History Of Leather Pupet

Wayang 
Puppet has a very long time known by the people Indonesia on time Islam into Indonesia, at that time among the nine guardians introduce puppet. One of the nation's top arts and culture of Indonesia's most prominent among the many works of other cultures. Culture puppets include acting, sound art, music, art said, literary arts, painting, sculpture, and also art omen. Culture of puppets, which continues to grow from age to age, is also the medium of light advertisement,, education, entertainment, philosophical understanding, as well as entertainment.

 According to research by historians of culture, culture is a culture of wayang native to Indonesia, particularly in Java. The presence of centuries-old puppet before the Hindu religion into the island of Java. Although a popular puppet story in today's society is an adaptation of the works of Indian literature, namely the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The second story in the puppet master undergone many changes and additions to adapt them to the original philosophy of Indonesia.
 Adjustment of the concept of philosophy is also concerned at the Java community a philosophical view of the position of the gods in the puppet. The gods in the puppet is no longer something that is free from wrong, but as God's other creatures, sometimes act wrongly, and can be a blunder. The presence of puppet characters panakawan to deliberately created the humanists Indonesia (Java humanists precisely) to make strengthening the concept of philosophy that in this world there is no creature that is really good, and truly evil. Each creature has always holds an element of good and evil.
 In his dissertation entitled Bijdrage tot de Kennis van het Javaansche Tooneel (1897), the Dutch cultural historian Dr. GA.J. Hazeau demonstrate his belief that the puppet is a native Java performance. Understanding the puppet in the dissertation of Dr.. Hazeau it is walulang inukir (skin-carved) and seen its shadow on the screen. Thus, the puppet in question certainly is a Wayang Kulit as we know it today.

Gandrung Banyuwangi

History 

It is written about the cultural history of the people of Banyuwangi East Java Indonesia, which was written completely by taking from many sources. According to historical records, infatuated first danced by the men who dressed like women and, according to Scholte (1927), the main instruments that accompany the dances are infatuated lanang drums. At that time, the violin has been used. However, these infatuated men gradually disappeared from Banyuwangi around the 1890s, allegedly because of Islamic teachings forbid all forms of transvestisme or dress up like women. However, dance infatuated men only really disappeared in 1914, after the death of the last dancers, namely Marsan.According to some sources, the birth  Gandrung for to entertain the forest, accompanied the ceremony of asking survivors, relates to a haunted forest clearing.  Devoted the first woman known to history is infatuated Semi, a child who was still ten years old in 1895. According to the story believable, then Semi suffered a severe illness. Already done all the way up to the shaman, but Spring was also healed.
So the mother Semi (Mak Midhah) vow like "Kadhung sira sane, sun dhadekaken Seblang, kadhung yo  sing" (When you're cured, I made you Seblang, otherwise it is not so). Apparently, Semi finally recovered and used as well as starting a new chapter seblang with the dancing

 infatuated by a woman.Semi infatuated tradition performed is then followed by her sisters by using first names Gandrung as his stage name. Art is then continued to grow throughout the Banyuwangi and iconic local specialties. At first devoted to a cause should only be danced by the descendants of devoted dancers before, but since the 1970's started a lot of young girls who are not descendants of a study devoted to this dance and make it as a source of livelihood in addition to the increasingly desperate to maintain their existence since the end of the century -20.Gandrung Banyuwangi dance performed as a manifestation of gratitude for the Arts after every harvest is still a genre with such Tilu Tap in West Java, Central Java and Tayub in the western part of East Java, Lengger in Banyumas and Joged tube in Bali, involving a woman dancer professional guests dancing together (especially men) to the accompaniment of music (gamelan). Gandrung a performing arts are presented with musical accompaniment distinctive blend of Javanese and Balinese culture. Dances performed in the form of pairs of women (dancers crazy) and men (pemaju) known as the "Paju"Art form dominated by the orchestration typical dance is popular in Banyuwangi region, located at the eastern end of Java Island, and has become the hallmark of the region, until no one if Banyuwangi always identified with the infatuated. In fact, often dubbed the city of Banyuwangi Gandrung and sculpture devoted dancers can be found in various corners of the region of Banyuwangi.Infatuated often staged at various events, such as marriage, pethik laut, circumcision, seven teens and formal occasions