Hello, everyone..
How have you been?
Previously, I introduced rawon as black soup meat as a traditional Indonesian dish. Do you still remember? i hope so 😊
Today, I'm going to point you to REOG PONOROGO, a popular Indonesian cultural art.
Here it is..
Reog comes from the word "Angreyok" related to encouraging soldiers' enthusiasm to fight, yes fighterrr soul..
And Ponorogo is the city where the art of reog originates. Ponorogo is in the eastern region of the island of Java.
Did you know that Reog Ponorogo has received recognition as a World Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. Yippi..
And what's interesting about reog?
Reog is one of the regional cultures in Indonesia which is still very strong with mystical things and strong mysticism. But don't be afraid, this is not dangerous. If you see it live, you will definitely be enchanted as if by magic because the dance is so strong, firm with matching music.
The reog dance in the open arena functions as people's entertainment, the main dancer is a person with a lion's head decorated with peacock feathers, plus several dancers wearing masks and riding lumping horses, they usually dance and shake the feathers on their heads. The values to be conveyed through the reog dance are noble character as symbolized by the peacock, courage to defend the truth (tiger), patriotism/heroism (jathil dance), optimism (pujangganong dance), and leadership (kelana sewandana dance).
reog team Universitas Brawijaya (UB), East Java, Indonesia
This is the reog team from our campus, Universitas Brawijaya (UB), which yesterday succeeded in becoming 1st national champion in Indonesia in an arts competition in Indonesia.
Thank you for introducing Indonesian culture. I didn't know that. I do not know if there are any songs or dances encouraging fiting soldiers in Japan. So-ran-bushi is one of the famous dancing song (not very traditional) but this is a song for fishermen. Do anyone can give any good examples? BTY, the lion-head dancers remind me of Shishimai（獅子舞）in Japan (ex. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oen5n6eR7ok). There must be something like this in China, right?>Kong
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, sensei; indeed, it may be similar to what you see in Japan or other nations that show warrior dances; but, as i know the lion head used in this reog is quite heavy possibly weighing approximately 40 kg. If sensei and the other students would like to watch the video, here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSQU5GFxIgo
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