Silat is an Indonesian culture that must be preserved.

Last Sunday, I was off to work. Because there was no activity, boredom came over me. I took out my cell phone and called one of my friends, to make sure he was at his house. I went there so I wouldn't be lonely. Yes, living at home alone sometimes makes me feel bored. When I arrived at my friend's house, it turned out that he was watching the movie he had just downloaded. I have watched the film, entitled Merantau, once, it was a 2009 film that tells the story of Silat. Even though I've watched it, it's still fun to watch one more time.

I will give a little review of the film Merantau. It is said that a 25-year-old youth named Yuda who came from Minangkabau Village, wanted to go abroad to the capital city of Jakarta to train Silat. Silat is a martial art originating from the archipelago. When he arrived in the capital city of Jakarta, this young man met a long 40-year-old man named Eric. They both come from Minangkabau and are both martial arts experts. Eric told Yuda that it was very difficult to live in Jakarta. It is not easy to open a silat college in Jakarta. Eric took Yuda to an empty, unused building. It turned out that in that building there was a street fighting place, where people there made bets for the martial arts fight.

Yuda did not want to earn money that way. It was very cruel and against his conscience. He went from that place and met a beautiful woman named Astri. He was also familiar with Astri and became good friends. However, Astri was involved in the kidnappings carried out by female traffickers. The kidnapped women, including Astri, will be taken abroad to become prostitutes. Yuda, who knows this, acts to help Astri. It turns out that the female merchant hired Eric to secure the illicit business. Yuda and Eric do a silat fight in an elevator. When the elevator opens, the female trafficker mafia wants to kill Yuda. But Eric saved Yuda at the cost of his life.

At the end of this film, Yuda managed to save Astri and the other women who were held in a container. From the story of this film, I know the importance of practising self-defence. Be it kung fu, karate, taekwondo, and also Silat. Talking about Silat, Indonesia has many silat warriors to date. Silat is an ancestral martial art that has existed since the kingdom. In every region in Indonesia, there are various types of silat according to their respective regions. Besides being useful for defending oneself from crime, silat is also beneficial for health, because it is a sport that has movements that improve blood circulation and can lose weight. Silat has often competed in the Olympics and sea games. In some areas in Indonesia, Silat is also required to maintain and preserve culture. An example is the Betawi Community. Every wedding and mass circumcision must show some silat movements. That's a little article that I wrote about Silat. Thanks for taking the time to read it, hope you like it. Regards.

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