The Mystery of 'Father' in Khong Guan Can Solved, Turns Out It's Also on the Dining Table!

Kapanlagi.com - The Khong Guan can with a picture of a mother and her 2 children on the dining table is truly legendary and widely known throughout Indonesia. However, the can often raises a big question, which is Where did the father go in the picture.

Some netizens often turn this into a meme or joke, but there are also those who sometimes discuss it seriously. And it turns out, the mystery of the father's whereabouts is finally answered, KLovers. And the answer is truly unexpected.

 

1. Father Sitting at the Same Dining Table

TikTok/akusikentang13

The mystery was solved through a TikTok video uploaded by akusikentang13. In a book titled Perjamuan Khong Guan by Joko Pinurbo, which features a picture of a Khong Guan can on the cover, the father is depicted sitting at the dining table as well.

The story is that the frame in front of the can is too small to show the entire shape of the dining table. However, if it is slightly elongated, the father figure is sitting across from the mother.

 

 

 

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Turns out it's long ???? - Credit: tiktok/akusikentang13

A post shared by Meme Comic Indonesia (@meme.comik.indonesia) on Sep 21, 2020 at 3:49am PDT

 

"This table is actually long. So the father is listening to his children and his wife in the corner. Finally, after 22 years of my life, I can sleep soundly," wrote the account while showing the video.

2. Book 'Perjamuan Khong Guan'

As a note, Perjamuan Khong Guan is a book that contains 81 collections of poems and is divided into 4 chapters. This book was written by Joko Pinurbo because he was inspired by the viral Khong Guan cans that are so legendary.

This book was released at Cofi Gramedia Matraman, Jakarta, on January 26, 2020. Through this book, Joko wants to invite readers to think about 'serious' issues but in a relaxed and fun way. The poems he wrote are relatively short and use contemporary idioms.

(kpl/gtr)