Considered Disrupting Order, Silver Man And Ondel-Ondel Raided

Raids "silver man" (Photo via ANTARA / HO-Documentation of West Jakarta Social Service)

JAKARTA - How often do you see silver and ondel-ondel humans at the crossroads? Are you comfortable with the silver and ondel-ondel humans who often ask for money?

For the East Jakarta Civil Service Police Unit, the presence of silver men and ondel-ondel is considered to have disturbed public order. No doubt, the East Jakarta Satpol PP has intensified the raids on Persons with Social Welfare Problems (PMKS).

"Since Monday (7/9) until today, we have continued to intensify the control of silver and ondel-ondel people who are considered to be disturbing public order," said East Jakarta Head of Satpol PP Budhy Novian in Jakarta, Wednesday, as reported by Antara, September 9. .

Satpol PP admitted that they often received complaints from residents about the activities of the silver and ondel-ondel people. The raid this time was held in order to follow up on complaints from the public regarding PMKS activities that were considered disturbing the community, especially road users.

Budhy said that this silver man was inspired by the activities of mime artists. However, they are prohibited from picking up or begging in public facilities, including at traffic light intersections.

"The main thing is public facilities, so the phenomenon is disturbing order. When the car stops at a red light," he said.

Meanwhile, the control of PMKS from Betawi ondel-ondel circles was motivated by the agreement between the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and Betawi residents that the art of ondel-ondel must be guided and not performed 'wildly'.

"We at the provincial level have coordinated with Betawi culture and cultural activists to make a mutual agreement that this ondel-ondel should be fostered instead of being used to sing. Because in addition to endangering its users it can also disturb traffic order," he said.

The VOI research team has written the history of ondel-ondel. Since ancient times, ondel-ondel has always been the prima donna of all the most anticipated shows when Eid arrives. This is because when the giant doll started to enter the village, people, regardless of whether they were young or old, immediately rushed out of the house to watch the waddle of ondel-ondel. For details, click here.

"Regarding ondel-ondel, it is also stated in the DKI Jakarta Regional Regulation Number 4 of 2015 concerning the Preservation of Betawi Culture," he said.

In this controlling activity, the East Jakarta Satpol PP deployed ten to 15 personnel for each sub-district and combined with 15 personnel each.

Officers were deployed to a number of public roads in East Jakarta to curb the silver and ondel-ondel people. Although he did not specify the number of PMKS who were successfully netted, Budhy estimated that an average of three to six people were netted a day.

"We leave them with the Social Service," he said.