Hello dear reader!
Although I am still hot and excited, I would like to share my experience. Unbeknownst to me it was May and my second golden week was already over (unfortunately this means I have only two golden weeks left :().
Oh yeah, those of you who are not familiar with Golden Week , a series of consecutive national holidays starting May 3-5, which are National Remembrance Day, Green Day and Japanese Children's Day, respectively . And in 2017, this holiday starts from Wednesday to Friday, as well as Saturday and Sunday, and finally gets 5 days off, which is very rare for a lab enthusiast like me! This is a really good weekend, especially 5 days in a row! Last year I toured Golden Week there (read my experience here and here). This time I'm alone in Kobe, due to some lab work around me (and financial problems - hahaha). So which part inspires you to share?
On May 4-5, a festival called Motoyama Danjiri Festival 2017 has just been held in Kobe, Higashinada-ku, a sub-district where I live. Danjiri itself literally means "earth wagon" or a kind of wagon in Indonesian. In Japan, Danjiri is shaped like a chariot on top of a Jinja-like house, also known as a temple. This wooden danjiri is engraved with different motifs and arranged in this way with paper lanterns. Danger weighs from hundreds of kilograms to tons, you know! Transportation and industry need so many people. The houses have musical instruments in the form of drums and bells which sound very loud.
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| It's a danger |
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| A kind of big car with carved ornaments, decorated lanterns and a symbol of pride. The wheels are made of a kind of thick wood (??) |
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| Action against Danjiri |
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| Here is an explanation of what is dangerous and what it means. I haven't studied in detail yet, but this Danjiri is made of ebony in the form of a temple / temple / ginger |
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| Description of musical instruments in danger. Usually there are many hard drums and bells. This booklet explains that they have 7 basic rhythms that accompany the dangiri and these rhythms have their own meaning, for example rhyme when you walk straight, when you walk, rest, enjoy and much more, but this basic rhythm can be different. Every dangiri. |
This Danjiri festival is one of the highlights of the area and there are various Danjiri parades in the area where I live. Each region has its own danjiri which adorns and displays them in this competition. Each dangiri has its own name and symbol depending on the region of origin. And from this festival I just found out the name of the area where I live!
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| I am a Danji of Koji Chico where I live |
At the festival, a total of 8-9 Danjiris, representing their districts, representing the provinces of Koji, Tanaka, Tanabe, Kitahata, Nishi-Oki, Okamoto, Ozaki, Nakano and Nuri, sorry if misunderstood. Each group member in each district wears a hippie (Japanese outerwear) with the symbol of Omiyasan - the district belongs to the temple branch (I don't know much about this Omiyasan, but at least what it is) which means, forgive my limited Japanese. .) - The clothes they wear are really traditional.
This is the symbol of Shoji Chikur Omiyasan. There are 4 regions with the same symbol.
I wonder why for the last few weeks, every weekend, the bells and drums have been ringing so loud in the area where I live. Later, when I was going to the lab, I saw the kids being together. It has been proven that they practice their own rhythm and dance to make dangiri.
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| In the village where I live, they practice their dungaris along the way |
The Motoyama Danjiri Festival is held on Motoyama Street. The first day of the festival begins with a dangerous parade in their respective regions. Then all Jerry will gather on this Motoyama Street. Here the judges waited. An interview with Danjiri will be shown in front of the jury and the public.
After the ceremony and the parade in front of the jury and the public, it seemed as if D'Angeri's work had not stopped. They will then take a walk in the Motoyama area. The Danjiri Eight group broke up and marched on the "neighborhood" until 10pm. And it doesn’t stop there. The next day, they return to the show, explore the entire area around Motoyama in the morning, and then return to their area around 9-22: 00.
