Written on 08 October 2018
By: Wima Brahmantya
Of the four museums in Keboen Kopi Karanganjar, this one is the easiest to find. It is located near O.G Cafe and Resko, two points that are one of the gathering centres for visitors.
"Poerna Bhakti" means "After Service". I designed this museum to commemorate the time when Papah was still serving.
The initial idea came when I saw the award certificates that were just placed in the 'warehouse'. Also when looking at the official uniforms folded in the closet (which certainly won't be used again).
"Well, if this is the way it is, these things will be lost and damaged. And my children and grandchildren won't know who their ancestors are anymore," I thought at the time.
I set up one of the rooms in Keboen Kopi Karanganjar as if it were Papah's workspace when he was in office. There is a nameplate on the work table that visitors can sit on just for photos, pretending to be an official, hehe ...
Then I set the official uniforms and traditional clothes in a glass box complete with information on when and where they should be worn. Meanwhile, I put the many certificates of appreciation on the wall, complete with a list of achievements that Papah had achieved during his tenure.
"How come you thought of making this?", said Papah when the museum was finished setting up. I don't know how he forgot that for a long time, my brain has had a penchant for making "unworkable ideas".
One of my favourite things is the painting "Happiness on Mount Kelud" by Mpu Harris. The figures of my parents there seem to be "alive" and the aura is indeed full of happiness.
I set up this museum not just as a complementary tourist attraction. It is also not just the pride of a child who wants to introduce his father to the public.
More than that, I want to inspire many people that our fathers are our origins, our role models, who raised us with great difficulty. It is our duty as children to keep "lighting the flame of life" of our fathers, whether they are alive or gone.
We can set a place with the things our fathers left behind. Photographs, clothes, records, musical instruments, cigars, charters, and anything that allows them to be remembered by the next generation even after centuries have passed.
It doesn't have to be a building or a special room, a small corner is okay.
Whoever our fathers were... officials, policemen, teachers, musicians, traders, farmers, drivers, etc., make a monument to them.
And be proud of them.
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* Happy birthday Pah!
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