Timbangan in Java

Leave a comment Posted by on January 2, 2014

They call it timbangan in Bahasa Indonesia just like in Tagalog.

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Weighing half kilo of salak (snake fruit) at the fruit stall near Borobudur temple in Central Java.

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The 500 gram weight for the salak.
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Mostly I see timbangan in red.
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Here’s a blue one at a snake fruit stall in Malioboro street.
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Various weights on the table for the scale.
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Weighing chili peppers, the main ingredient in lots of Javanese dishes and of course the sambal too.
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Weighing lettuce.
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Timbangan for the dressed chickens at the market in Prawirotaman street.
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Thoughts?