Philosophy of 'Kapalen'

Example : hand's rough and thick

          ‘Kapalen’ is from Javanese language what famous with hand’s rough and thick. Usually, ‘kapalen’ is in hand but it can find in part of the body’s particular such as forehead, ankle, elbow, sole of foot, and knee. According to research said that causing of ‘kapalen’ is hard work and really to do working, and the activity is done by going the whole hog. So, make part of the body’s particular becomes thick and rough. As we know that the owner of hand’s rough and thick usually ashamed to shake hand with other people because their hand is rough and making sign if the owner of hand’s rough and thick is hard worker such as farmer, laborer, and many other that connecting to friction between hand’s palm and hard thing. Usually, ‘kapalen’ shows to grade’s social from low society. But, the owner of ‘kapalen’ does not sad because it is normally and many people become ‘kapalen’. However, there is philosophy and admonition about ‘kapalen’.  

      Especially a woman, they care about performance and do anything to give good perform. By technology, many ways to make our performance is good. We know that ‘kapalen’ to make our perform is not good. So, they need something to make good perform. We can find cream and innovation to make our skin soft such as glove, softening cream, and the other. Moreover, ‘kapalen’ in medical is called by clavus, it is process of thickening from skin layer as resulting of continuous stimulation. Sometimes, clavus cause pain until needed small surgical operation to throw away it. We know that if ‘kapalen’ does not occur in any part of body but certain body. It shows that the people who is ‘kapalen’ include into hard worker and seriousness from someone efforts in every kind of job. We can get lessons that ‘kapalen’ shows how to work and effort to get something such as job, study, and many others because nothing instant to get success. On other hand, ‘kapalen’ teaches us to build our principle to face life for example, in corruption, if we have thick faith, we can avoid corruption. So, ‘kapalen’ what is thick and rough indicate force and strong. This is example and philosophy to describe strong attitudes to against crime in life. We should be not shy if we have hand’s thick and rough because it is phenomenon normally. The important thing is we can get lessons of philosophy of ‘kapalen’ without ignore effect medical of ‘kapalen’.

       In other hand, we find ‘kapalen’ in forehead and make us asking why they can get ‘kapalen’ in forehead. As we know that average of the Muslim community has sign black in forehead because they always to pray and sujud. Sujud is form bowing from kneeling position so that forehead touches floor when they do pray and shows someone’s faith is strong. We should be not shy to show ‘kapalen’ in forehead as admonition to do not make themselves arrogant and more down to earth. It can be figure and model around them to be good person as character of Muslim. And we can get other admonition that ‘kapalen’ teaches us to be not shy to do good thing and exhibit our identity. We know that ‘kapalen’ makes anyone ashamed to shake hand with the other. Because they are afraid if their identity as hard worker is known by others but such attitudes should not do, vice versa we have to proud with ‘kapalen’ specially today, most difficult to find who has hand’s rough n thick. So, do not be shy and courage to show our identity.

      To sum up, ‘kapalen’ in medical is called by clavus but we can get lesson and admonition from ‘kapalen’. ‘Kapalen’ teaches us to be good person with keeping our principle and faith to against something that is not good such as bribery, corruption and other crime. So, do not be shy to say no to something that is not good and we can show our identity who we are.