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Our community has a local tradition in treating a newborn baby's placenta. The tradition uniquely differs in each place. In some places, people put the placenta in a small jar and then wash it away to the sea, while in some others, like the place where I live, they plant it. It's therefore named "Nandur Ari-Ari". "Nandur" literally means "to plant" and "Ari-Ari" means "placenta".⁣

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Here's a pic of the location where my placenta was planted. Yes, it's a plant. Each placenta grave is normally marked with a plant. A fun fact: people believe that the plant represents the baby's health condition. If the baby is unwell, the plant is believed to show some unhealthy symptoms. ⁣

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But what is cool from this tradition is that it unintentionallyshows so-called "personal environmental responsibility"implying each person born on this earth - that will obviously take advantages of the earth - has responsibility to keep the nature balanced by growing up a plant or a tree. ⁣

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It somewhat carries a message "This little baby will grow up to be an adult. He/She will build a shelter, consequently he/she will block new trees to grow. He/she will probably buy car(s), consequently he/she will pollute the earth. Call this the least action he/she can do to protect the earth."⁣

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Now look closer at your local traditions, are there any traditions which potentially help us protect the earth, especially reduce emission?

~ Eka Purnama O