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Thursday, January 20, 2011
Paintings on the walls of the bridge overpass
When your eyes looking the paintings is very nice. When you stopped exposed to red light, please look at the wall of a highway pillar.You can looking every walls filled with unique beautiful paintings. You can see these paintings at the three bridges across the road at a red light intersection fitting overalls Bandengan Utara to JL. Teluk Gong at North Jakarta Indonesia. Info:
Ondel-ondel is a large doll from Batavia
Ondel ondel is traditional a large doll from Batavia Jakarta.
Ondel-ondel the form of a large doll that is about ± 2.5 m with a diameter of ± 80 cm, made of woven bamboo is prepared in such a way that easily carried from it. Part of the face mask or a mask, with a head of hair made from palm fiber. Ondel-ondel faces of men in red paint, while the women painted in white color. These forms show many similarities to those in several other areas.
One form shows the Betawi people who often displayed in people’s parties are ondel-ondel. It seems playing ondel-ondel ancestor or ancestors who always keep their grandchildren or a resident of a village.
According to estimates of the show’s been around since before the spread of Islam in Java.
Ondel-ondel original function as a repellent reinforcements or interruption of wandering spirits. Today ondel-ondel is usually used to add colorful folk festivals or for welcoming guests of honor, such as the inauguration of the new building completed. No matter how swift currents of modernization, ondel-ondel still survive and become trimmer face the Jakarta metropolitan city. Info:
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