarta consider themselves like modern and progressive , also by the others.

'Ahu kura ahia, mansia nia'

sidia
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Posted @ 28-06-2008 13:26

Like Orang Amsterdam , orang " cosmopolitan" .

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