Si Gale Gale Dancing Puppet

Versatile Zone before the Indonesian Pavilion at World Expo 2010 Shanghai to visitors passing through the room is dominated by black and the color named Black Box is Gale-Gale. Here is a statue of the puppet, which is a Si-Gale, Gale, himself. Mainly made of wood and iron, a little 'ornament wearing a traditional dress in North Sumatra, Gale, Gale, recalls an adult friend. And this doll can dance.

Si-Gale, Gale doll is used in a ritual held for two months after the death of a rich person has no descendants. This doll is Lumbang Gambira, Negri Garoga, Samosir, and the border was Gayus Horb ugly. A puppet to represent the deceased, who asked not to cause damage is a living being, or revenge, because they died without problems, with the consequence of their status in the next word is reduced.

The puppets will perform the funeral dance called Tor Tor-Si Gale Storm. The purpose of dance is to dispel the disappointment of deaths because of their lack of offspring. Batak believe that to die without children, especially the son, is the destination town. Their souls are forced to travel Middle Earth with no family to pray for them. According to local custom, after the funeral of Si-Gale Gale is supposed to be destroyed.

Special person named Datu had the honor to manipulate the strings to make Si-Gale, Gale, a funeral dance, drag springs hidden in the wooden box in which is considered the Si-Gale, Gale. Si-Gale, Gale, a traditional Batak dance music in the background. In the original version of the music played live, but now the music of reproductive technology advances and practical reason. Although rare in a quiet, Si-Gale, Gale, dance is one of the tourist attractions in Samosir, an island in the middle of Lake Toba, North Sumatra. At the same time, puppet shows in Indonesia is a courtesy Art Pavilion