I captured this image at the Bakar Tongkang Festival, Bagansiapi-api, Riau, Indonesia in 2018.
Anticipated the performance, I selected a vantage angle from the higher level.
Deliberately using slow shutter speed to blur the action of performer. Nowadays, such an image can be captured using drones. But I prefer the usual photographic approach of selecting a vantage angle when is available.
The national Festival of Bakar Tongkong (burning the last ship the Chinese sailed in) in Bagansiapi- api, Riau, Sumartra, Indonesia, was originated from 18th Century .
The decision of Chinese migrants to settle in Riau,Sumatra is commemorated annually through this festival on 16th to 17th, in 5th month of Lunar Calendar.
The replica of the ship can measure up to 8.5 meters in length, 1.7 meters in width and weigh up to 400Kg. The procession of the ship is taken through the city to the site where it will be burnt.
Burning a huge replica of the traditional Chinese ship is the highlight of the festival.
The Festival this year was held on 29th & 30th June 2018 (16th, 17th, 5th month of Lunar Calendar).
As many as 69 thousand tourists, consisting of 40 thousand domestic tourists and 29 thousand foreign tourists attended the Festival.
I had an opportunity to witness this traditional religious cultural event of the Bagansiapi-api. Indonesia, recently.
While I was searching a vantage angle to capture the sunset in Belitung, I went through a crevice between the rounded granite boulders. The touch of twilight gave the image a warmer appearance. The lighting condition apparently breaks the monotonous of the whole image.