Technological
progress is not always able overcome the problems faced by humanity. This can
be seen in people’s lives in overcoming various natural phenomena to defend
themselves from a variety of disorders. For example, to repel birds in the
fields, the famers in Bali do something like make scarecrow and make the
propeller from scarf materials.
In Bali, scarecrow known as
“lelakut”. This statue is made of straw materials are formed in such a way that
it resembles a human’s body. After similar like humans, the famers usually put
on clothes like shirt, pants, and hats. The statue is then place in several
areas on the field. The more the statue is more effective to
repel birds that
like to eat rice in the field. Besides that, the famers also make the propeller
from scarf materials such as can, bamboo, and plastic. Can used for producing
sounds, bamboo is used as platform, and plastic is used as a screen for windmill
blades. This equipment is hanged with a rope on the end of bamboo poles in
order to adjust to the direction the wind blows. Wheels kept turning and moving
the bat. Stick of bamboo will spank cans and produce sound. Although the
resulting sound produced is very noisy, but it is also able to repel birds in
the fields. Usually many famer make that when the harvest period comes because
of the season a lot of birds that want to steal rice in the field. Thanks to
the power of this traditional way, so that famers in Bali are still using the
traditional way to repel birds until today.
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