#Kumala

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Kumala

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ꜱᴇᴍɪ ꜱᴘᴏɪʟᴇʀꜱ ᴀʜᴇᴀᴅ (ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ ᴅɪꜱᴄʀᴇᴛɪᴏɴ)

Gore's Opinion's on Horror

Sumala (2024) Indonesian Horror

Streaming on Netflix

I often am one who is intrigued and fascinated by folklore and media inspired by real events, or even real stories that have been passed down from generation to generation. I had this on my radar for a long time, but never got around to watching it until a few days ago. Needless to say, don't listen to any critics online, and experience yourself first hand, even my own opinion. But I hope my words will give some insight to what to expect going into this movie.

Mild spoilers will be in this short review, but nothing too story breaking. First off let's answer a few questions.

Is there gore? Yes, there is. If you are not one who fancies watching someone being disemboweled, or watching someone's eyes being gouged out, then this is not for you. While it is quite easy to tell it is just special affects, especially with a certain decapitating scene involving a bully, you can tell it is not realistic looking in the slightest. So don't go in expecting Saw-like gore or even Terrifier levels. But it doesn't take away from the scenes when you are emersed in the story.

Speaking of, the story is essentially about a couple who are struggling to conceive children, the man being a rather well known Lord of sorts, while others brag on how they would have a certain amount of children by now. Regardless, the wife feels terrible over the fact she cannot give her husband what he desires, which is heirs to his throne once he is gone. So, she ends up finding out about this elderly woman, a woman who can do black magic.

I'm sure you can already see the direction it is going. She goes and asks this lady for help in conceiving a child, in basically getting pregnant. To which the old woman essentially tells her: Yeah, I can help you. But of course there is a price!' Because there is always a price with these sorts of things. Essentially making a deal with the devil, and is instructed that the two children she will be giving birth to, her and her husband will have to raise until they both become 10.

One of the twins will be extremely beautiful, while the other will be horrendous and the devil's child who will be returned to him once she is 10. Sounds easy right? Just raise them until they are ten, and then boom, goodbye devil child, now we get to live happily ever after!

If that actually happened, this movie would only be about twenty minutes long.

As she leaves and goes back home, time passes, they all celebrate that she has become pregnant, and everyone in the village is overjoyed. Leading up until the night this woman is giving birth to the twins, the first child she manages to push out is the beautiful baby, but she isn't breathing, laying her in a crib while they try to resuscitate her. Once the other child comes popping out, it is a deformed, and rather ugly looking baby. (I mean I thought she looked cute in her own right, but everyone has preferences I guess?) If you give birth to a child, presumably yours, shouldn't you cherish it, and love it regardless of the issues it has? Some parents say otherwise. Much like the father, who decided to immediately use a sword, and stab the ugly baby, essentially killing her.... A bit over dramatic don't you think?

The wife, having seen this, knows that the instructions given to her by the old woman were now broken, and horrible fates were to befall their family in the coming years. While she is thinking over all this doom and gloom, the last child begins to breathe, and is alive. Both parents overjoyed at this, they look towards the future with a bright look in their eyes, that is shadowed by an omen.

So, the events that transpire afterwards, are basically the father resenting their living child, called Kumala, because she was born cripple, like he was when he was younger. So seeing his younger self in her, he takes all his anger out on her for being cripple. We love generational trauma wooooooo (sarcasm). And if her own father doing this wasn't bad enough, her mother does nothing to help and simply looks away, and everyone in the village hates her, and she is relentlessly bullied by her peers. The only one she can turn to is her Auntie. At least she has SOME support.

The real juicy stuff happens about semi-half way through the movie, where her dead twin, Sumala (Title drop), approaches her twin, and tells her that she'll always be there to protect her now. Essentially meaning, she'll possess her body anytime someone is cruel towards her sister, and kill them for her.

I will stop it there, because I believe you should go and experience the rest of this movie yourself, and watch it all unfold before your eyes.

My rating? I give it an 8.5/10

Is it based on real events? Yes, it's based on a specific interpretation of an Indonesian urban legend that took root in Semarang, a regency in Central Java. The people who live there bring offerings to Sumala I believe, to keep the peace. It tells you at the end of the movie, it is truly interesting to learn.

Would I watch it again? Absolutely!

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Demo HUT Lebak Berujung Ricuh, Pagar Gedung DPRD Dijebol Mahasiswa

LEBAK – Puluhan mahasiswa yang tergabung dalam Aliansi Pemuda Lebak Menggugat menggelar aksi unjuk rasa di depan kantor DPRD Lebak, Sabtu (02/12/2023. Aksi unjuk rasa yang bertepatan dengan HUT Lebak yang ke-195 tersebut berujung ricuh. Bentrok tak terhindarkan antara mahasiswa dengan aparat kepolisian yang berjaga, bahkan pagar gedung DPRD Lebak pun dijebol massa aksi. Pantauan BantenNews.co.id…

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My mom told me a while ago that if Kumala won, she’d need me to get a full time job because of the “Tax increases”. I love my mom…. But I don’t think she knew what she was doing voting for Trump. However now I technically can focus on being an independent artist… weeeeeee.

