Why Is It Called The Madura Stall? This Is The Explanation And Characteristics

Illustration of Madura (Between) stalls

YOGYAKARTA Warung Madura turns out to be one of the grocery stores that is quite reliable by the community. Not only complete, the unique naming makes Madura stalls quite iconic. The question is why is it called Madura stall?

Although it is called the Madura shop, the existence of these grocery stores is not only in the Madura area, but in many places including big cities such as Jakarta to Yogyakarta. The mention of grocery stores with the restoration of the 'Madura' is not without reason.

Warung Madura is a grocery store that is mostly owned by Madura people who migrate. Usually this shop is guarded by the owner himself, but there are also shop owners who deliberately employ relatives or neighbors in Madura to guard the shop.

Usually Madura stalls rent a small kiosk on the side of the road and open for 24 hours. In addition, Madura stalls usually sell quite complete goods on a daily basis such as gallons, instant noodles, gas, shampoos, soaps, and much more. These items are sold relatively cheaper by the price of goods in supermarkets. No wonder the shop is the mainstay of the surrounding community.

One of the most interesting of Madura's stalls is the humorous jargon that develops in society, namely the Madura Resident is open every day, except for the day of the end because the shop will close for half a day. Jargon is not only humorous but enough to touch the minds of the public.

The characteristics of Madura's stall are explained by Moh. Wafiruddaroin in his journal entitled The Socio-Cultural Dynamics of the Madura Kelontong Traders Community in Pamulang District, South Tangerang City.

In his journal he said that the characteristic of Madura stall is that there is a storefront containing rice. In addition, other merchandise that becomes an identity is retail gasoline. The shop also serves sales for 24 hours.

The debate about Madura's stall has recently occurred on social media. The trigger for the debate was the statement of the Penantih Village Head in East Denpasar, Bali who appealed to Madura stalls not to sell 24 hours for security reasons.

It was not enough, the Secretary of the Ministry of Cooperatives and MSMEs Arif Rahman also issued an appeal for Madura shop owners to participate in local regional operating hours regulated by the Local Government.

However, Arif Rahman finally clarified his statement. He also said that his party had reviewed the Klungkung Regency Regional Regulation Number 13 of 2018 concerning the Arrangement and Development of the People's Market, Shopping Centers and Supermarkets.

As a result, there are no specific rules that regulate the ban on operating hours of Madura stalls to open for 24 hours.

"In the regulation, regulations related to operating hours actually apply to modern retail businesses, minimarkets, hypermarkets, department stores, and supermarkets, with certain operating hours," said Arif, quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, April 27.

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