It is the season for festivals! I am so happy !
My friend just sent me that there's a festival, with jazz would be playing on the clouds. It's Dieng Culture Festival. We usually do that, i mean when there's a festival or movie screening or just music event, we sent each other that info. And it stopped until the sending info, and in the end we often not attend to the events.
This time, off we go! It was not planned. They say, things without plan will happen more exciting. And i always agree. This time too.
Indonesia is a very beautiful country. Every side of it, it left me an awe feeling. The fields, the mountains, the sky, the trees, even the road, it makes me feel so lucky to be an Indonesian. It rises my nationalism and thankful feeling. And i am so proud. This festival too, it made me so proud that we still have doing this kind of tradition.
There was something unique in this Dieng Culture Festival. We see the jazz performance from great musicians on the mountain. That's why the concept is said jazz on the cloud. After having a very good plays for our ears, we had a chance to witness thousand of lanterns fly on the sky. It was so beautiful. I have see some people even wrote down their hopes and dreams on the lanterns before fly it high. It was such an amazing experience. It was just so good.
Other uniqueness is we can follow the sequence of hair-cutting event. Rambut Gembel was the hair-cutting event that was devoted to the children with unique hair. It was rambut gembel. It was like hair in reggae musician, just the hair grow naturally on this children. In Indonesia, it is said as Gimbal and people with the hair like that are usually seen like neglected people (Gembel) and that's why the name is Rambut Gembel. And it has story in it. The natives said that the children got high fever when they were babies and after that the hair would grow. Funny is the hair is not grow fully like that, they still has their own hair whether it straight or curly hair. The rambut gembel can not be cutting unless the children wants the hair to be cut, by themselves. If they are forced to cut the hair, they will have high fever and it will grow like that again. And when they want the hair cut, they usually ask for somethings as repay, like when i was there, one girl ask for a big pink bear doll, and there are cats, and other asked for a cow as a repay. The natives said too that they ask for various things, even just for an apple as a repay.
One morning in Dieng, we made our time to climb the mountain to witness the beauty of sunrise. It was a very long road and i always hate the idea of climbing a mountain, or the stairs. I really hate it. I just hate it. But turns out i always climb a mountain wherever i go. I hate it. I just hate the fact that i probably love it. I always stopped for some times to breath. And in every steps, i see the sky, the stones road, it makes me.. speechless. The scenery is just naturally, effortlessly beautiful. The rays of the sun, the trees, the sky, it was so perfect. I think my life right now is like climbing the mountains. It is full of tears, full of sweats but i will got the beautiful things, in the end. All is well. All is well.
I
have visited Wonosobo before with my family, but we have no chance to
come to the event like this. And when i went back there, i was so
excited. For the event and for these two things. Mie Ongklok and Bubur
Ketan Hitam.
The festive mood is not stand still. We were just celebrated the Independence day, and it was so fun too! Dirgahayu Republik Indonesia, Saya bangga. :)