Now that my parents are happy to let me keep working as an independent artist, I’m going to work my ass off. I’m gonna develop a schedule for Urban Kiju and be the best artist I can. It’s all I can do really.

Thank you everyone for your continued support, I’m gonna need it. Even if everything sucks, I’ll be here to make you happy, sad, and hopefully laugh 💛

-sincerely, Star

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This video gives a point for point description of what kumala/obiden administration has done to the economy since day one 1400 days ago!

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Kumalae type 3

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Kumala in distress.... #patriotsunite #patriotsunited

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Kumalala🤪Kumalala😍Kumala🥶Savesta🥸

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I THINK YES.

Happy birthday to my handsome husband!!😘😘😘😘😍😍😍😍🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🤪🤪🤪🤪😘😘😘😘😘😊😊😊😊😊😊😊🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤭🤭🤭🤭🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯 My vocalist baby my main dancer chchahchahchachacha my beautiful baby boy honeybucnhsugarplum (di na nako ibalik ang bugkot ni brooke) Ty for being in my life minho, just know that i highly recommend us kissing, why? Heh.

1. We're obviously made for eachother and i know the way you look at me, you just want me so bad heh.😊😊😜😜😜🤪🤪🤪

2. Two beautiful people deserves eachother and y'know??! A libra and a scorpio fits moderately well and we should just make out atp♎♎♎♎♏♏♏♏♏❤️🤍❤️🤎❤️🤎❣️🤍❣️🤎♥️♥️🤎❤️🤎❤️🤍❣️🤍❣️🤎❤️👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨🤰🤰🤰🤰

3. You love me, everyone knows that and ik I've been a little shy around you but baby just know that I've been talking to my friends about everything,,😳😳😳😳🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🐺🐺🐺🐺 starting from how hot you are, how id like.. smash instantly.. how I'm just so head ovr heels for you!! pls smack me🐺🐺🐺🐺

4. oh yes dady🥺🥺🥺😉😉🤨🤨🤨

5. YALL I DID THE BABA TREND IN SCHOOL AND ALL THE BOYS STARTED BARKING AND CALLING ME MOMMY😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

6. off topic but i remember those boys kept spying on me (i was wearing a tight maxi dress) and when i started talking (i have a mommy voice lol) their noses started bleeding and they called me mommy </3😮😮😮😮😮😮😮🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🤨🤨🤨

7. kumalala kumalala kumala savesta

8. shimi shimi ye shimi ye shimi yoh drAnk swalalala draenK swalalal swalalalala swalalal teneneneneneene oh freakaey frekaey girle nananananana

9. gabo jago gabo jago gabo jago 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺😊😊😊😊😊🤗🤗🤗

10. i know u know lee know grraah

11. Ever want a mom for your cats? Heh, Meoww.. I'm right here🤨🤨😉😉😉😘😘🐯🐯🐯🐯 grrr.. meoooww...

12. Your dorm is dirty? i can clean i can even cook and maybe be yours too heheheheheheehehehehehehhe 🤭🤭😳😳😳😘😘🤪🤪🤪

(I'M SO FUCKING HIGH IT'S 12 AND I'M MAKING AN ESSAY, A REFLECTION AND A FUCKING SPEEEEEEEECH)

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Rapat Paripurna HUT Provinsi Banten Diwarnai Kericuhan

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Tugas Sejarah Mauza Wulandari(18) & Neng Arla Cantika(29).

Resensi Novel : Gadis Kretek.

Judul Buku: Gadis KretekPenulis

Buku: Ratih Kumala

Penerbit: PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama, Jakarta (Kompas Gramedia)

Tahun Terbit: 2012

Jumlah Halaman: 274

ISBN: 978-979-22-8141-5

Novel Gadis Kretek karya Ratih Kumala termasuk dalam sepuluh besar penerima penghargaan Kusala Sastra Khatulistiwa tahun 2012. Novel Gadis Kretek ini sudah diterjemahkan dalam 3 bahasa yaitu Inggris, Mesir dan Jerman.

Sang penulis novel, Ratih Kumala merupakan seseorang yang mengenyam pendidikan di jurusan sastra, tepatnya di Sastra Inggris di Universitas Sebelas Maret. Buku pertama Ratih Kumala yang ia tulis berjudul Tabula Rasa yang juga mendapatkan penghargaan di Sayembara Novel Dewan Kesenian di tahun yang sama saat buku ini pertama kali diterbitkan yaitu tahun 2004.

