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Selasa, 24 November 2009

Jathilan, traditional art that was almost forgotten


Recognized as one of the oldest dances in Java. Often referred to as a braid or jaran.Sejatinya lesson, Jathilan is a dance drama featuring a soldier's valor on the battlefield on horseback as he drew a sword. As shown, the dancer uses a mock horse made of woven bamboo or animal skin, called the Horse braid. Dancers put this braid horse between her legs that it looked like a knight on a horse while dancing to the accompaniment of musical instruments kendhang, bonangs, saron, kempul, trumpet and ketipung.

Jathilan known as one of the dance forms of the oldest in Java. Art is also often referred to as a lesson or a lesson braids. Jathilan dance is also a stage play that brought six pairs of people who use the same uniform. In addition to this dance, which also featured dancers use masks. With characters that range, there gondoruwo (Satan) or barongan (lion). They arise when the soldiers left for war in order to disturb.

No one knows when the first and defines this dance there. But certainly, Jathilan developed in some areas such as East Java, Central Java and Yogyakarta. Each region displays the version of each. About the story, they are usually identical to showing the same play, such as Panji, Ario Penangsang and picture the soldier's life during the Majapahit kingdom.

This dance flexible nature, can appear anywhere, at weddings, circumcision or at a party or festival of folk art.
According to a professor of the Department of Dance Faculty of Performing Arts Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI) Yogyakarta, Gandung Sudjatmiko, this art comes from the common people.

This can be seen from the appearance of simplicity clothing used by the dancers. They wore knee-length pants, batik cloth subordinates, shirts or sweatshirts, setagen, buckled belt, shoulder straps (enthusiastic), waist sash (sampur) and cloth headbands (udheng) and ear ornaments (sumping). The dancers dressed up and wearing flashy sunglasses. Of course very different from the clothing of a superiors kingdom wear self-contained and bright. Dance inclined exhibited repetitive and monotonous with a simple composition, but with passion.

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Jathilan is a dance drama with fellow soldiers battle scenes on horseback with a sword weapon, which prioritizes the theme of this dance battle gallant soldier in the battlefield on horseback and armed with swords. However, more people know him as a dance that is identical with that contain elements of dance and trance magic.
In the original version, the dancers will perform Jathilan dance scene continued without stopping, turning in circles until one of them had experienced what is called trance (unconscious condition but still dancing).

The audience will be tense when they began to achieve what is in front. Even broken glass to eat the dancer who did not feel the slightest pain much less bloody. They chew it like to enjoy a delicious finger foods and delicious. For some viewers, it's trance scene is a fascinating spectacle. How do humans eat glass, eating grass, coconut peel with teeth and other stunts.

Over time, the art of dance now Jathilan can be varied with a variety of other music. Call it the new model Jathilan. They had penetrated into the region and modern feel with music mengolaborasikan there today that does not seem tacky, such as jazz, pop or mixed Sari.

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