# Umbul-umbul

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Type of flag from Java and Bali, Indonesia

Traditional Balinese red and white *umbul-umbul* are curved and decorated with *janur* (young coconut leaf).

**Umbul-umbul**, also called **rérontek** or, archaically, **tunggul**,[1] are a type of [flag](/source/Flag) or [pennant](/source/Pennon) made of a strip of cloth whose longer side is attached to a pole.[2] They are used in the traditional culture of [Java](/source/Java) and [Bali](/source/Bali), [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia), where they are carried in festivals[3] and serve other decorative purposes. Red and white Umbul-umbuls are raised throughout Indonesia along streets in August to commemorate the [Indonesian independence day](/source/Independence_Day_(Indonesia)).

Traditional umbul-umbul in Java and Bali are usually curved, because they are posted on [bamboo](/source/Bamboo) poles which are flexible and swing in the wind. Traditional umbul-umbul are akin to Balinese *penjor*, raised during [Galungan](/source/Galungan) festival. *Penjor* are curved bamboo poles decorated with woven *janur*, young coconut leaf that is also the material to make [ketupat](/source/Ketupat) woven pouches. The tips are often decorated with woven *janur* ornaments. Modern umbul-umbul are usually fixed to straight metal flagpoles.

## Etymology

Modern *umbul-umbul* are posted on straight metal pole.

A [Sundanese language](/source/Sundanese_language) dictionary of 1862 translates the word "umbul-umbul" as "a banner; any signal, as a flag or other object, hoisted so as to be seen at a distance. Banners carried about the person of native chiefs. A small flag attached to a spear." It also notes that the same word, pronounced differently, means "to come in sight, to show up".[4]

## See also

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- [Nobori](/source/Nobori), slightly similar Japanese vertical banner

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hinzler, H. I. R. (1986). [*Catalogue of Balinese Manuscripts in the Library of the University of Leiden and Other Collections in the Netherlands*](https://books.google.com/books?id=IxAVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA300). Neubronner van der Tuuk, Herman. Brill Archive. p. 300. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [90-04-07236-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/90-04-07236-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Robson, Stuart O.; Wibisono, Singgih; Kurniasih, Yacinta (2002). [*Javanese-English Dictionary*](https://books.google.com/books?id=SbiKu52WZr0C&pg=PA779). Tuttle Publishing. p. 779. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7946-0000-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7946-0000-X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Bensley, Bill (2008). [*Paradise by Design*](https://books.google.com/books?id=lu9VJ99vPWEC&pg=PA116). Tuttle Publishing. p. 116. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7946-0493-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7946-0493-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Rigg, Jonathan (1862). [*A Dictionary of the Sunda Language of Java*](https://books.google.com/books?id=1PIUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA519). Lange.

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