The time I was child, in the back left side of our house there is a group of banana trees. The type of banana is a banana Ende, but people in the villages we help with the banana family. I somehow forgot to take my mother from seeds and planted there. If I'm not one of seeds taken from the young banana trees that are home uncle Folkes. Uncle Folkes is the brother of my mother who lived around 50 m to the city from outside our house. We used to call relatives in accordance with the name of the place they live as Uncle Folkes, Java aunt, uncle Jakarta, Bibi East, East G, Grandma Ambon, and so forth. When, when will I tell about them.
Back to the story of the banana tree. Hopefully the tree is extraordinary, because he was more fertile of all banana trees in the surrounding areas. Stem-large and large high-level, many fruit and taste sweet enough, we often eat without first cooked. In this type of bananas are usually consumed after the fried or boiled. This is not the type of banana species of banana that is normally eaten directly as the type of banana trireena or the other.
Initially I wonder why the banana is more fertile than the other. In fact, because the exact cause is close to a banana tree is a pig pen. Dirt from the pigsty that has become the best source of nutrition for the prosperity of the banana tree. Between the banana tree with a pig in the cage that has occurred mutualisme symbiosis. Pig manure into the dirt and partially eaten banana leaves and pigs. They have long lived in peace and mutual benefit. Indeed, once the human need to learn about their appearances.
There are the small habits that often I do behind the banana trees. I often urinate behind a large tree. Tree is able to cover it from the view of the past. Actual time, we have toilets, but because the water network is not there, so the need for toilet water that we take water from the rain that put a roof gutter from the house and collected in a trough. When the rainy season water is abundant, but when the dry season the water in the vessel we will be retroactive, even sometimes up to dry. Now the dry season the trees clumps of bananas into the urinal and practical for the best. This habit that can not be imitated.
Many of the benefits we get from the banana tree, especially from the fruit. Each time he harvested fruits and fruit, coco or my mother will cook some fruit. Some of us eat without some cooked and eaten again by the civet cat or bird is still time depending on the tree. Coco smart enough to process bananas into the food is good, sometimes fried, so fried crackers, banana flour made. But my mother prepare a banana is, most only boiled. Although only boiled, it's still nice and we always bring them to fields or rice fields to break into the confectionery.
In addition to fruit, leaves, we take advantage. Leaves the market to be sold, or used to be wrapped lappet. In the house tidy lappet often cooking for food when there are events arisan, meeting family, or simply taken to the field to rice field or as a substitute for bread. In the village at that time are still the bread. If there are in the stalls, but the coconut bread, bread loaves and laughing months. Called coconut bread, because the content is mixed with grated coconut sugar. Months because the bread is called round-shaped exactly like the full moon of the month. Bread called laughing because bread is the size of the ball gof, but the skin is broken, broken lips as people are laughing. Banana leaves are also often used Cain and coco to wrap rice afternoon when their school. Time is not yet tupper wear such as the kindergarten children are brought to school nowadays. Time is the school habits afternoon, the additional lessons in the afternoon at the school, one or two months before the final exam. Early morning older brother and coco will prepare supplies for lunch at school. Rice cooked pot over furnace with a fuel timber. Lauknya usually omelet or fried fish sardin dry, sometimes fried with sauce. After lauknya and cooked rice, then wrapped in banana leaves that have been previously prepared. This banana leaves sometimes have first heated near the fire to be more flexible so that was not torn and folded when the shroud. This process must be done quickly in order not to arrive late at school. The distance from their school in our house about 10 km. Life time is difficult to measure current, but that time we can be happy and enjoy it. Believe it or not, the flavor of food that has been wrapped with banana leaves will add a unique taste and eat.
In addition to food wrap, banana leaves are also used for the base when a cut of pork or buffalo. Activities cutting is done when the parties or events during the Christmas and new year. Cut pork or buffalo during the Christmas and new year is called Ote. Pigs or pig cut and distributed with the same to all citizens. To make the tool used to be the same weight made from the stem wood is the same arm length to the left and right. Other times I will be sad about this Ote.
Because the banana tree is high enough, then to take the leaves must wear hearing aids. Banana tree is not the type of tree that can dipanjat. Tool is a crescent, which tied at the end of a long spear. Quant directed to the top of the stem to the base of banana leaves. After the crescent is on the leaf stem, spear suddenly withdrawn and the stem and leaves will be cut down to the ground with leaves. stem leaves are separated from leaves and leaf used in accordance with the needs.
Meanwhile, the stem leaves are often discarded. But by the children there, including creative. Banana leaf can be made into toys such as cars, horses, gun. Hopefully children nowadays also need to know the toys such as comparison with the toys they buy at the store, or toys that they often play on the computer.
As long as I know, the banana trees that have seeds that fat. Neighbors often take one or two seeds for planting their fields or their yard. They pick it up not buy it. In life does not always have to sell and buy. There is a sense of satisfaction and joy in that if we can provide, as well as those who receive it. But I see that the money is not everything. My mother did not buy the first seeds of bananas, but we have enjoyed many of the banana tree. Conscious or not, the banana trees that have been involved in coloring our way of life.
But already some years the family tree of bananas are no longer there. In fact, there are people who do not agree to see its existence. We do not feel like what the disagreement was. A banana tree is cut it to us without permission and without the former finally exhausted. What was the banana trees that grow there. He is also living a life to take place. I think he does not have a problem to people in surrounding areas. Even fruits that it can be enjoyed many people. But never mind. We never put. At least we never have a banana tree easier our best.
