KKN di Desa Penari: Luwih Dowo, Luwih Medeni

I went through the experience..

...about four years ago.

I was with my college friends.

We were there for the Community Service Program.

But...

The village that we chose...

...wasn't an ordinary village.

What we were thinking about was how to make...

...our Community Service Program work.

But it turned out...

...everything that happened next...

...wasn't what we had imagined.

At that time...

...the deceased had asked me to come.

To do a survey.

City B…….

Nur.

What are you looking at?

Nothing.

Come on./ Yeah.

Do you think it can?

The car can't get through the bridge.

Let's go, sir.

Come on./ Let's go.

The ground is slippery after the rain.

We're here./ Right.

We'll get off here.

Please./ Thank you, sir.

Thank you, sir./ You're welcome.

District of K…..li..

Yeah, thank you, sir.

Excuse me.

How are you?

How are you?/ Good.

Good.

Yes, bro. This is my younger sister, Ayu.

I'm Prabu./ Ayu.

And this is her friend.

Nur./ Right.

Mr. Prabu is the village head.

He will be the supervisor...

...of your community service activities.

Okay.

Keep Mas Prabu's trust.

Okay?

Don't make trouble.

Yes, Brother.

Let's talk about this in my house.

Come on.

Come on.

Nur?

What's wrong?/ Nothing.

Bro.

Why not, bro?

Poor Ayu.

She and her friends need to do...

...their community service activity here.

Please help her.

I beg you, sir.

We have come from so far away.

We intend to contribute something good...

...for the local people.

Please consider it, sir.

This is the first time for us as well.

No one has ever asked...

...to do the community service activity here.

That's why we can try it, right, sir?

We will not be a burden.

Our project will help the people.

Whatever the problem is in this village...

...we will try to solve it.

We want to help the villagers.

This activity will benefit the community.

Will you allow us, sir?

Ms. Ayu.

Ms. Nur...

I am going to show you a location...

...which could be suitable...

...for your program.

Thank you, sir.

This place used to be...

...the bathing place for the dancers.

But...

...they don't exist anymore.

There are no dancers in this village now.

And then...

...it was used as...

...a source of water for our village.

But in the last few years...

...the water has dried up.

So, the villagers...

...have some difficulty getting water.

Because the river...

...is quite far from here.

We can make a stream and a small dam.

We can help, sir.

We will make a plan...

...to channel the water to this place.

Well...

Please do your best.

Okay?/ Okay, Sir.

As long as the villagers get the benefit.

And I hope this place...

...if it's possible, can be used again.

Yes, Sir.

Thank you for giving us this opportunity.

Okay.

Thanks, Brother./ Okay.

Brother, take care of my sister, okay?

Isn't there any other place?

Why do you have to go to that place?

I've told you, Mom.

Ayu thinks the place is suitable for the program.

That place is only forest area, my daughter.

It's not the right place for people to stay.

Nur and Ayu have checked out the place.

The village head has given his permission.

He is an acquaintance of Ayu's brother.

I just don't want anything to happen to my only child.

Mom...

I will be with Nur and my other friends.

So, you don't need to worry.

Give me your blessing, please...

...for me to go for the Community Service.

Mom...

Okay, then.

Take care of yourself.

Mind your manners.

Mind your words.

There's a Javanese saying...

The water always flows to the east.

In the east, everything gathers.

From the good things...

...the bad things...

...to the worst.

Ouch...

I have a flat bottom from sitting for too long.

Nur.

Is it alright?

Is it still far away?

About half an hour away.

Alright.

Might as well go to Bali.

Come on, let's go. Keep your spirit up!

Ayu...

Are we walking?

Damn it, are we riding on motorcycles?

You want to walk instead?

Sir./ Please.

Sir.

Thank you, sir.

Mr. Prabu./ Miss Ayu./ How are you, Sir?

These are my Community Service group members.

Oh, right.

I'm Bima./ Okay.

Guys, this is Mr. Prabu.

He's the village head here.

Is this everyone?/ Yes, Sir.

Come. Follow me./ Come on.

Come on.

Our village is a little behind.

We don't have electricity yet.

But I hope all of you can adapt.

No worries, Sir. I'm used to it.

Here there's no electricity.

Where I live,

Electricity is cut often because we don't pay the bills.

Relax, Sir.

The houses here...

...don't have bathrooms.

So, if you want to take a bath...

...the boys can go to the river.

And the girls...

...can use the one bathroom stall at your work site.

What if we need to poop?

Poop?

The river isn't that close from here...

...so what we do in order to poop is...

...we dig a hole in the ground./ Crap.

That I'm not used to.

Excuse me, Sir.

On the way here, I heard the sound of gamelan.

Is there another village nearby?

Gamelan?

Yes, Sir.

It sounded like a traditional ceremony.

When did you hear it?

On the way here.

You must have misheard.

Pay no attention to it.

Okay?

Now let me take you to where you'll be staying.

Okay, Sir.

Okay, Sir.

Ma'am?

Boys. Girls.

This is Mrs. Sundari.

For now...

...the girls will stay at Mrs. Sundari's house.

The boys...