Ponorogo – Loud protests over the burning of rickety properties in the Indonesian Consulate General in Davao, Philippines continue to roll in various areas. This time, thousands of residents from various elements of society took to the streets.
The thousands of Ponorogo residents staged the action, starting from aloons, then continuing in front of the district government office, and ending at the Ponorogo DPRD building.
In addition to taking turns cursing the burning of traditional art tools and equipment typical of Ponorogo Regency, the protesters consisting of a combination of reog art lovers, students and community shops also held various reyog art attractions, to ward off the notion that reog is an idol as alleged. .
"We are demonstrating this as a form of strong protest against the Indonesian Consulate General in Davao Philippines, who has set fire to the reyog art property. We demand that the people who set the fires be removed from their positions," said Eko Budi Setyawan, one of the artists of Reyog Ponorogo.
Representatives from the demonstrators then held a hearing on the 2nd floor of the DPRD building on Jalan Aloon-Aloon Timur. They were accepted by elements of the leadership of the Council and Acting Regent of Ponorogo Maskur.
From the meeting, it was agreed that the representatives of the people and the government of the Ponorogo district agreed to protest strongly against the reyog property that was burned at the Indonesian Consulate General in Davao, Philippines.
"As representatives of the people, we are concerned about the burning of Reyog properties, and hope that similar incidents will not happen again, Reyog art is a traditional art typical of our district, so we must protect and preserve it," said DPRD chairman Ali Mufthi.