The History of Catfish's Statue into The Clock in Bekasi

Nama : Dyah Lupithasari

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         Previously, Bekasi has a statue of a famous icon by the time the statue is located at the intersection of Catfish months. Catfish fish-shaped pieces of sculpture with harp, but better known as the Statue of catfish. This icon is known as strategic. Catfish statue was built in 1955, survived for 7 years and abdicated in 2002. Sculpture built by Regent strength Moch.

Regents think catfish and fruit for two harps, according to the plants thrive in the city of Bekasi, so it deserves to be an icon. While people think catfish and fruit become less precise harp icon, Catfish is a greedy fish and ate everything and it's cheap, it's cheap looking piece of harp too. So it is not appropriate sculpture for the city.

     Several times to protest catapult up to the regent of Bekasi Mayor penetrated. Tambun district had other ideas. Bekasi with communities who can not wait for catfish statue was not destroyed, then on Thursday, April 24, 2002, with some communities Damin Sada comes to catfish statue and burned. Now there are no catfish statue near the station in Bekasi, but there is a big clock.