Greased Poles Of Indonesia

Every country has it's very own unique traditions and customs. Yakarta is celebrates each anniversary of Independence of Indonesia, with games and the traditional greased pole competition. As in the photo, these poles are greased and therefore very slippery. They are all adorned with bicycles, toys and other objects. The idea is that you try to climb up the pole, if possible, all the way to the top. The higher you could manage to get without falling or sliding down, the better the prizes are. Considering that the poles are very high, it would be quite a task to get up there without them having been heavily greased, making it almost impossible to grab and hang on to. What you can reach and grab is yours, as a prize. And, if you are very good and grabbed more than one prize, how do you bring them down the pole I wonder? Tags:greasedpoles,Indonesia

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