On the second day, some Danjiris perform a kind of "ritual" in their Jinja or Omiyasan temple. There are 4 areas under this omiasan in my country. They rounded up 4 times before the local VIPs and only then did they run the Danger Parade. - Video danger in the sanctuary
I am really happy to see this Danjiri festival because I really like everything related to traditional culture. If we take a closer look, this festival is actually very similar to Indonesian festivals that use land concepts, such as drum races between RT or RW, where participants are people living in the area, or 17 parades and various competitions. Others, just like in Indonesia, volunteers wearing Danjiri are volunteers. Each region brings together its citizens who voluntarily participate in this agenda, and then practice together, there is no selection or nomination process, and this stems from the citizens' care and sense of responsibility for the success of their region in this local festival . To finance this activity, they voluntarily raise money from local residents and benefit the poor - including me - whose incomes are below average. The average price of each house is at least 1,000 yen, with this money being used to keep dungeons and buy snacks and drinks for the players.
Although it is a developed country in terms of population, system, infrastructure and technology, Japan still maintains such traditional ceremonies. The Motoyama Danjiri Festival itself lasts 30 years and every year it is a routine, although year after year there are many obstacles and it has been discontinued. But community participation as participants and visitors has not diminished so far. I think the tradition of the yogi is Grebeg or Sekaten. If you think about it, this occasion is a bit like the Grebeg or Sekaten tradition. As a yogi, I believe that events like Grebeg or Sekaten are normal, some people even consider such incidents as "endeso" or "old-fashioned" and some find them annoying (because they cause traffic jams, etc.). Well, it's the same here. Not all Japanese, even the area where I live, are happy with the festival. There are some people who feel "annoyed by the word", or are upset that a lot of roads have been closed as a result of this incident, or think that this incident is not important. But we have to keep in mind that there are some people like me who find it very useful at such events. And I'm sure a lot of people are very interested in Sekaten or Grebeg. In my opinion, whatever the progress, tradition is our identity.
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| Grebeg's imitation is much fresher and more lively. It has entered an international festival, you know! |
What I don't care less about is how the people here support this event. The families of the Danjiri players proceeded to accompany Danjiri. It is not uncommon for children to pull the rope removed from their Dangerine as if they were actually pulling it. Whenever the Danjiri passes through a residential area, it is not uncommon for families to come out of these homes to see or receive the Danjiri. Some residents who have been classified as "skilled" serve snacks to Danjiri players and hopefully the next residents (Danjiri's team will stop and serve drinks in front of residents' homes). As I followed one of the Danjiri hills, I also stopped when they stopped at a resident's house where there was a liquor store. The two girls then brought snacks which were served to all the Danjiri players and the residents following Danjiri. I'm the only one who wasn't offered, probably because I'm a foreigner. For some reason this kind of thing makes me think, Indonesia has similarities with Japan. Even in other far-flung countries of Asia, we will not necessarily find the traditional and cultural values that we have felt in Japan. Although a developed country, these cultural values are preserved. In my opinion, there is no reason to preserve our cultural values because of the progress of time.
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| A whole team of Kogi District Dangiri team |
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| Until the night, the locals and the people of Dangiri group were faithful to accompany him in times of danger. |
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| Danjiri has finally returned to the cage |
In fact, if you look at its meaning, this Danjiri festival is full of religious significance, because their rituals include a ganja / temple / temple, although in Japanese life, religion means nothing more than a culture. . During my time at the festival, I had the opportunity to hang out with a few gentlemen from various dangerous bands. When I spoke of the importance of this festival, their reaction was to be proud of their culture and their region, nothing more. Even when I asked about the Jinja / Sanctuary / Temple rituals, they replied that it was just a tradition, they should respect God, but not pray or worship God (a little complicated, right?).
In Japan, it's about pride. This arrogance has taken them where they are now.Maybe now is the time for us to stop being a nation that always despises other nations and despises us. Remember that grass on the other hand is always green. But I can't believe we have something else to be proud of. Stop being jealous of other nations, because this nation can be like that, because this nation can be like that. We can too! What we want is the belief that we can truly rise and move from faith and pride.
Japan lost the first war. But with the principle of "forget the past, let's celebrate the future" they have finally become today's Japanese nation. Remember, we are independent, you know, we should be able to come back!
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