A decorated carriage drove through the residential streets of Jakarta

Horse-drawn carriage in a residential area
Horse-drawn carriage in a residential area
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I thought that only tourists from somewhere else would ride on such a thing, but apparently not so much. When I was walking in the residential area of Jakarta, I heard the sound of horses' hooves, and I saw a carriage called "Andon" in the distance. I've seen Andon around Fatahillah Square, a tourist attraction, and waiting for customers on the side of the road, but this was the first time I saw an Andon running in a residential area where there were no tourists.

The horses in the carriage were decorated, and the carriage itself was decorated with pom-poms and flowers, creating an extraordinary atmosphere. It was a bit out of place in a residential area filled with everyday life. It's hard to imagine that tourists are coming all the way to a nondescript residential area. It would be the locals who are riding. It seems that even the locals ride in horse-drawn carriages, just as in Juchitán, Mexico, which I visited.

Even in Jakarta, where Bajaj and motorbike taxis are now the main means of transportation for the locals, horse-drawn carriages may have once been the way of transportation for the locals. The horse-drawn carriages driving through the residential areas seemed to be a vestige of that era.

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PHOTO DATA

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11690

Shooting Date

Jan 2020

Posted On

October 6, 2020

Modified On

August 30, 2023

Place

Jakarta, Indonesia

Genre

Street Photography

Camera

SONY ALPHA 7R II

Lens

ZEISS BATIS 2/40 CF

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