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On the afternoon of March 19th, kids and teenagers paraded ogoh-ogoh around the neighbourhood, carrying their creative mythical figures and yelling their anthems, while dressed in their special shirts. My friend, Dwi Harkita had a chance to capture the nice pictures during this parade. The ogoh-ogoh is a huge papier-mache demon with intricately shaped and tied bamboo framework before many layers of artwork. This parade is unique because all of the ogoh-ogoh were made by garbage, especially the non-biodegradable one. We can call them as garbage demons. The parade was hold to celebrated Nyepi Day (Balinese Lunar New Year) coming on March 21, 2015 as well as raise the garbage issue in Indonesia. Besides, they impressed people that garbage can turn into artwork, increasing the act of recycle and upcycle. Properly speaking, this parade reflect the reality that people are now surrounded by garbage, such as plastics, metal , styrofom, and many more. They act like demon, threatening us causing illness and disaster. According to pollution index in www.numbeo.com, garbage disposal satisfaction index in Indonesia, especially Bali is considerably low. For your information, waste management poses a great challenge in Indonesia. Growing household consumption and business activity give rise to high volumes of organic food waste, plastic packaging and industrial byproducts. According to UNCRD, the municipal solid waste has grown from 0.8 kg to 2.1 kg per capita over a decade. To address this issue, the Indonesian government has imposed stricter waste management and recycling regulations increased infrastructure and facilities in waste management. Even foreign investors are presented with new opportunities in Indonesia to enter the waste management and recycling to fulfill the demand for comprehensive waste disposal services. |
 
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11 Comments
@Wulan So truth, the kids are so lovely and well educated :)
Posted 27-03-2015 13:59
@Rohan: Thank you Rohan. Did you celebrate it? Happy New Year then.
I wish this parade have lasting impact
Posted 23-03-2015 12:46
@Arushi: Yup, I agree with you. Thank you for your warm comment
Posted 23-03-2015 12:41
@Bindu and Fayshal: Thank you Bindu and Fayshal. Looking forward to reading your articles
Posted 23-03-2015 12:40
@Chrity Lee: Thank you Christy for your warm comment. I also thought that the demons look fun and cute rather than scary. The reason probably because they were made by kids. Hahaha. But it shows us that kids also concern with garbage around them.
Posted 23-03-2015 12:38
By the way WE also had Hindu New Year on 21-Mar-2015. Wish you a Happy Lunar New Year.
The concept of Demons is unique & it must have left a long lasting impact.
Posted 22-03-2015 19:09
Great, we will use our enemies and make them our friends, since garbage think it can be harmful, we will make them useful.....great work...keep sharing
Posted 22-03-2015 16:00
WOW!What a way to celebrate Lunar New Year. I am sure that such unique idea of parade carrying garbage demons would have conveyed the message very strongly how increasing waste generation , inefficient waste segregation & disposal is haunting us already . Thanks for sharing such an awesome event. I like the idea behind it .Very nice!
Posted 21-03-2015 11:11
nice write Ni Putu ! :)
So cute demon !!
Posted 20-03-2015 17:09
Wow! The Demon look so attractive. Happy to know they are made up of garbage.
The parade looked fun that raised awareness as well.
Thank you for sharing dear Wulan with colorful pictures :)
Keep sharing :)
Posted 20-03-2015 12:24
Thank you for sharing the vivid story, Wulan :) It's quite interesting! The demons(ogoh-ogoh) look rather fun and qute, haha. I loved their idea to express true demons using non-decaying wastes. As you mentioned, uncontrollable quantity of garbage may be the true demon which degrades our life in great scale.
Posted 20-03-2015 10:56