Life a Proud Father
To a man from Rote Island in East
Nusa Tenggara, wearing the traditional hat ti’i langga makes him feel like a
dignified person proud of his success in educating his children. A father will
feel good if his children are successful in life because they have taken his
advice. He has self-respect because his children have held on to his
principles. If his children become good for nothing person, he will lose his
self respect and dignity. Similarly, a Rote man feels confident and dignified
when he wears the ti’I langga because the hat shows the characteristics of his
people. He feels good because he is part of his ethnicity. He also displays the
uniqueness and beauty of his culture as shown in the hat. Without his ti’I
langga, he is without identity as a Rote man just a like a father is without
pride and dignity.
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