Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Peacefully cradled at the foot of the Menoreh Mountains in Central Java is the city of Yogyakarta. Often referred to as the biggest village in the world, it is the cultural heart of Java, a culture that spans many centuries. A population of over one million people live in Yogyakarta from a total […]
The Craft in Bantul regency has important role, beside it absorbed more than 60 thousands manpower, it also supported other sectors, likes: tourism, commerce, industry and so on.
The word “gamelan” came from Javanese “gamel,” which means “hammer.” Most of the instruments in a Javanese Gamelan are gongs and metallophones, and the music is of percussive nature.
The Spiritual Leader in Gamelan is the biggest gong, Gong Ageng. However, the real leader during the performance is the drummer.
Gejok lesung is traditional art performing javanese songs accompanied by ‘alu’ and ‘lesung’ (traditional rice-morter and pounder) as the instruments.Nowadays a number group Gejog Lesung add some instruments made of bamboo and also guitar in their performance.Even they play not just a traditional songs, but also a popular songs.
This a traditional art performing javanese and popular songs accompanied by Kenthongan (such the wooden signal drum). Thek-thek came from the local tradition ‘ronda’ when a group of men walking around their village on their nihgt watch patrol. They beat Kenthongan in the rhythm of ‘thek-thek-thek’ stimultanously […]
Karawitan/uyon-uyon is the javanese traditional art using sets of Gamelan music instruments featuring traditional song (tembang) performed by a lady singer called Sinden/Waranggono and male singer called Wiraswara,while the Gamelan player called pengrawit. The gamelan instrumen consists of Demung, Saron Peking, Saron Ricik,Bonang,Gong,Kempul,Gambang Gender,Slentem,Siter,Kendang,Rebab,Suling,ect. Beside featuring traditional song(tembang the presentation also featuring […]
Jathilan is traditional art featuring Panji story and usually performed at the outdoor area.sentences to all player. The dancers in jathilan use a flat hobby horses made of pleated bamboo and accompanied by special music using parts of gamelan like Bende,Kendang and Angklung. The player could be in trance condition and do something […]
Originally Reog is traditional art from East Java. Reog has been popularized by some group of Reog that having tour to the cities in java.
Reog is prensented outdoor a group of men featuring Panji Story. The player wear a white-red stripped shirt, a black pants and traditional head band or ‘liket’. One […]
Slawatan , Terbangan and Hadrah is a religious islamic music performance. The main instrument in this performance are Rebana and Terbang and usually complated another music instrumenst. The players wear a very simple of kopiah (fez), long hand shirt and sarong. Hadrah and terbangan usually features religious songs, while Sholawatan especially featurees a […]
Srandul is a dance drama featuring panji story. Srandul is performed by a group of men of women. The extent of the cast in srandul depends on the story they played, a player could hold one cast or some cast in one presentation. Srandul is accompanied by some traditional music instruments such […]
Campursari ia a new kind of javanese art performance thet combining the traditional music (pentatonic) and the modern music instruments (diatonic) . Campursari combines the traditional art of Karawitan with keyboart. Guitar, ect featuring the traditional songs and the populer song as well.
Campursari is popularizet by manthous, a song writer and a singer […]
The other developing form of leather puppet is wayang wong. This is dance drama presented by human featuring a dances and afew dialogue among a pleyers. The function of the dalang is not just narrating all the casts he’s also the stage director. The stiries are taken from Panji, Ramayana and Mahabarata […]