Jade of the Equator

The invitation from A friend to attend the closing ceremony Singkawang photography exhibition "Jade of the Equator" which was held at the Gallery Salihara, Jakarta was able to add the own insights.

The exhibition has been going on since the date of January 24, 2010 was closed by presenting the traditional arts performances Singkawang area, West Kalimantan, which combined with the implementation of the photography contest, this is the main attraction, especially for photography enthusiasts and also for visitors who were there.

Traditional arts are shown demonstrating the science of immunity to the accompaniment of drum beats and tinkling bells worn by the players were able to establish the desired atmosphere.

One of the players showed he was immune to the chair that has been paired with three blade-shaped sharp objects such as machetes, placed behind a piece of sharp objects in an upright position, whereas the left and right arm chair fitted with a piece of sharp objects other

Another attraction is the movement slicing cheek or tongue with the saber - the Dayak traditional weapons. Cheeks and ears on some players have even pinned up by sharp objects penetrating a sharp-tipped wire and stabbed one of the players on the cheek with a diameter of about 1 cm.

Terrible indeed, and not everyone is able to see performances like that. But not so with the photographers, they are had affected by the magic that is like a person possessed also, do they not stop shooting, shooting through the camera at the players to be included in order enshrined in the photography contest, after their own selection to a few photos mainstay of the work. Falling rain did not hinder the spirit of the photographers in the target and pursue their quarry to get the best moment. Quite difficult indeed to take the best moment in such an atmosphere of frenzy by more than a hundred photographers fought each other to pursue their quarry.

Our homeland consisting of various tribes and cultures have their art forms and play a variety of agility also, which is similar like the whistle, lumping horse, reog, or others such as dances, karapan cow, implanted jali, who when packaged properly can certainly be made for tourist attraction for each region, plus the support of our nature which is also beautiful.

The government does not need to take over everything as it had always done, the government from the highest to the lowest level sufficient as a facilitator and promoter. At a higher level under which to coordinate and so on until the lowest, by the way and work together shoulder to shoulder like that then the whole will be well coordinated. Various activities are in the ground water can be scheduled and planned well in one package homeland calendar of events, each region must have a different agenda and should not be equated, the need is to be promoted together in a single calendar of events.

In this way, tourists will know which areas have what activities and when, so they can design a tour schedule and goals clearly. And many other things that still need to be addressed before we can declare the year of tourism visit.

Go to Indonesia!

| January 31, 2010 | samidirijono | architect |