History & contest Panjat Pinang (climbing nut) in Indonesia

you must be familiar with this one race, a race that is almost always at every Indonesian independence celebration.
This race is usually held in the village and in the city. areca climbing is a compulsory agenda for every race in the village, with various kinds of hadi presented by the competition committee.

but of all those who know about the climbing of the palm, do you know the history of the areca climbing itself, you don’t know yet, let’s discuss history and what is the climbing of betel nut.

Panjat Pinang is one of the popular traditional competitions at the Republic independence celebration which is celebrated on every 17 August, to commemorate Indonesia’s independence day which was achieved on 17 August 1945.

Areca climbing started from the Dutch colonial era. The betel climbing competition is held by the Dutch if they are holding large events such as celebrations, weddings, and others. The people who participated in this competition were indigenous people.

And now, from the many competitions held on August 17 celebrations, the Indonesian independence day, such as incomplete if there is no areca climbing competition.

The betel climbing competition is often done at the end of all competitions or matches. In every RT and RW to village, and sub-district to district and province, almost never absent from organizing the betel climbing event.

How to play areca climbing competitions

A straight and tall betel tree and covered with lubricants are prepared by the competition committee. At the top of the areca tree trunk, various attractive prizes were prepared. The participants competed to get these prizes by climbing tree trunks.

The straight areca palm tree trunk is slippery because it has been given lubricant, the betel climbing participants often fall down and keep repeating until they get the prize above. The creativity and cooperation of the participants to climb the tree trunk is what usually manages to overcome the slippery trunk of the tree, and becomes an attractive attraction for the audience. The prize is then distributed to each participant.

The origin of the history of areca climbing

Areca palm climbing dates back to the days of Dutch colonialism. The procedure for this game hasn’t changed since long ago. The climbing competition is held by Dutch people if they are holding big events such as celebrations, weddings, and so on.

However, those who participated in the competition were indigenous people who were participants in the areca nut climbing. Various prizes have also been prepared which will be contested by the betel nut participants.

Gifts are usually in the form of food ingredients such as cheese, sugar, and clothing, understandably among the natives at the time, such items included luxury.

While the natives struggled to win prizes, the Dutch just watched while laughing loudly at the struggle of the natives who joined the betel climbing.

In essence, areca climbing is considered as an entertainment as well as a joke for the Dutch people at that time. In fact, this betel-climbing climb has not changed to this day.

Source : http://www.netralnews.com/news/singkapsejarah/read/95619/inilah.asal.usul.sejarah.lomba.panjat.pi