Java Jamboree: For Adults Only

Forget Kelereng, Bekel or Kuda Lumping - these are just traditional toys for Indonesian children. There is a more interesting game for adults and all you need would be just a bamboo pole smeared with oil. Hang some goodies at the top of the pole and get young men to climb the pole to retrieve the goodies and voila! You'd have an interesting game which brings tremendous delights to both participants and spectators! On our way to Batu, we saw just this game and our guide kindly stopped the car so that we could have a first hand view of the traditional game and take snapshots of it. Then, I remember seeing a bicycle hanging at the top of a bamboo pole in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah and I figure this traditional game was organised in conjuction with Indonesia Independence Day. Indeed, the whole of Java was having a jamboree!


A game for the adults...

Traveling Tip: Go traditional!