Tameng and head cover of bamboo material already sticks in the body. The hose is how long then they are directly involved in the fight, each other throws the fruits of the rot to his opponent. The degan of wars is one of the creativity of locals in the Cikarembi West Java area, to establish silaturahmi while utilizing abundant tomato harvest so many are not sold and become rot.
If it is decorated from his background, the tomato war is the efforts of citizens to take advantage of the freestanding rot tomato. If the harvest is abundant but the price such as anjlok and intangible, then they utilize the excess of the harvest to be used as an entertaining performance for the farmers themselves and also the surroundings.
But behind the destruction of the price of the tomato, they get happiness even though only in the moment. The happiness that was devoted to unleash their courage by interfering with rotting tomatoes to fellow villagers.
Their forward hope, the Tomato War becomes an annual cultural event that is able to attract visitors to add other income, when the Tomato harvest is perfect.
Photo & script : Agus Bebeng
