Monday, October 10, 2011

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
and no other official either at Banyuwangi and other areas. According to custom, full performances began at around 21:00 and lasted until mid-morning (around 04.00). 

Dancer Clothing 
Banyuwangi Gandrung fashion distinctive dancers, and dance unlike other parts of Java. There are the influence of Bali (royal Blambangan) are visible.

Body PartsClothing for the body consists of clothes that are made of black velvet, decorated with golden ornaments, and beads are shiny and form that wrapped around the neck of the bottle neck to the chest, while the shoulders and the back half is left open. In the neck is mounted ilatan physical defect-center of the chest that closes and to decorate the top. On the sleeves are decorated each with one chelating shoulders and the waist belt and decorated with ornate fabric sembong as well as colorful as a sweetener. Scarves are always worn on the shoulder.
 

Section Head 
Head fitted with a similar decoration which is called omprok crown made of tanned buffalo skin and given a gold-colored ornaments and red and ornamented figures Antasena, son of Bhima] a gigantic human-headed serpent-bodied yet cover the entire hair and crazy dancers.In the past Antasena ornament is not attached to the crown but a half apart like the wings of birds. Since the 1960's, ornaments Antasena tail is then attached to omprok to be present.Furthermore, the crown was given the silver ornaments which serves to make the face of the dancer as an oval, and there are additional ornaments called cundhuk mentul flowers on it. Often times, the part is mounted omprok incense which in turn gives the impression of magical.
 

Bottom 
Dancers infatuated using batik cloth with various patterns. But the complexion of the most widely used batik as well as being a special feature is the elephant-style batik oling, patterns of plants with an elephant's trunk at the base of white cloth that becomes the hallmark of Banyuwangi. Before the 1930's, dancers do not wear crazy socks, but since that decade devoted dancers always wear white socks in every show.OtherIn the past, dancers usually had two devoted fans to his shows. But now the dancers devoted to carrying only one fan and only for certain parts in the show, especially in the seblang dawn.

Musical accompaniment 

Musical accompaniment for the infatuated Banyuwangi kempul consists of one or gong, one kluncing (triangle), one or two violins, two drums, and a pair kethuk. In addition, the show is incomplete if not accompanied panjak or sometimes called pengudang (the encourager) tasked with encouraging and hilarious effect in every show infatuated. The role can be taken by the player panjak kluncing.Also sometimes interspersed with Bali saron, Angklung, or tambourine as a form of creation and accompanied electone.
  
Stages-Stage Performances

 Gandrung the original performances are divided into three parts:Jejerforward or ngibingseblang dawnJejerThis section is devoted to opening the whole show. In this section, the dancers sing a few songs and danced the solo, no guests. The guests are generally men just witnessed.
 

Advanced 
After the Jejer is complete, then the dancer began to scarf-shawl to give to guests. Important guests who first had the opportunity to dance together.
 
Usually the guests consisted of four people, forming a square with a dancer was in the middle. The infatuated will go to the guests who danced with him one by one with a seductive movements, and that is the essence of dance crazy, that crazy or lust.Once completed, the dancer would come the party crowd, and asked one of the audience to choose songs to be sung. The event was interspersed between the forward and repèn (singing that is not danced), and lasted through the night until dawn. Sometimes the show is facing chaos, caused by the spectators who were waiting or drunk, so the inevitable fights. 


Seblang Subuh
 
This section is a cover of a whole series of shows devoted to Banyuwangi. After completing the forward and rested for a moment, began the seblang Subuh. Starting with a slow movement of dancers and a full appreciation, sometimes carrying shaken fan-flick to the beat or without a fan at all while singing songs such as the sad theme seblang lokento. Feel the mystical atmosphere at dawn seblang part of this, because it is still closely connected with seblang ritual, a ritual of healing or purification, and still do (although difficult to find) by the dancers older women. At the present time, the dawn seblang often omitted despite the fact that this section be closing one crazy stage show.
 

Recent developments 
Arts infatuated Banyuwangi still strong in the face of the onslaught of globalization, which was popularized through the electronic media and print media. Banyuwangi regency government had even began to require every student from elementary to high school to participate in extracurricular arts of Banyuwangi. One of them must learn dance row which is an offshoot of the show devoted to Banyuwangi. That is one form of local government attention to local cultural arts that actually have started being pressured by the other popular stage performances, such as dangdut and campursari.Since 2000, the enthusiasm of an artist-cultural Arts Council Blambangan increased. Infatuated, in view of this group is the art which contain historical values ​​of the community Using constant pressure structurally and culturally. In other words, Gandrung is a form of cultural resistance Using public areasOn the other hand, dancers infatuated never be separated from prejudice or negative image in society at large. Some particular social groups, especially the students considered that Gandrung dancers are women who work very negative and get treatment that is inappropriate, cornered, marginalized and discriminated even in daily life day Dance Gandrung December 2009 officially became the mascot of tourism that followed pematungan Banyuwangi infatuated displayed in various corners of the city and countryside. Banyuwangi regency government also initiated a campaign devoted to staged in places such as Surabaya, Jakarta, Hong Kong and several cities in the United States

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