I don’t know if this is a ritual, a protest, if they’re being punished for something, or it’s a new crop of tech support.
[Found in here.]
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Well looky what the google found. From here:
JAKARTA: Six residents of Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, buried themselves up to their shoulders on Monday in protest of a government plan to evict them from their homes.
The residents buried themselves 1.2 meters deep in the ground.
Salman, 52, one of the residents, said he had been left with no other option to defend his land.
“It is a fight for my children and grandchildren,” he said.
Salman and other residents said they had been living in the area for more than 57 years. The government recently announced a plan to build an office for the religious court on the land.
Two people fainted during the protest, which lasted an hour, Tempointeraktif.com reported.
Tags: heads, Indonesia, Jakarta, live burial, Protest
Wednesday, 13 October 2010 at 3:43 AM
That’s really a pitiful condition for the people above in the photo who have buried themselves partially.
Wednesday, 13 October 2010 at 7:05 AM
Maybe you can have a friend who is able to convince the foreman to lie in front of the bulldozers in your place, but it’s a stretch to think that he’ll be able to convince the foreman to allow himself to be buried to the neck in front of the bulldozers.
What are they going to do if they’re told, “Ok, you can stay if you sign these papers in the next 30 seconds?”
Wednesday, 13 October 2010 at 10:55 AM
Tania– Apparently they were only there for an hour, then off to the showers.
wheels– I don’t know the law in Jakarta, but it sounds like eminent domain is in the works here.
Thursday, 14 October 2010 at 7:28 AM
I only want to buried like that to protest my death.
Eviction after 57 years to build a religious court? … I bet the religious court people feel really proud about now.
Thursday, 14 October 2010 at 1:11 PM
reminds me of the movie caligula
Thursday, 14 October 2010 at 8:10 PM
Amy– Protesters always remind me of Caligula, too. I don’t know why.