Sunday, June 19, 2011

Ondel-ondel No Longer Expel Evil Spirit

Mon, June 13 6:47 PM CDT



Liputan6.com, New York: Ondel-ondel inseparable from the Betawi people since hundreds of years ago. Any procession, like a bride or bride adult circumcision, ondel-ondel almost always displayed. Initially ondel-ondel called Barongan to the sound of musical instruments are used to ward off evil spirits. They believed evil spirits would be scared by a noisy sound.

One of the crafters ondel-ondel are Bakhtiar, a resident of Rawa Belong, Jakarta Barat. To Coverage 6 SCTV, on Sunday (12 / 6), he said, ondel-ondel now environmentally friendly, not like before. "Then, ondel-ondel bercaling because of the belief that he (ondel-ondel) to ward off evil spirits," said Bakhtiar. "Now (ondel-ondel) was cute, nothing like Luna Maya, like Ariel, and cool-cool."

To make ondel-ondel two meters and centimeters wide, six colleagues helped Bakhtiar first create a framework of bamboo. To headdress, made ​​from coconut flower stem color stick and crepe paper glued with glue wani. This ornament affixed to the head made ​​of fiberglass or wood.

To ondel-ondel man, his face painted red sertaberkumis. While ondel-ondel woman painted her face white. Once completed, the skeleton and the head of the merged and given clothes. Ondel-ondel ready for use.

Barongan first mentioned ondel-ondel by the late Benjamin Sueb who sang Ondel-ondel. Now, ondel-ondel no longer used to ward off evil spirits, but became part of the Betawi culture. (Bog)

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