Senin, 27 Juni 2011

Reog Ponorogo, the origin of the dances

Reog Ponorogo is best known for the dance of the mask, which is said has been created by one of the Kings of the twelfth century. Kediri, East Java Performance, Ben benaouisse re-enacts the legendary battle of the Pujangga, Lodoyo, from the forests to the anomalies in the spirit of the Court, and the Ponorogo, guardian Minister Singa Barong. The first was aroused the wrath of Barong Singa, when he stole 150 Indians, which is offered in the forest, apparently, for the payment of the dowry of Princess, Kediri, East Java, to whom the King wanted to marry Ponorogo.

A typical company, then, consists of the reog, normally, the main characters; Singa, a huge tiger head Barong and the Peacock feather a mask and his enemy Pujangga aberrations. They are accompanied by one or more of the clowns/acrobats, and brings to life the hobby horse, the number of dancers, who is said to represent sets of Pujangga abnormalities.

Ponorogo, so far, the people are tough, physically and mentally. Courage and Audacity of the qualities appear in the full performance of reog, where attention is focused on the trance dancer, the giant mask, often with a weight of more than 40 kg, between his teeth. The mask is a savage, Tiger's tiger skin, Director, the real, and covered with huge fan of meter three peacock feathers crowned with snarling.

Performance, including the main dancer mask to match the capacity of the weight of the success of the dance is known as the leader of the group depends on the power of the magical. Warok is known as the type of help these men have a special talent, acquired through years of training over the years. The dancers hobby horse (tantri kepang) are one of the sons of young people without exception, the dance of reog dressed as women's unique features. Known as the gemblak, they are accompanied by the warok, which, in close cooperation with the females travelling performances are prohibited.

Reog dance is presented by the regional government each year. Ngebel, a natural lake and Batik printing ponorogo also are worth.

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