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| Star & Crescent at the top of Migrab Capula Babussalam Mosque, Gelumbang. |
Until this moment I am not got
any information yet related to when the civilization in this village was begun.
Gelumbang is a Village in South Sumatera Province, Indonesia. Folk said, this
village starting from a very small village called Talang Gelumai, but nobody
knew when it was. I was born and grew up there. When
the time has comes, I must left and never thing and never know, when and how I will
back some day. Just Go. To find some things better, explore my own life.
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| From the roof top of the Mosque to the North West. |
There’s Masjid Jami’ Babussalam
or Babussalam Jame’ Mosque, located in “tengah laman” of Gelumbang. “Tengah
Laman” means ‘village center’ or ‘city center’. My Mom was introduced me to
this masjid since I am still a cute baby. She said, I got my marhaba in
this masjid. Marhaba is our tradition to celebrate new baby born. To hard to
count how many time I sleps in my grandpa’s lap when I joint him for Jum’ah prayer
in this masjid, together with my father. I spend my childhood in this masjid to
learn Alif Ba Ta, an Arabic alphabet as the magic key to read holly Qur’an.
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| The Old Minaret capoula |
No one can speak Arabic in this village
at that moment, so we just learning how to read Qur’an as an obligation. I am a
lucky boy with very kind of teacher’s in this masjid. Without them may be I can’t
read Arabic till today. There’s (alm) Ustadz Arifin, and Haji Nazori who's spend his life for this
masjid. Haji Nazori’s home just stod
oppose to this masjid. He’s Head of Masjid Committee since the first time I
entering that building. He’s spending not only his time, also his money.
Including huge money he got from insurance company for his late lovely Son, who's die in traffic incident. Some people also call this masjid as Masjid Haji
Nazori in respect to his dedication.
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| Hari Raya |
1978 I am in 1st class
elementary school, when the old masjid structure was turn down to build a new
mosque. This new mosque actually never got finishing touch, insist of the biggest
structure compare the previous one. All the structure made from cement
concrete, the kiblah direction was corrected.
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| From the roof top of the mosque to the east |
The time was running away. When I
come back to this masjid, dozen people look at me as stranger persons. Understandable,
what I can expect for something I left for more than 17 years. And I am really
understand when people around me start to quest “kau ni siapo ?” or “awak ni
dari mano ?” in Palembang language insist of “kau ne Hendra, Kan ?” or “Kau ne anak
si Jai-Betty, kan ?” in Belida mother tongue. I am the strangers in my own
Kampung.
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| Gathering in Hari Raya Prayer |
Everything has change, no more
small village, no more place to hunt in the forest just in back yard, no more
small rivers with clear and sweet water, no more homogenic indigenous people. Peoples
from around the area start to flood this developed village several years ago
when the community leader plan to established own residences government.
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| Facade of the previous Babussalam mosque |
Finally in late 2011 the mosque I’ve
knew was turn down again. Nothing left from the old structure except of picture of memory in my mind. The new committee decided to build a really ‘brand
new’ mosque in anticipate and as preparation to become city center for the
future “new residences government area”.***
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