Novel "Gadis Kretek" karya Ratih Kumala menggambarkan latar belakang sejarah industri rokok kretek di Indonesia dan perjalanan cinta di masa pergerakan nasional. Berikut adalah resume yang berfokus pada aspek pergerakan nasional dalam novel ini:

Cerita bermula pada masa penjajahan Belanda, ketika bisnis rokok kretek mulai berkembang di Indonesia. Salah satu tokoh utama, Soeraja, adalah anak seorang pengusaha rokok kretek yang ambisius. Soeraja bertemu dengan Jeng Yah, seorang gadis desa yang penuh semangat dan berpengaruh besar dalam hidupnya. Hubungan mereka tidak hanya dibangun di atas cinta, tetapi juga pada semangat pergerakan nasional.

Jeng Yah terlibat dalam kegiatan pergerakan nasional, memperjuangkan kemerdekaan Indonesia dari penjajahan Belanda. Keberaniannya dalam menyuarakan kemerdekaan dan melawan penindasan menjadi inspirasi bagi Soeraja dan orang-orang di sekitarnya. Namun, perjalanan cinta mereka tidak berjalan mulus. Konflik dan perbedaan pandangan politik memisahkan mereka.

Selama masa pendudukan Jepang, industri kretek mengalami tantangan besar, tetapi semangat nasionalisme tetap membara di antara para tokohnya. Ketika Indonesia merdeka, industri kretek kembali bangkit, dan kisah cinta serta perjuangan mereka menjadi simbol dari kekuatan dan ketahanan bangsa.

Dalam novel *Gadis Kretek* karya Ratih Kumala, periode pergerakan nasional yang digambarkan mencakup akhir abad ke-19 dan awal abad ke-20, khususnya pada masa penjajahan Belanda. Novel ini mengisahkan tentang pergerakan nasional Indonesia melalui kehidupan seorang wanita muda, dan latar belakang sejarah yang digambarkan mencerminkan perjuangan melawan penjajahan kolonial Belanda serta kebangkitan kesadaran nasional.

Periode yang digambarkan dalam novel ini melibatkan beberapa fase penting dalam pergerakan nasional Indonesia, termasuk:

1. Awal Pergerakan Nasional Penggambaran kehidupan sosial dan politik di masa awal pergerakan kemerdekaan, ketika berbagai organisasi dan tokoh mulai muncul untuk menentang kekuasaan kolonial.

2. Pertumbuhan Gerakan Kemerdekaan Menunjukkan bagaimana ide-ide nasionalisme mulai berkembang dan menginspirasi berbagai lapisan masyarakat untuk berjuang melawan penjajahan Belanda.

3. Perubahan Sosial dan Politik Menggambarkan dinamika dan perubahan sosial serta politik yang terjadi di Indonesia pada masa tersebut, serta bagaimana perjuangan kemerdekaan mempengaruhi kehidupan sehari-hari rakyat.

Novel ini memberikan perspektif fiksi yang kaya tentang bagaimana pergerakan nasional dan perjuangan kemerdekaan Indonesia berlangsung di tengah latar belakang sejarah yang penuh tantangan.

Gadis Kretek dikisahkan dengan dua sudut pandang. Sudut pandang orang pertama dari tokoh Lebas, sebagai “aku”. Ia adalah anak ketiga dari pasangan Soeraja dan Purwanti. Gaya bercerita yang asyik membuat kami ikut merasakan dengan apa yang dirasakan Lebas. Penulis juga menggunakan sudut pandang orang ketiga, si serba tahu sehingga memudahkan pembaca dalam memahami alur cerita dan ikut terhanyut dalam kisah masing-masing tokoh.

Kelebihan novel ini yaitu penulis mampu menggabungkan berbagai latar, kisah, sisi budaya dan sejarah dengan porsi yang pas. Kita diajak melihat perjuangan pergerakan menuju Indonesia merdeka dari segi industri kretek. Diksi yang digunakan dalam novel ini mampu membuat para pembaca untuk memahami ceritanya serta mampu menghadirkan suasana dengan alur yang menarik dan menyenangkan sehingga para pembaca dapat merasakan hadir di dalamnya.

Adapun kekurangan tidak banyak, mungkin karena buku ini menarik dari awal, kekurangan-kekurangannya jadi terlewat. Namun alangkah baiknya keterangan tentang istilah bahasa Jawa diletakkan sebagai footnote, tidak di belakang bab, supaya memudahkan pembaca yang tidak bisa berbahasa Jawa. Ada pula beberapa typo di sana-sini juga penulisan nama tokoh yang sepertinya tertukar.

Melalui narasi yang menggabungkan sejarah keluarga dan dinamika industri rokok kretek, novel ini menyoroti pentingnya semangat pergerakan nasional dalam membentuk identitas dan masa depan bangsa Indonesia. "Gadis Kretek" menggambarkan bagaimana perjuangan, cinta, dan nasionalisme saling berkaitan dan membentuk perjalanan hidup para tokohnya.

