Yesterday, 17 August 2011, was the 66th anniversary of my beloved country. I was happy when I saw Google also celebrates this moment, by adding an illustration of Pinang Climbing game to its logo.
This tree Climbing game is no ordinary competition, we can find this cheerful activity in every village in Indonesia whenever our independence day arrives. The game is consist of a group of male or boys, they try to go up and climb the tree to reach out various prizes (such as bike, dvd player, clothes, tape recorder, etc) that has planted on the top. It sounds easy, but not.
The tree is 10-12 meter high, people cut it few days before the event, they peel its rough outer skin, exposing its white smooth surface. Then the tree dried in the open air. A day before the tree is planted on the muddy ground, they cover its surface with grease/motor oil after they put a 2 meters ring where all the prizes attached on top. Hm, wanna try and slip down? Prego.
The fun is when we see the group try to climb up and keep slipping down one after another from their friends shoulders and off from the tree that they hold on to. The higher the get, the fastest they slip and landing on the muddy ground. Happy Anniversary...
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