The action of Indonesian rain handler, Mak Rara, in the 2022 MotoGP at the Mandalika Circuit, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, on Sunday (20/3) was viral and became a hot topic of conversation.
The reason is, in the big event it is not the Cloud Engineer who is relied on, but local wisdom, namely the rain handler.
Various good and bad comments related to the rain handler were also crowded on social media. But besides this, it turns out that there are also countries that also use the services of rain handlers.
This rain handler expertise is used for several big events to run successfully as expected. Do not believe? Russia and Brazil is the answer!
Russia Uses 'Snowman' for Winter Olympics
According to a report by NPR, the organizer of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia once used the services of a rain catcher to secure international sporting events such as the Olympics.
Unmitigated, in order to make the event a success, dozens of shamans were presented in the performance.
Unlike in Indonesia, where a rain handler is assigned to prevent rain, shamans in Russia use the services of a rain handler to bring snow. This is because the rain handler is assigned to the ongoing Winter Olympics.
Snow is the main element that is needed in a number of events, such as snowboarding and skiing. It is because of this that there is a rain catcher in Russia.