Festival kuil / Temple festival

Begitu melihat dan tahu festival ini di acara Suka-suka Kompastv, saya langsung terkejut. Ternyata acara yang berlangsung di India ini diikuti oleh para pria yang berdandan persis seperti perempuan India dengan sari dan makeupnya. Dandanan dan pakaian merekapun tidak asal-asalan saja, tapi betul-betul rapi dan sempurna seperti layaknya kalau seorang pria di makeover oleh ahli kecantikan. Hingga menjelma menjadi wanita sempurna. Mereka pun tidak ada yang senyum-senyum atau tertawa-tawa  karena geli dengan pakaian dan dandanan mereka sendiri. Ataupun saling mengejek satu sama lain. Tapi layaknya sebuah upacara ritual agama, semua dan segala sesuatunya berlangsung dengan tertib dan khidmat.

Tujuannya adalah untuk memenuhi nazar dan menyenangkan dewi. Prinsipnya adalah kalau dewi yang disembah bahagia, maka ia akan meluluskan permintaan kita. Jadi acara ini mestinya berlangsung secara sakral. Tapi komentar pembawa acaranya lain. Begitu mulai ditayangkan langsung berkomentar kalau ini bukan di Taman Lawang. Untuk diketahui bahwa Taman Lawang adalah nama sebuah tempat prostitusi untuk waria di Jakarta. Kemudian masih ditambah kalau selain bisa membahagiakan dewi juga bisa memenuhi hasrat dan keinginan sendiri.

English

One look and knew this festival in Suka-suka KompasTV event, I was immediately shocked. It turns out that the event took place in India is followed by the men who dress exactly like the Indian women with saree and  their makeup. Their dress and clothing also do not perfunctory, but really neat and perfect like when a man in a makeover by beauty experts. Until transformed into a perfect woman. None of them  smiles or laughs because it amused with their own clothes and makeup. Or teasing each other. But like a religious ritual, all and everything takes place in an orderly and solemn.

The goal is to fulfill their vows  and to please the goddess. The principle is if the Goddess who we worship happy, then she will pass our request. So this event should occured  sacred. But the host's comments are different. When began airing immediately commented that this was not at Taman Lawang.  Please be aware that Taman Lawang is the name of a place of prostitution for transvestites in Jakarta. Then they added that beside it can pleases their goddess, they can also fulfill their own desires and wishes.

Transsexual Teen Beauty Queen

It is a documentary film about a boy who became a girl at the age of 16th. Because of her age,   she becomes popular as the youngest transgender in the world. When he was a boy, his name is Jack. And became Jackie when he became a girl. She lives in England and trying to attend some beauty contests. A beauty contest which attended by normal women and not transgender like in Thailand. She also tries to attend Miss England more than once.  Her detail news is also available here in Mail Online.

Men under the Surgical knives - Ladyboys (Kathoey) - Full Documentary

This video contains the detail life of ladyboys, especially in Thailand and a little in England and also in USA. Some ladyboy figures  were displayed in this video. From ordinary ladyboys  until celebrity ladyboys. More than one story are there in this video.

From successful stories of celebrity ladyboys who have succeeded. Like  Belle who got famous because of  the contest Thailand's Got Talent  and became  an international singer. Nok who runs a business Jewelry channel and also an activist. Also Poy who is an actress. Until the love stories between 2 ladyboys and their boyfriends.

It also contains a famous  event that called transgender beauty pageant which took place in Thailand and the stories of the contestants like Sahhara, a Nigerian who lives in England  and Mokha, an American dancer who works  in a night club .

Beside that it also highlights about a famous phenomena that is genital surgery. An American military veteran who  underwent a genital surgery and also a medical doctor who used to operate on ladyboys.

Nightlife and evening entertainment also highlighted. From a conventional story about a ladyboys cabaret named Alcazar with the stories of the owner,  the stars and also the employees who work there  until a breakthrough of an airline that employed transgender flight attendants.

Baby doll in bed

Jarik

aJA seRIK
Itu arti filosofi dari jarik.
Artinya jangan iri terhadap orang lain.
Tapi bisa juga diartikan menjadi jangan serik kalau dibilang kampungan ndeso.
Lantaran ketinggalan jaman dan ketinggalan mode.
Walaupun itulah yang dipakai para bangsawan Jawa.
Bahkan ada istilah lain yang lebih anggun yaitu aristokrat Jawa.

