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Asked 20 December 2012
  • Balai Bahasa Yogyakarta

What is local wisdom?

Some languages have local wisdom, which is unique to it, its culture and its region. I wonder if it is possible for local wisdoms, as such, to become universal?
Mohammed Hamada Musleh
University of Anbar
Local Wisdom is a combination of knowledge and traditions that are specific to a location, and that are passed on from generation to generation.
For example, a Dutch farmer can tell by the rustling sound of the wind through the flat wheat fields in the summer, whether the wheat is ripe for harvest. And he will tell his son or daughter that if you listens carefully, you can hear the loose wheat seeds rattling in their cups in the wind. Over the years, the next generation learns to identify this specific sound.
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