9/01/2007

“Bondo Nekad”: Another Dimension of Hooliganism

The soccer match between Mitra of Surabaya and Mastrans of Bandung was marred by hooliganism primarily by Mitra supporters from Surabaya. When Mitra was defeated in a penalty kickoff, its supporters went wild, stoning cars and buildings in the streets as they moved from Senayan stadium to the railway station, snatching food from street-side stalls without paying and then boarding trains to Surabaya without purchasing tickets. On their homeward journey they hurled stones at anything: station platforms, watch houses at crossroads, shops along the track, passing cars and others.
That youths group proudly called themselves the bondo nekad group, meaning a group of daring young people with guts to embark on something risky or dangerous. To go to Jakarta, to stay there for at least 15 hours, to go back and forth between the railway station and Senayan stadium in Jakarta and then to go back to Surabaya without enough money for tickets, food or drinks is a “very daring” act indeed. But at the same time it is also “very risky” and “very stupid”. nekad means: risky, stupid guts. The word has a negative connotation, which is a readiness to violate rules and regulations if necessary to accomplish whatever one has decided to achieve from the outside.
Bondo Nekad roughly translates to only having stupid guts as one’s capital, as one’s driving force for an action. This expression is usually used to denote an act carried out solely on the basis of guts, without the support of adequate knowledge, skills or logistics; without the simplest calculation concerning the risks that may be involved. Vandalism by soccer supporters is not a new phenomenon in Indonesia. It has happened many times before. Hurling stones from train wagons at anything outside is also not new to Surabaya soccer fans. This happens every time the Surabaya team ids defeated. This incident has customarily been attributed to fanaticism and a lack of good sportsmanship. But there is a new element in the latest incident. In earlier incidents soccer fans involved in vandalism were people with money to pay for their trios, food and drink, but last time they were practically-bankrupt youths. This new events are something which may reflect a more serious social situation than just temporary acts of vandalism.


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