In the mythologies of Indonesia's different ethnics, demons are not necessarily evil. Some of them are good and can be befriended and be useful to humans. They can be used to scare off and drive away evil spirits. Their symbolic representations like these Bangbarongan masked figures are often paraded in rituals to ward off evil spirits.
I took this photo at the Braga Festival last year. Braga Festival is coming up at the end of the month. You should probably plan to spend your end of year holiday in Bandung. We have this festival and huge Chirstmas and End of Year sales coming up soon.
Interesting!
ReplyDeleteIn Japan, we have masks which are similar to those.
Very interesting,I'm sure many tourist will come to the event.
ReplyDeleteWell I'm glad these are good demons. Amazing, they are.
ReplyDeleteOK, I'm coming right over ( I wish!).
that's something unique there.
ReplyDeleteThose are scary looking good demons..
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