Amid the celebration event a resident in District Telagasari Linggarsari Village, Wednesday (29/10) and then, there is an unusual entertainment. An entertainment that makes the audience become tense at the same time generate the noise, and screaming hysterically. Occasionally making applause turned into festive mood.
Adu sheep, that’s the show that afternoon. Where is the action of 20 sheep at a time into an entertaining spectacle for the citizens of the present tense.
Adang, one of the sheep owners in the event the complaint is said that sheep adu adu these sheep just pure entertainment, there is no element of gambling in it. Because that’s pure entertainment, then the principle of winning and losing does not apply in the performance or game.
In this show, in turn to a pair of sheep was put into an arena for clashing forces. Own game arena in the form of a stage above the courtyard that coarse bran sprinkled on top, where each side was given a bamboo fence to keep the audience in order to avoid the sheep that acts tantrums.
The game itself is running quite exciting, where with the help of the owner or jokinya, two sheep in the arena will be clashing forces through his horn. Otherwise the game is over when there are sheep who judged already surrendered. Sheep that had been surrendered this usually looks away from his opponent’s attacks, even running away from the location of the match. At that, the owner or the jockey will secure the sheep before the injured or even bleeding.
“Maximum penalty for each sheep as in hit with 20 times tandukan, do not get hurt. If prior to 20 times tandukan there are injuries, then we separate, “Adang said.
At the same time preserve the culture Exhortation Farming
Looking at history and some records there, fighting the sheep is indeed an unusual show for the citizens of Karawang. Because, as expressed Adang and his colleagues, was originated from sheep fights Bandung.
“Since it went too Sundanese culture, then we as citizens of Karawang is predominantly Sundanese, intending to preserve the culture that has existed since before this,” explained one of the co Adang.
In addition, this show is intended as a form of socialization, which includes an invitation for people to develop business Karawang sheep and goats that had been started to be forgotten.
In Karawang, as expressed by Adang, now have fewer and fewer people are interested in becoming a breeder of sheep or goats. As a result, often the needs of sheep and goats, mainly for the consumption of residents in the market must rely on shipments from out of town, like from Garut.
“It’s better for you if the local consumption needs, produced from cattle Donegal own citizens,” said Adang, who acts as coordinator HPDKI Karawang.
HPDKI (Sheep Goat Breeders Association of Indonesia), organizations that already have many branches in different cities, is a container which is responsible for sheep and goat breeders who also assembled the complainant therein sheep that exist in Indonesia. No exception in Karawang. According Adang, since three years ago HPDKI Karawang Branch has been formed with members until now been scattered in several districts including Ofshore, Telagasari, Cikampek and battle.
Adang said that he and his colleagues who had joined in a set that berasaskan this family, openly invites the sheep and goat farmers in Karawang to join with them. According Adang, at least through this container breeder can exchange information about the livestock business, discuss issues or problems that exist, and amuse themselves by pitting.
“There is currently no routine agenda, but for the future have been planned for the show regularly,” explained Adang in the Muslim too.
“We do not have a specific tariff, the minimum cost of transport alone,” Adang said that diamini enthusiastic colleagues.
From the people complaining, it’s better pitting. From the people watching the fights on the pretext of political, pitting the pretext of better entertainment. That’s about the message that also wants to be conveyed by the complainant and sheep farmer in Karawang this.