Celebration of Nyepi of the Saka New Year 1937 is inseparable from the implementation of ogoh-ogoh parade on the Pengerupukan night before Nyepi, Friday (Mar. 20) at several villages in the city of Denpasar. Tonja and Oongan customary village in North Denpasar subdistrict and Sumer village in East Denpasar, for instance, held the parade of ogoh-ogoh or papier mâché demon concentrated at central intersection of the local village. Implementation of the ogoh-ogoh parade was opened by Denpasar Mayor I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra accompanied by subdistrict head, customary village chief and headman.

At the same time, Deputy Mayor IGN Jaya Negara also officially opened the ogoh-ogoh parade at Kesiman centralized at the Tohpati intersection. At Tonja and Oongan village, dozens of ogoh-ogoh have lined up and ready to do the attractions after Mayor Rai Mantra beat the gong accompanied by the strains of baleganjur gamelan music.

The atmosphere was getting more festive when the first appearance of the ogoh-ogoh owned by the customary village youth club of Tatasan Kelod in the figure of ten-headed and four-handed giant in combination with fragmentary show that illustrates the theme of the ogoh-ogoh. The audience did not want to miss out to record the ogoh-ogoh attraction of Tonja and Oongan village where the parade has entered the fourth year.

After the opening of the ogoh-ogoh parade at Tonja, Mayor Rai Mantra by riding motorcycle continued to open the ogoh-ogoh parade at Sumerta village. By beating the gong, Mayor Rai Mantra officially opened the ogoh-ogoh parade at Sumerta village that begins with the appearance of ogoh-ogoh in the form of Celuluk made by the Yowana Padma Citta customary village youth club of Bengkel hamlet. A total of 13 participants enlivened the ogoh-ogoh parade initiated by the association of customary village youth clubs of Sumerta village together with traditional leaders of local villages. Appearance of the ogoh-ogoh of Bengkel hamlet in the form of Leak Celuluk made the audience curious and pushed into the area of the show.

According to the Chief of the Yowana Padma Citta customary village, I Putu Adi Putra Sanjaya, the making of the ogoh-ogoh of large size has become a regular activity every year at Bengkel hamlet. The concept of making the large ogoh-ogoh started in 2012 and continued until 2015 with the weight of 2 tons, the length of 12 meters and the height of 5 meters. (BTN/kmb)

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