OK. This one article should be enough to wrap up my activities in Aceh on Sunday 21 June 2009. Unlike previous days, this time me and wife decide to just rest in the hotel-room coming down only for breakfast at the in-house cafe and lunch just outside the hotel. But we still have a good night activity. Our host Kak Ann invited us for a dinner function where we get to sit at a VIP table. It is actually a political rally function in support of the incumbent in the race for the Indonesian presidential election.
However our interest lies more on the shows offered. Just like on Friday night where we crashed a private function (look at the article Enjoying Aceh traditional dance by crashing a private function... ), there were shows galore. This time we have extras apart from the fact that we were VIP guests. Among it is a traditional dabus show where the men displayed invulnerability to sharp objects such as swords and such accompanied by hypnotic trance-like chants and percussion music. So just check these videos out...
The opening...
Greetings for the VIP guests...
A religious themed dance by male percussionists...
The formations got more complicated an energetic...
The boys still going on strong...
A customary Quran recital...
A show of patriotism...
The local Bob Marley, Aceh's folk singer Rafly...
At times he sounded like Bob Dylan...
Time for the main course, dabus. But have to get into the mode first...
Now we're talking. Don't watch this if you are faint of heart...
Things heated up some more. Just couldn't breach a hole through that thick skin can you?
If you can watch all the video up to this I guess you can join the warriors cult. That's all...
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