August 21, 2013

Panjat Pinang

Prizes read (clockwise): 2014 elections, high prices, security forces shootings, weakening rupiah, riots, oil and gas corruption.

Panjat Pinang, a traditional celebration of Indonesia's Independence Day on August 17 that dates back to Dutch colonial days, involves contestants being challenged to scale slippery betel nut tree trunk placed vertically in the ground with a wheel full of prizes at the top.

Kompas - August 21, 2013