Simo Merapi - Part four - The trance

To end the evening, some dancers wearing that costume (a horse) started to invade the place, whipped vigorously by several men... At first place, I thought it was not for real, but the marks on the costume told me the opposite. I started to realize that something weird was on...
Few minutes later, some of the dancers, followed by some from the public, went into a trance, unpredictable in their acts. A kind of agitated moment full of contained (or not) violence.
Unfortunately, my camera was out of battery...
It's only after a long moment that I realized how much obsessive was the music...
But a friend of find promised me to take me to a real ritual of trance.
That will be my next post, I guess...

Simo Merapi - Part three - The comic show

This part of the show is quite amazing. Dance is regulary interupted by three guys (one dressed as a woman) making wildly their jokes. Certainly improvisated, those guys rejoice the audiance, sometimes irreverently...

Simo Merapi - Part two - The dance

Simo Merapi - Part one - The audiance

On Last Sunday evening, .... Simo Merapi.

People of Indonesia

This sunday afternoon, I was sitting at Mas Novi's restaurant, my camera in hand, and....

Mutia Nazula Pinta Kharisma - Mas Novi's daughter.



Mas Elvis Novi

THE PARADE

In the middle of yesterday afternoon, I was working on some electric installation's stuff, when I heard some parade's sounds. Rolling of the tambours was invading the streets of Turi...