A Guling is a pillow, Its about more than one meter long, cylindrical. Its diameter is just fit for hugging. Its everywhere on Indonesian beds. Everybody have it and its very popular. Its family pillow it could be hug or become head pad. You can cry with it and sleep with it. Its family pillow.

Guling

Its originally Indonesian. Hooray. Its originated by Dutch people. Wait, what the relation between “guling” and Colonial Europe that “colonialize” my nation for century. As I heard from obscure, unclear and unreliable resource, it is them that create the”guling”.

The story begun when they Colonialize the Indonesian island. This people far from home and this people dont bring his wife here. They feel so lonely there. So they made a wife from a pillow. That the history of guling. It comes from the of “Dutch wife”. What is “Dutch wife” and what its function, better googling yourself. But, it is definitely not for 18 years below.

That make me thinking that The Dutch actually very smart guy. The creation of Dutch Wife can really reduce some of sexual violence and criminals by the Dutch occupation. If we see history, we will see theres much sexual violence by the Japanese Colonial.

They have not know the “function” of guling. However Japanese is a learning people and now they invented Dakimakura, a japanese Guling. That is her story. Well, my guling is always my guling. They just nice and comfort in my bed.

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