Gandrung Banyuwangi dance performed as a manifestation of public gratitude after each harvest. Art is still a genre with such Tap Tilu in West Java, Central Java and Tayub in the western part of East Java, Lengger in Banyumas and Joged tube in Bali, involving a female professional dancers who danced together guests to the accompaniment of music (gamelan )
Is devoted to the performing arts are presented with musical accompaniment distinctive cultural blend of Java and Bali. The dance performed in pairs form between female (dancers crazy) and men (pemaju) known as "Paju"
Dance-dominated art form with unique orchestration is popular in Banyuwangi region, located on the eastern tip of Java island, and has become the hallmark of the area, to no one if Banyuwangi always identified with infatuated. In fact, Banyuwangi is often called the City of Gandrung and crazy dancer statue can be found in various corners of the region of Banyuwangi.
devoted the first time danced by the men who dressed as women, the main instrument that accompanies the dance is devoted lanang drums. At that time, the violin has been used. devoted to this man gradually disappeared from Banyuwangi circa 1890s, presumably because Islamic teachings forbid all forms of transvestisme or dress up like women.
Devoted to the first woman known in history is devoted to Spring, a little boy who was still ten years old in 1895. According to a credible story, then Semi suffer severe illness. Everything was done the way up to the shaman, but Spring also not go away. So the mother Semi (Mak Midhah) vow like "Kadhung sira sane, sun dhadekaken Seblang, kadhung yo sing sing" (When you recover, I created you in Seblang, if not then it is not so). Apparently, eventually recovered and made the Semi seblang well start a new chapter with ditarikannya infatuated by a woman.
Tradition infatuated by this Spring, followed by her younger sister by using first names Gandrung as his stage name. Art is then continued to grow throughout the Banyuwangi and a typical local icon. At first devoted 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 the 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.
Banyuwangi Gandrung fashion distinctive dancers, and dance unlike other parts of Java. There are the influence of Bali (Kingdom Blambangan) that appear.
Clothing for the body consists of clothes made of black velvet, decorated with golden ornaments, and beads are shiny and shaped bottle neck wrapped around the neck to the chest, while the shoulder and the back half left open. In the neck is fitted-ilatan physical defect which closed the middle of the chest and decorate the top. On the sleeves are decorated each with one brown shoulder and waist belts and adorned with ornate fabric sembong well as colorful as the sweetener. Scarves are always worn on the shoulder.
Section Head
Head fitted with a similar decoration which is called omprok crown made of buffalo skin is tanned and given a gold-colored ornaments and red and ornamented figures Antasena, the son of Bima] human-headed serpent-bodied giant but also cover the entire hair crazy dancer. In the past Antasena ornament is not attached to the crown but a half apart like the wings of birds. Since the 1960s, ornaments Antasena tail is then attached to the omprok to be present.
Later in the crown was given the silver ornaments which serves to make the dancer's face as oval, and there are additional ornaments called cundhuk mentul flowers on it. Often times, this part is installed hio omprok which in turn gives the impression of magical.
Bottom
Dancers infatuated using batik cloth with various patterns. But the style batik most widely used and became a special characteristic is the elephant batik patterns oling, vegetation patterns with elephant trunk at the base of white fabric that characterizes Banyuwangi. Before the 1930s, devoted dancers do not wear socks, but since that decade devoted dancers always wore white socks in every performance.
Other
In the past, dancers usually carry two pieces devoted fan to the show. 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 gongs, one kluncing (triangle), one or two violins, two kendhang, and a pair of kethuk. In addition, the show is not complete 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.
In addition, sometimes interspersed with saron Bali, Angklung, or tambourine as a form of creation and accompanied electone.
Stages-Stage Performance
Performing original Gandrung divided into three parts:
* Row
* Advanced or ngibing
* Seblang dawn
Row
This section is devoted to opening the whole show. In this section, the dancers sing some song and dance solo, without a guest. Guests who are generally men just witnessed.
Advanced
After the row is complete, then the dancer began to give a scarf-shawl to give to guests. The guests is important that first get a chance to dance together. Usually the guests consisted of four people, forming a square with the dancer was in the middle. The devoted will come to the guests who danced with her one by one with a seductive movements, and that is the essence of dance crazy, that's crazy or lust.
Once completed, the dancers will come entourage audience, and asked one spectator to pick a song that will be delivered. The event was punctuated alternately in forward and repèn (singing that is not danced), and lasted throughout the night until dawn. Sometimes this show deal with chaos, caused by the spectators who were waiting or drunk, so the fight is inevitable.
Seblang dawn
This section is a cover of a whole series of shows devoted to Banyuwangi. After completion of the forward and rested for a moment, began the seblang dawn. Beginning with a slow movement of dancers and full of appreciation, sometimes holding a fan who dikibas-flick to the beat or without a fan at all while singing the theme songs such as seblang lokento sad. The mood of mystical feel at the time of the dawn seblang this, because it is still connected closely with seblang ritual, a ritual of healing or purification and still do (although difficult to find) by dancers older women. At the present time, the dawn seblang often omitted despite the fact that this section be closing one crazy stage show.On the other hand, devoted dancers never be separated from prejudice or negative image in society at large. Some of the particular social groups, especially the students considered that the dancers are women whose profession Gandrung very negative and get treatment that is inappropriate, cornered, marginalized and discriminated even in everyday life
Since December 200, officially became the mascot Dancing Gandrung Banyuwangi tourism that followed pematungan infatuated displayed in various corners of the city and village. 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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