Rp 3.5 million fund from the capitol city government for every sekaa teruna teruni (STT) – youth organization in each of village traditional area division or known as banjar – in Denpasar precisely is not distributed for the making of ogoh-ogoh – giant sculpture in a monster appearance for parade one day before the Silent Day –
Some STT still collect voluntarily fund from the people. Moreover, there are pakraman village that did not make ogoh-ogoh after received the fund.

Among those ogoh-ogoh makers, one of them said confessed that they did not use the fund from the capitol city government for the making of ogoh-ogoh. But, he admitted that he knew each STT in Denpasar received fund assistance for Rp 3.5 million. Although in the making of ogoh-ogoh he himself did not utilized that fund. “We always ask for fund from the local people around our area instead of using that fund,” said that person who did not the name mentioned.

Ogoh-ogoh makers always collect fund from the people every day. Averagely they could collect around 30 thousand Rupiah per day. He estimated that they could spend around Rp 500 thousands only for a small ogoh-ogoh.

“Of course we will participate in a competition but if we do not pass the selection round then we just parade it around the village,” he added.

Another citizen confessed that even though they used capitol fund still, the making of ogoh-ogoh need more than Rp 3.5 million. That is why they keep collecting fund from the people. “If not from the people fund, we could not find any option to finish ogoh-ogoh,” said that person.

This people’s fund collecting that sometimes makes the citizen nervous. Usually people who did not give some fund will receive ‘terror’ when Nyepi comes such as their roof been thrown by stranger.

Responded toward this problem, the head of Public Relationship and Protocol Division of Denpasar Regional Secretariat, Made Erwin Suryadarma Sena confessed that their party will coordinating it with adat officials – Balinese traditional officials – “This is what we called as adat territory, thus make us have to coordinate it straightly with the recent adat institution,” said Erwin on Monday (8th February).

Related with the fund given by the capitol city government, Erwin asserted that it should not have for the making of ogoh-ogoh. We could take an example from Renon Pakraman Village that never allowed the making of ogoh-ogoh but they receive the fund too. For the utilization of that fund, the government never obligated it for the making of ogoh-ogoh.

“That funds merely a stimulus. Instead of ogoh-ogoh, they could used it for other shape of creaticity,” said Erwin firmly.

News by Nusa Bali