Growing up in Kupang

This chapter explains travel experience of Cornelis Lay during his visit to Kupang. He reminds his childhood memories in Dendeng, Kupang. Dendeng is actually the name of a small river, the only one in Kupang, which flows from the western side of town and has water even in the dry season. The dam the Dutch also built here survived until the flood of early 1973. It had a little 'waterfall' in the middle, with a natural swimming pool below. This is where people swam, or learned to swim, and even held swimming races. In Dendeng, in fact in any kampung, except where the government officials lived, it wasn't simply a matter of 'taking over some food'. Unlike in many other places, in Kupang flying a kite was not a matter of showing off its beauty, but to compete, the author called it bahoro . Keywords: Cornelis Lay; Dendeng; Kupang

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