The Origin Of The Term Borrows Hundreds, To The Point That Chris Martin Also Wears It At The Coldplay Concert

Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin during a concert at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (SUGBK) Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday (15/11/2023). (Between/M Risyal Hidayat/YU)

JAKARTA On Tuesday the Physics exam, let's study hard so that we can graduate. How are you in the city of Jakarta? May you borrow a hundred'. The rhymes thrown by Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin immediately invited 80 thousand of their fans to laugh at Jakarta.

The Coldplay concert, entitled Music of The Spheres World Tour at Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta, Wednesday night (15/11/2023), left a sweet impression for its fans. How not, this is Chris Martin's first concert and colleagues in Indonesia since the band from England was formed in 1997.

Opened with the song High Power, Coldplay performed other flagship hits such as Adventure of a Lifetime, Scientist, In My Place, Yellow, and My Universe with a total of 22 songs.

However, Coldplay not only shows a slick stage action. The audience was also entertained by several iconic moments, one of which was when Chris Martin said Assalamualaikum to a hundred borrowers.

The moment Chris Martin borrowed a hundred occurred after he performed his first two songs in Jakarta, High Power and Scientist.

The term "borrow a hundred" is indeed popular in Indonesia. This sentence is often found on a number of social media platforms such as X, TikTok and Instagram.

Before Chris Martin, MotoGP racer Maverick Vinales also had time to join the trend of "let's borrow a hundred". The Spaniard uploaded a photo of himself with the caption "Hello Indonesia! How are you? Can you borrow a hundred?" while in Lombok before the Mandalika Grand Prix on October 15.

The question is, who first popularized the sentence 'can borrow a hundred' until it finally went viral like now?

Actually, it is difficult to track down who first issued the sentence "loan first" one hundred. But citing a number of sources, "borrow a hundred first" was initially a joke or even a satire for people who like to borrow money. Usually, the borrower first asks about the news until in the end borrows money.

The phenomenon of borrowing in one hundred turns out to be experienced by many people in real life. This was revealed through the complaints of a number of social media users.

It doesn't stop there, 'let me borrow a hundred' is also an inspiration for content creator Aldi Wahyudi to create a song. One of the verses reads "I can smile, please play with me, but borrowing a hundred is not allowed". The video and sound went viral on TikTok and have been watched more than eight million times.

In addition to bringing a rhyme, Chris Martin also threw another rhyme. The second rhyme that Dakota Johnson's lover threw, "Walk to Senayan, while buying duku. My Jakarta dream city, Coldplay is here for all of you".

Pantuns are familiar to our ears. Mainly since comedy shows broadcast by private television stations in the country often feature rhymes in them.

Quoted from various sources, the pantun culture is the culture of the Malay community in the Riau Islands (Kepri) and Riau. In the past, pantun was done by the Malay people on a daily basis. Pantun itself has been known more than 5000 years ago as the oral tradition of the Malay people in the archipelago in Southeast Asia.

Citing the website of the Ministry of Education and Culture, on December 17, 2020, the rhyme was designated as an intangible cultural heritage at the UNESCO 15th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.

The nomination of the rhyme, which was proposed jointly by Indonesia and Malaysia, became the 11th Indonesian cultural tradition recognized by UNESCO. Previously, Pencak Silat was first described as an intangible cultural heritage on December 12, 2019.

According to UNESCO, rhymes have an important meaning for the Malay community. Not only as a means of social communication, pantun also has values that become a moral guide.

In rhymes, messages are usually tucked away that emphasize the balance and harmony of human relations.

The rhyme provides a platform for expressing ideas, entertaining, or communicating between humans, without distinguishing race, nationality, or religion. The tradition of pantun encourages mutual respect between communities, groups and individuals," explained the Director General (Dirjen) of Culture, Ministry of Education and Culture Hilmar Farid.

Since 2008 until now, UNESCO has recognized 12 cultural heritages of Takbenda and objects from Indonesia. Wayang became the first art recognized as WBTb by UNESCO in 2008, followed by Keris (2008), batik (2009), education and training for batik in Pekalongan (2009), angklung (2010), dance at Saman (2011), noken (2012), three traditional Balinese dance genres (2015), phinisi ship (2017), pencak silat (2019), pantun (2020), and finally gamelan (2021).