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Ang hirap din talagang tulungan ng client na matigas ang ulo saka yung hindi tanggap na hindi niya alam lahat.

Yung pinakamatagal ko kasing client, business coach talaga siya pero ang kinukuha niyang mga kliyente, pang socia media marketing. Tapos sa akin niya pinapasa yung paggawa ng sample content at newsletter.

May gusto siyang mabingwit na big time client kaya pinapagawa niya ako ng content at pinipilit niya akong maging “creative”. Eh sa apat na taon namin, ang intindi niya sa creative eh yung magaganda saka malaro yung graphics. Yung target niyang kliyente, financial group. So paano ko gagawin yon eh dapat professional at elegant nga ang graphics kapag ganon.

Sabi ko rin sa kaniya, wag siyang dumepende sa graphics, dapat bigyan din ng quality na copy. Ang content strategy kako hindi nakadepende lang sa hitsura. Aanhin mo yung graphics na maganda kung basura naman lahat ng captions pati laman ng newsletter? Kaso wala, ayaw niya makinig. Tiwala siya sa binigay niyang directions kaya yon na lang ang sinunod ko. Di na ko nakipagtalo nung kinontra niya ako at hindi pinakinggan.

Wala kaming nagtatagal na client kasi ganon lang lagi yung dine-deliver niya. Nasasayangan din ako sa bayad sa kaniya kapag nagpapagawa ng content yung mga nakukuha niyang kliyente tapos ang ipo-post lang niya ay quotes. Tulad nung Pride Month, ang pinagawa niya lang sa akin eh graphics na may “Happy Pride Month” tapos ang caption niya ay, surprise, Happy Pride Month. 🥲

After 2 months na puro ganon lang, kumalas na yung client. Sobra yung panghihinayang ko saka yung thought na may business owner na naman yung magdududa sa mga social media strategist kasi napaso na sa ganong klase ng serbisyo.

Di ko itatanggi na ilang beses nang sumagi sa isip ko noon na sulutin na lang yung client kasi ang laki talaga ng panghihinayang ko pero hindi naman din ako ganong klaseng tao.

Nakakapagod din talaga yung taong ayaw tumanggap ng tulong kasi feeling nila mas magaling sila lagi. Hahaha! Hindi na ko magugulat kung hindi niya ma-close yung target niya o kaya susubok pero after 2-3 months, kakalas na samin.

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napansin ko everytime na may hina-hug ako na tao mapa family, friends or even si nikko hangga't di nila inaalis yung hug nila sakin i don't break the hug myself until sila yung kumalas even ko feeling ko kasi that person need that hug.

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Gadis Kretek

Baru saja menggenapkan serial Gadis Kretek di tudum, setelah selesai membaca novelnya bulan lalu.

Seperti kebanyakan film atau serial adaptasi, ada banyak detail-detail yang terlewatkan. Sejarah rivalry Soedjagad dan Idroes Moeria misalnya. Kenapa Soedjagad bisa demikian irinya sama Idroes Moeria sampai memasukkan namanya ke dalam daftar.

Namun jika mau mengesampingkan beberapa detail pada novel, serial yang dikemas dalam lima episode ini buat saya cukup padat dan berisi. Shot-shot yang diambil nggak ada yang failed. Semuanya bagus dan cukup memanjakan mata vintage saya :)

Akting para lakon juga pas. Ekspresi Dian Sastro belum ada lawan. Porsi-porsi yang dikasih sama Putri Marino pas. Persoalan dialek jawa yang banyak dikomentari di linimasa karena terkesan dibuat-buat dan bercampur dengan bahasa Indonesia, ternyata nggak jadi masalah buat saya. Tentang musik yang memasukkan lagu kekenian seperti Runtuh, juga masih oke. Namanya juga berkesenian. Hanya karena sebagian besar latar ceritanya tahun 60-an, nggak lantas musik-musiknya juga harus vintage semua kan? Selama tetap relate sih buat saya oke-oke aja..

Paling penting, kemasan lima episode itu cukup memuat pesan yang memang ingin disampaikan Ratih Kumala dalam novelnya. Tentang kemerdekaan pikiran perempuan, juga perjuangan mendobrak kebiasaan-kebiasaan patriarki (pada novel ini di industri kretek). Pilihan merek Kretek Merdeka dan Kretek Gadis adalah pesan yang sesungguhnya. Termasuk scene terakhir ketika Arum mboncengi Lebas naik motor.

Buat mahasiswa komunikasi yang lagi tugas akhir dan tertarik sama semiotika, serial ini menarik sih buat jadi bahan skripsi, hehehe..

[pingunaa]

kumalala kumalala kumala savestaa

my fav thing ever 😨

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type 3 Kumalae