Ondel-ondel
Monday, February 8, 2021
The ondel-ondel, which people say used to be part of high-class ceremony in old Jayakarta, is nowadays part of the life of the impoverished, who know they are not in the limelight.
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ALMOST everyone ignores it. The ondel-ondel (giant puppet representing benign spirits and deceased ancestors in the Betawi culture—Ed.), which people say used to be part of high-class ceremony in old Jayakarta, is nowadays part of the life of the impoverished, who know they are not in the limelight.
But, like many things in life, the ondel-ondel’s appearance before us is not one-sided.
It marks ongoing tradition but also
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