Tugas Softskill 2 (Penerjemahan Berbantuan Komputer)

Name: Amelia Dyah Ayu Gayatri

Class: 4SA01

NPM: 10615622

CULTURE

LGBT, Budaya Indonesia dan Lintas Gender

Oleh Rizki Washarti

Berita-berita di Indonesia belakangan ini diramaikan dengan berbagai hal soal lesbian, gay, biseksual, dan transgender (LGBT) seperti adanya kelompok yang mendukung atau menentang mereka. Indonesia sebenarnya secara kultural memiliki berbagai budaya atau tradisi yang memperkenalkan keberadaan gender atau jenis kelamin selain laki-laki dan perempuan.

Suku Bugis yang berasal dari Sulawesi Selatan, mengenal lima jenis kelamin yaitu lelaki, perempuan, calalai atau perempuan yang lemah gemulai seperti perempuan, calabai atau perempuan yang tomboi seperti laki-laki dan bissu, seorang yang bukan laki-laki dan bukan pula perempuan.

Bissu adalah seorang yang androgini, bersifat atau terlihat seperti perempuan maupun laki-laki, jelas Irwan Hidayana, antropolog dari Universitas Indonesia. "Kalau dari studi yang ada, penelitian yang pernah ada tentang keragaman gender di Bugis ini, mereka sebenarnya memang diterima, karena mereka diakui, diterima sebagai bagian dari masyarakat Bugis," papar Irwan.

Selain suku Bugis, beberapa suku lainnya juga mengenal peran yang lintas gender. Misalnya dalam konteks kesenian tarian dikenal tari Lengger Lanang dari Banyumas, di mana laki-laki menari sebagai peran perempuan. Lalu ada ludruk dari Jawa Timur, drama tradisional itu, sering kali ada peran-peran yang cross-gender.

Wayang orang

"Bahkan di dalam wayang orang di Jawa itu juga biasa. Arjuna misalnya dalam Wayang Orang itu bisa saja diperankan oleh perempuan karena Arjuna itu halus, tutur katanya halus dan segala macam," jelas Irwan.

Agus Widodo, seorang penari yang sejak tahun 2003 terbiasa mementaskan tari Lengger Lanang mengaku bahwa dewasa ini lebih banyak perempuan yang menampilkan tari tersebut. Justru karena itu, katanya, ia akan terus berusaha mementaskannya. "Saya tertarik karena ingin melestarikan kebudayaan Jawa yang hampir punah, karena remaja sekarang sudah banyak yang tidak peduli dengan kebudayaan Jawa, terutama Lengger, apa lagi cowok. Saya berusaha untuk meneruskan Lengger supaya tidak punah," ungkap Agus.

Lalu, bagaimana pendapatnya mengenai maraknya diskriminasi terhadap LGBT? "Miris, sedih dan bingung juga marah. Bisa-bisa hanya karena (gelombang kebencian terhadap) LGBT, seni Lengger Lanang hilang, padahal LGBT kan juga manusia yang mempunyai hak untuk menentukan hidupnya," tutur seniman tersebut.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/berita_indonesia/2016/02/160224_indonesia_bissu_gender

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LGBT, Indonesian Culture and Cross Gender

By Rizki Washarti

News in Indonesia lately enlivened with various things about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) such as the existence of groups that support or oppose them. Indonesia actually has a variety of cultures or traditions that introduce the existence of gender or sex other than men and women.

The Bugis tribe from South Sulawesi knows five sexes, namely men, women, calalai or graceful women like women, calabai or tomboi women like men and bissu, a man who is neither male nor a woman.

Bissu is an androgynous, has the character or appearance of women and men, explained Irwan Hidayana, an anthropologist from the University of Indonesia. "From the existing studies, there has been research on gender diversity in Bugis, they were actually accepted, because they were admitted, accepted as part of Bugis society," said Irwan.

Besides the Bugis tribe, several other tribes also recognize roles that are cross gender. For example in the context of dance arts known as Lengger Lanang dance from Banyumas, where men dance as a female role. Then there are ludruk from East Java, traditional drama, often there are cross-gender roles.

Puppet people

"Even in the wayang people in Java are also ordinary. Arjuna, for example in Wayang, that person can be played by women because Arjuna is smooth, the words are subtle and all kinds," explained Irwan.

Agus Widodo, a dancer who has been accustomed to performing the Lengger Lanang dance since 2003 claimed that more women are currently performing the dance. Precisely because of that, he said, he would continue to try to stage it. "I am interested because I want to preserve the endangered Javanese culture, because many teenagers have not cared about Javanese culture, especially Lengger, what are other guys. I tried to continue the Lengger so it would not become extinct," said Agus.

Then, what do you think about the widespread discrimination against LGBT? "Sad, sad and confused are also angry. It could only be due to (a wave of hatred towards) LGBT, Lengger Lanang's art is gone, even though LGBT is also a human who has the right to determine his life," said the artist.

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LGBT, Indonesian Culture and Cross Gender

By Rizki Washarti

The recent news in Indonesia has been enlivened with various issues concerning about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) such as the existence of groups that support or oppose them. Indonesia actually has a variety of cultures or traditions that introduce the existence of gender or sex other than men and women.

The Bugis tribe from South Sulawesi identifies five genders, that are men, women, calalai or the women who are graceful like women, calabai or women who are tomboy like men and bissu is a person who is not a man nor a woman.

Bissu is an androgynous person, who has a character or an appearance like a woman as well as a man, explained Irwan Hidayana, an anthropologist from the University of Indonesia. "From the existing studies, there has been a research on gender diversity in Bugis tribe, they were actually accepted, because they were admitted, accepted as part of Bugis society," said Irwan.  

Besides the Bugis tribe, some other tribes also recognize the roles of cross gender. For instance, in the dance arts context known as Lengger Lanang from Banyumas, where men dance as women’s role. Then, there are Ludruk from East Java, that traditional drama always has the roles of cross gender.

Human Wayang

"Even human Wayang in Java is also common. For example, Arjuna in human Wayang could be played by women because Arjuna is gentle, has subtly speech and many more.” explained Irwan.

Agus Widodo, a dancer who has been accustomed to performing the Lengger Lanang dance since 2003 claimed that more women are currently performing the dance. Precisely because of that, he said, he will keep trying to perform it. “I’m interested because I want to preserve endangered of Javanese culture, because now teenagers didn’t care about Javanese culture, especially Lengger. I will try to proceed Lengger so it won’t be extinct,” said Agus.

Then, what is your opinion about the widespread discrimination against LGBT? "Pity, sad and confused also angry. It was only because (hatred towards) LGBT, the missing of Lengger Lanang arts, whereas LGBT also a human being who has the rights to determine their life," said the artist.