Photo Bocah Petualang from Ara village, Cot Girek Subdistrict, North Aceh District.
The village of Ara is bordered by Dayah LT Village Lhoksukon Subdistrict separated by the Lhoksukon river. Making bathing in the river or swimming in the river is like culture. Children on the border between these districts are very good at swimming. The rushing stream of water is not a barrier for them. The brown colored river water is not a disgusting one.
From the results of interviews with children here I can conclude that in this village lack of water, so they have to bathe in the river even though the river water brown dense brown. Water for drinking is a government-owned water taps that must be paid monthly. Notabene community here belonging in a society less able. So water PDAM is only used for drinking and washing certain clothes only. This is the reason why children here mostly play in the river regardless of the hobby of children here swimming.
But there is one thing to note, if it is cloudy do not swim in the river. Since the water debit must increase and the water from the upstream to the downstream is also increased plus the danger may be that the branches of the trees and the former trees of the loggers are also dragged into the river.
this became the most feared warning.
My message to the Children of Indonesia, especially those who live in riverside and to the children of the world generally. Do not swim in the river if you're not really good at swimming. Because swimming in the river a lot of risk, ranging from the current sharp and dangerous if there are trees or branches of trees carried from mountain to river.