Viral, Ki Seno Nugroho's Video Takes Firm Action Against The Perpetrators Of Sexual Harassment

Illustration of Sexual Harassment (photo: unsplash)

JAKARTA - Harassment can be done in various ways, there are physical, verbal, even virtual. When netizens criticized the appearance of Saipul Jamil again on television, Ki Seno Nugroho's video dealing with sexual harassment went viral.

In the video circulating, the late Ki Seno was emotional when he saw his sinden being harassed by the audience. Initially, Ki Seno enjoyed his stage by joking with the musicians and singers.

When he was about to come back to perform, Ki Seno performed and looked angry with a spectator. He was angry because a spectator was harassing his sinden.

At first the audience was still laughing, but when Ki Seno continued to scold the audience in Javanese, all the audience was silent.

"Oh, your mouth. Be polite, mas. You can speak but be polite. Not really human? You think that Sinden is finished from Sarkem," Ki Seno was angry.

Then, Ki Seno reminded the audience to speak politely and stated that the sinden is a cinematic figure who has worked hard.

"You can shout, mas. But you have to respect. This sinden is an artist. Here you are, if you talk as long as I stuff your mouth" Ki Seno sprayed.

The video came to the attention of netizens when it was uploaded on TikTok by the @anindya503 account. "Great, it turns out that the deceased was firm!" write netizens in the comments column

"Benevolent dalang, always happy, blessed with long life health and God protect always. Amen," said the netizen.

Ki Seno Nugroho, the famous puppeteer from Jogja, is very well known to millennials who like traditional culture. Even for millennials who don't understand Javanese, Ki Seno Nugroho managed to make them fall in love with wayang.

Seno Nugroho is a young puppeteer from Yogyakarta who is known as one of the modern puppeteers who adapts his puppetry style to today's audience. The puppeteer who was born on August 23, 1972 is a descendant of the famous Yogyakarta style puppeteer (late) Ki Suparman Cermowiyoto.

However, in wayang performances, Ki Dalang Seno Nugroho combines Yogyakarta style with Solo style. Ki Seno Nugroho passed away on November 3, 2020.