Impressions Coffee Houses Moluccas in Sibu-Sibu

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November 20, 2009

A glass of hot coffee-scented fragrance that can tell a fragment of civilization, infiltrated the labyrinth of the most beautiful and poignant of Maluku and this country. This coffee house Sibu-Sibu in Ambon, a meeting point for those who are hostile and again pioneering spirit of nationality in the other day

Coffee house Sibu-Sibu-reconciliation room-located in one corner of the intersection of Tugu Trikora.

In the first critical period, the Muslims went into the coffee house through a door facing the street AM Sangadji. Christians through the door facing the road Said commands.

This coffee house is not be a regular coffee shop. Building strong walls painted white. Wall decorations were no less unusual: dozens of framed posters and photographs of the displays of the meeting. Everything looks and lady nyong Ambon (Maluku) are laughing or happy Tahitu posted June (35), wife of Victor Manuhutu (44), Sibu-Sibu owners. Victor collect posters and photographs of it for ten years.

The wall is really a “advertisement” of Ambon manise old, but peaceful.

Coffee house itself consists of the main hall area of 7 meters x 5 meters with tables and chairs are arranged neatly. In front of a porch. Here, customers can drink coffee while watching the intersection of Tugu Trikora.

Initially, each community to sit on different sides. Melting atmosphere along with the more frequent meetings at that time. If anyone has ever known intimately, they start over each other to shake hands and hug. The process of reconciliation in this coffee house and then spread to other coffee houses. Saturated with the post-conflict situations around the house. They need a place to relax, meet with people while telling anything like before the conflict.

Coffee house atmosphere of a normal, relaxed, and can talk whatever it invites every man to return to the harmony. The habit of sitting at home Ambon coffee is not groundless.

Tradition of relaxing in the coffee house and it even had a scandal in Ambon. During Akib Latuconsina Governor (1993-1998), many civil servants are “based” on the coffee house, talking for long ignoring the duties.

Kace Mayaut (60), the daily Suara Maluku photographer, about 1996 had struck a civil servant because of the civil servants who photographed hanging out during working hours in a coffee shop. The photo was published in the newspaper that sparked an ultimatum from the Deputy Governor of the Moluccas (the time Suranto), all civil servants should not enter the coffee house during working hours.

”Mancari laut malang hari, matawana deng lampu di kole-kole, hela redi dan kokahu. Par usir manganto deng usir dinging, orang tatua di negeri minom kopi losiang,”says Victor Manuhutu told.

Victor’s Speech recounts, formerly the fishermen in the fishing village at night, stayed up late with the lights on choles-choles. To expel drowsiness and cold, the elders drink coffee spices.

Habits of fishermen can still be found in the fishing village Haria, Saparua island, Central Maluku, Maluku. Coffee tradition that lasted until now, even the city of Ambon has about 50 coffee houses.

Every coffee house has its own ingredients, and certainly all the seller. Various customers. From members of parliament, party officials, bureaucrats, students, journalists, to entrepreneurs. That’s where the political conversation, social, cultural, business to gossip about the officers appeared.

In the coffee house-Sibu Sibu culinary trail of Lease islands can also be enjoyed. The owners serve coffee milk, coffee rarobang (ginger), and areng-areng coffee (black coffee). On top of the coffee fruit sprinkled with thin slices of tasty walnuts. Couple drinking coffee is fitted flush sticky rice (sticky rice sprinkled with grated coconut palm sugar with water), koyabu, kasbi tone (kind getuk), and embal nuts.

Embal made from kasbi poison. Grated kasbi already eliminated its poison formed round or square plates and dried until dry. Embal is the staple food of Southeast Maluku people to survive during the dry season.

Serving as Brownis walnuts, poporcis, and pancakes is the influence of the Portuguese and Dutch who controlled the Moluccas in the 15th century-17.

Typical custom engraving Maluku, particularly from the islands Lease (Haruku, Saparua, Nusa Laut), also on display at the Sibu-Sibu, which means gentle. Ambon was also generated mendayu music Hawaiian style. Hawaiian and folk music from the group Maluku-Ambon band era-1950-1980’s was also played in Sibu-Sibu. Victor collected 200 records of special music very rare Maluku. The voice of the master Beng Leiwakabessy recorded Hawaiian music in 1950, and the collection Kapanya group, and the trio recorded Aleyo in Singapore in 1965, can be enjoyed there.

Musical traces the Moluccas was almost extinct when the riots hit Ambon 1999-2004. If music was not played again, then the child will not know the Moluccas artistic riches of his country.

Posters, photos, and music tempo was accidentally shown to foster the confidence that the people of Maluku have achievement and appear on the national stage …

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