Thursday, August 17, 2006

Happy Indonesia Independence Day !!! :D

Met 17 Agustus!!! Yes, today is indonesia Independence Day !!! :-D
Introducing you an indo traditional sport, called.. "PANJAT PINANG". In english, it's called "POLE CLIMBING"






















Threesome Climbing


The definition of this sport... (got it from certain site, so what... I'm stupid in english anyway.. at least, my english is better than engRish)

Panjat pinang is the most interesting sport and familiar in each of Indonesian Independence Anniversary celebration. This “Panjat Pinang” sport will find during years in about half most towns in Indonesia, usually executed at the park on noon. This sport will begin on the daylight, reminding the oil as the slippery liquor will trickle by the tight sunlight, so the game will getting attractive.






















aiyaaaa old-man, you're way too old to climb ah !!!


The participant is various in kind. Included not only of the adult man, but consisting of the courageous children those dare to face the challenge. This sport is involving of all gender (man and woman) and the foreign tourist as well. They are interesting of this event not just because get attracted to the hanging prize. In other hand, the most important factor of this sport is the team solidarity. They are helping each other within the team mate to grab the prize that hanging on the top of pinang (kind of areca tree). That is why, when they succeed collecting the prizes, it will sell in the auction. The prize money will distribute averagely in each.

A group of participants? Well, what would happen if the groups are massive people from all over the are














Wonder why they never do this during political demonstrations
















Something you wouldn't see everyday.. huh? ;)

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