Traditional circuses area alternative, small amusement park in Indonesia

They move from place to place. They usually open in open spaces, like football field or abandoned lands. The circus will open for a month and then moves to other place.

Their popular attractions are merry-go-round, ghost house, and "tong setan". Merry-go-round is (Concise Oxford Dictionary):

1 a revolving machine with model horses or cars on which people ride for amusement.
2 a continuous cycle of activities or events.

I call them traditional circuses because their tools are simple and still manual. Merry-go-round in this photo does not use electrical machine. It is worked by movement of a young man. He pedals the machine to make merry-go-round moves.

Tickets are cheap. Only Rp 10.000 (under US$ 1) per person. I can not imagine how this business runs. How could employer pay his labours and families? In fact, this business still runs until now. They will survive as long as people still like their attractions.

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Category	Cityscapephotography
Settings	1/30 sec. f/10 18mm ISO 3200
Camera	Canon EOS 500D (Rebel T1i)
Lens	Canon EF-S 18-55mm
Location	Bogor, West Java

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[ Bahasa Indonesia Version ]

Komedi putar di sirkus tradisional.

Sirkus keliling adalah pemandangan umum di Indonesia. Mereka berpindah-pindah dan biasanya membuka sirkusnya di lapangan terbuka. Mungkin lapangan bola atau tanah kosong. Mereka buka sekitar sebulan, lalu pindah ke daerah lain.

Andalan mereka adalah komedi putar, rumah hantu, dan tong setan. Saya menyebutnya sirkus tradisional karena mereka menjalankan peralatan itu secara sederhana, kebanyakan manual. Komedi putar yang saya foto ini, misalnya, tidak dijalankan dengan listrik tapi tenaga manusia. Ada seorang lelaki yang mengayuh pedal seperti sepeda yang akan menggerakkan komedi putar.

Tiketnya murah, hanya sekitar Rp 10.000. Saya tidak membayangkan bagaimana mereka menjalankan bisnis ini. Bagaimana majikannya menafkahi para pegawai dan keluarga mereka. Nyatanya, bisnis ini terus berjalan.

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