Cock fights are now legally banned, so this was just casual afternoon entertainment. No sharp objects strapped to the feet or anything like that, which used to take place in Balinese betting houses… but this isn’t something you see everyday. And there are chickens EVERYWHERE in Indonesia; usually freely roaming the streets & sidewalks. Makes you wonder how people know who owns what.
The “dragon tails” (penjor) are a cultural reference to a legendary dragon who once lived on the island. The details of the story have already slipped from my mind, but it was a context of good vs. evil, and living in balance with nature- as many things are here. The curvy tip represents the tail, the long bamboo pole, decorated with carefully folded palm-leaf ‘bracelets’, represent the body, and the head of the dragon is supposedly buried in the ground, as if he fell from the sky & ended in this position for eternity. This is all in preparation for an upcoming holiday on 29 Nov.
The “dragon tails” (penjor) are a cultural reference to a legendary dragon who once lived on the island. The details of the story have already slipped from my mind, but it was a context of good vs. evil, and living in balance with nature- as many things are here. The curvy tip represents the tail, the long bamboo pole, decorated with carefully folded palm-leaf ‘bracelets’, represent the body, and the head of the dragon is supposedly buried in the ground, as if he fell from the sky & ended in this position for eternity. This is all in preparation for an upcoming holiday on 29 Nov.
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