JArang diliRIK.
Memang itulah keadaannya.
Semakin ditinggalkan oleh kebanyakan dari kita.

JAngan diliRIK.
Kalau ini adalah peringatan  buat para penggemar berat busana Jawa.
Soalnya sekali lirik bisa-bisa tergoda dan hawa nafsu bisa naik sampai kepala.

diJAbarkan dan ditaRIK.
Itulah cara memakainya.
Dibuka dan ditarik mengelilingi pinggang  kuat-kuat.

kalau JAlan diliRIK.
Kalau sudah memakai busana ini, kain kebaya.
Bisa-bisa orang lain pada ngelirik begitu lihat kita berjalan.

kalau JAlan meliRIK.
Sementara buat pemakainya sendiri bisa-bisa jalan sambil lirak-lirik.
Soalnya malu terlihat begitu anggun dan lain daripada yang lain.

rela diJAjah asal menaRIK
Seluruh badan dari kaki sampai kepala rela dipakaikan sandal jinjit, jarik,  corset, kebaya dan sanggul.
Asal akhirnya bisa tampil cantik dan anggun.

JAdilah putRI Kartini
Inilah yang biasa didengungkan di hari yang bertanggal 21 April.
Meneladani pahlawan emansipasi wanita Indonesia.
Entah cuma soal pakaiannya  ataupun sampai ke ideologinya.
Sekali lagi, selamat hari Kartini !

HAMZAH HZ - JOGJA THE CITY OF TOLERANCE

Coba anda perhatikan tayangan pada menit ke 3:45 dimana para srikandi sudah berdandan rapi dalam balutan busana kain kebaya. Sungguh terlihat cantik dan anggun.  Cuma sayang mereka kelihatannya masih agak kaku ketika berjalan. Malah ada salah satu dari para srikandi yang berjalan dengan tangan bergaya seperti mau lari ala almarhum Karjo ACDC. Mungkin para srikandi kita kurang terbiasa dengan kain jarik wiron yang membebat erat kaki mereka, sehingga mengharuskan mereka berjalan dengan langkah yang kecil-kecil dan perlahan-lahan sambil disertai dengan lenggang lenggok. Mungkin mereka lebih terbiasa dengan pakaian yang sexy dan terbuka. Tapi bagaimanapun patut kita hargai penampilan mereka dalam balutan busana kain kebaya. Apalagi kain jariknya kelihatannya masih tradisional berupa lembaran asli yang diwiru dan pemakaiannya tentu lebih sulit bila dibandingkan dengan yang sudah dijahit menjadi rok.

Berhubung beberapa hari lagi kita akan merayakan hari Kartini, maka saya sekaligus juga ingin mengucapkan selamat hari Kartini bagi para wanita Indonesia dan juga bagi mereka yang merasa diri mereka wanita.

Kebaya pink dengan batik Pekalongan

What’s in a name ?

What’s in a name ?
That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
What’s in a name ?
A lady  which named "Di" by any other name would smile as sweet
What’s in a name ?
A lady  which named "Boy" by any other name would smile as sweet ?
What’s in a name ?
A lady  which named "Boy" in Thailand by any other name would smile sweeter and more perfect  ?
What’s in a name ?
A lady  which named "Boy" in Thailand by any other name would look more perfect  and more gorgeous ?
So, what's in a name ?
If she's more beautiful than a lady, she must be  a ladyboy !

Erika Linder & Andrej Pejic

I read about this couple on internet. If it's true, so it would make us confused. Because the woman is so handsome and the gentleman is so pretty.

This will make us asking. Which one is the lady ? And which one is the gentleman ? More over, Andre Pejic often posed and photographed as a woman. While in opposite, Erika Linder often posed and photographed as a gentleman.

This situation reminds me of an old Javanese saying that says "wolak walik ing jaman". In English means "the upside down of the era". A man turns to be a woman and a woman turns to be a man. Is the end of the world already near ?

Kebaya hijau dengan selendang bulu hijau