The 6th Palang Pintu Festival at Kemang

On June 5th, 2011, i went to The 6th Palang Pintu Festival at Kemang, South Jakarta. It was an annual festival that held to celebrate Jakarta's birthday. This year, The 6th Palang Pintu Festival was held to celebrate the 484th year of Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia.

The Palang Pintu itself is a cultural tradition of Betawi. In English it means "Door Barrier" or "latch". Usually Palang Pintu is attended in Betawi wedding ceremony/ritual. The groom must walk through this Palang Pintu first before they are married.

I went to the festival with my friend, Bella. It took about an hour riding my motorcycle from Pamulang to Kemang. This festival was held in the road of Kemang, about 800 meters length. The traffic was diverted to other ways, so that were no vehicles passing this road, knowing that the festival took the full side of the road.

What were in the festival? Many of them were booth/stalls that sold many stuffs. There were also stages that showed musics and lenong. Because of this festival was a Betawi culture, so there were so many traditional culinary. They were kerak telor, kue rangi, asinan, soto betawi, dodol, wajik and geplak. The others were lekker, hotdogs, sate padang, durian ice cream, and still many. Besides culinary, there were also accessories and clothing, such as moslem clothes, dress, pants, and batik. And one of my favorite booth was a booth that sold ondel-ondel displays and souvenirs made from wood.

These are some pictures i took from the festival:

the welcoming gate, with ondel-ondel on the both sides

people were so crowded !

one of the stages. there were two stages in the festival.

this show was called Debus. they were strong people, they were able to eat fire and whipped. In this picture, the two men were wrapping a child with a cloth then binding her with a rope. They then put the child inside the black material. Less than a minute, the child suddenly appear and running, regardless of the bond.

my new arabic tattoo i got from the festival. it costs Rp 10.000 only ! this will stay at least two weeks

Kerak telor !

 and these are the pictures of the stuffs i bought from the festival (most of them were culinary) :

kerak telor Rp 10.000

kue rangi Rp 5.000 . i bought two :) it's a ketan cake filled with honey/ sugar in the inside, and poured with coconut. so good :)

geplak and dodol betawi. my favorite :) the geplak costs Rp 10.000 each and Rp 15.000 for two pieces of dodol

i bought maicih too, the spicy devil cassava. it costs a bit more expensive than before, Rp 20.000. fyi, it's level 10 !

abon cabe teri bawang. Rp 30.000

owl ring, Rp 25.000

I hope this is just enough for your reference and information, see you again next year in the 7th festival ! :) :)