And a few days ago, I received a sweet gift from a friend. I don't know why she suddenly gave me a box tied with a maroon ribbon that said ‘CHOCOLATE NDALEM’.
When I opened the package, there were four chocolates of various sizes: one large, one medium, and two small chocolates lined up very cutely. After that, I found out that this chocolate is one of the souvenirs that can be brought back from Yogyakarta. NDALEM is a term often heard in the city of Yogya as ABDI NDALEM, or special employees who serve the royal palace of Yogyakarta.
And what's even cuter is that each chocolate package is very cool and informative, like the packaging on the large chocolate. It has a batik motif and is labelled as Sidoasih batik. Inside the packaging is white chocolate. Isn't the batik pattern beautiful? I almost didn't have the heart to open it. Huhu.
Then, on the medium-sized chocolate packaging, it's no longer about batik, but about a traditional game called GANGSINGAN. This is very nostalgic. In this digital age, children rarely play with traditional toys like this, but Cokelat Ndalem has created a very nice packaging that reminds us of traditional games that are rarely known by children today. Gangsingan is a game where a long rope is wound around a spool and then released, causing it to dance and spin on the ground. The materials vary depending on the region, some use bamboo and others use tree wood. I used to make my own when I was little with bamboo tree trunks that my father had just cut down. As for the rope, I used dried banana tree bark by twisting several pieces of the bark together or tying them together by twisting them again. This is a unisex game and very exciting.
Finally, there is a pair of black and white chocolates. They are just plain paper with the brand name written on them. Thank you, my friend, for the sweet gift. Hopefully, this will be a sign and reminder that our friendship is also sweet. See you later.
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