[MERTI BHUMI] DAY 02 SESSION 03: PERFORMING ART NIGHT

In this performing art, there will be performance of Malangrejo’s culture, such as Badui and Jathilan. Badui dance is one of traditional dance bringing a story about war. It symbolizes a group of soldier in training. Jathilan is a dramatical dance tells story about a war between two hussars. Sometimes, it is brought based on some Javanese legendary story (Babad Tanah Jawi) such as cerita Panji, Arya Penangsang, Majapahit story, and many more.

[ART] Javanese Traditional Poem: MACAPAT

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Macapat a traditional Javanese song or poem. Each verse on macapat contents a sentence called 'gatra', each gatra consists of a number of syllables (guru wilangan), and the ending sound of the sentence called guru lagu. In the other region such as in Bali, Sasak, Madura, and Sunda also has macapat but known in other names. People in Malangrejo still learn and perform this art even in these days.

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Macapat merupakan tembang atau puisi tradisional Jawa. Setiap bait pada macapat memiliki baris kalimat yang disebut gatra, dimana setiap gatra terdiri dari sejumlah suku kata (guru wilangan) tertentu, dan berakhir pada bunyi sajak akhir yang disebut guru lagu. Pada daerah lain seperti Bali, Sasak, Madura, dan Sunda juga memiliki macapat tetapi dengan nama yang lain. Dusun Malangrejo yang tak lekang oleh waktu masih memiliki seni macapat dikehidupannya sehari – harinya.

[ART] Javanese Traditional Choir: PANEMBROMO

Sindhens sing Javanese Traditional songs for Wayang Performance

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Panembromo is Javanese Traditional Songs that sung together in group (Javanese Traditional Choir). This group is almost extinct, most of people prefer Indonesian and English song to sing, but a choir like this still can be found in Malangrejo.

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Panembromo merupakan lantunan tetembangan Jawa yang dinyanyikan secara bersama-sama. Dahulu kala ada dan masih eksis dikalangan pedesaan. Seiring berjalannya waktu, aktivitas Panembromo menjadi terkikis oleh berkembangnya dunia. Namun, masyarakat dusun Malangrejo masih melestarikan kesenian ini.

[ART] Javanese Traditional Theater: KETHOPRAK

Kethoprak in Malangrejo 2014. Photo ARJUN

Kethoprak in Malangrejo 2014. Photo ARJUN

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Ketoprak (Javanese: Kethoprak) is a theatrical genre of Java featuring actors who may also sing to the accompaniment of the gamelan (Javanese traditional instruments). It draws its stories from Javanese history and romances and in this differs from wayang wong, which shares with wayang kulit a repertoire drawn from the Hindu epics Mahabarata and Ramayana, as well as from ludruk which uses contemporary settings and the three-walled srimulat, which specializes in vampire stories. According to Clifford Geertz it was invented as recently as 1923.

Ketoprak troupes might own or rent a performance building, such as Ketoprak Srimulat that used to be performed in a theatre both in Jakarta and Surabaya back in the 80s, or troupes might travel through villages. The travelling ketoprak troupe is called Kethoprak Tobong, also known as Ketoprak Tonil. It might be considered as common people theatrical tradition in Java. The show were performed in certain period in an empty plain near a village and moved from one place to another, in fashion similar to western travelling circus. In this traveling troupe, the performers and staffs also brought show properties; such as costumes, stage decorations, chairs, gamelan, sound system, diesel electric generator, all were contained in a portable building that also used as set or stage called "tobong". During their journey, the troupe members also living in this tobong.

Recently ketoprak has been adopted into television show, the "Ketoprak Humor" show was aired in Indonesian national television. It is a comedy and action performance, often took place in modern settings or in historical ancient Javanese kingdoms. The ketoprak that took the story of ancient Java is quite similar with Wayang wong performance, however ketoprak performance is more free for improvisations, jokes and adoption of popular languages, while Wayang wong are traditionally highly stylized with precise and structurized dance drama discipline.
taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketoprak

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Kethoprak merupakan sebuah kesenian di masyarakat jawa, dimana berisi sandiwara yang diselingi lagu lagu jawa serta diiringi oleh gamelan. Cerita yang disajikan berbagai macam, cerita dapat diambil dari cerita legenda atau sejarah jawa bahkan sekarang ada kethoprak humor, dimana mengandung unsur humor didalam cerita.

Di dusun Malangrejo, kethoprak masih hidup di masyarakat. Warga biasanya akan bermain kethoprak apabila ada event – event tertentu. Saat akan ada event warga berlatih bersama untuk pertunjukkan ini secara rutin setiap minggunya.

[ART] SENI HADRAH (BADUI BADROH)

Badui Badroh performed by Malangrejo's Badroh Group

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Seni Hadrah (Rodat) is one of Islamic traditions which developed along with the tradition of commemorating the Maulid Nabi (the birth of Prophet Muhammad). This art uses Arabic poetry based on Kitab Al-Berzanji (a famous literary book among Muslims) tells about the Prophets. "Seni Hadrah was rapidly growing among pesantren".

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Asal mula kesenian Badui adalah melalui pengalaman kisah orang jawa yang pergi naik haji ketanah Suci bertemu dengan suku Badui yang liar, namun melalui berbagai pemahaman, mereka dapat untuk hidup teratur melalui ajaran agama islam. Gerakan gerakan yang ada di tari badui menunjukkan kekompakan, ritmis dan dinamis. Hingga saat ini belum ada yang tahu kapan dan siapa yang memberikan ide mengenai seni badui ini. Warga dusun Malangrejo juga aktif dalam kegiatan ini, mereka berlatih secara rutin setiap hari senin malam di rumah Bapak RW 35. Biasanya seni badui ini ditampilkan di acara – acara tertentu dusun Malangrejo.

[ART] Javanese Traditional Instruments: KARAWITAN

Gamelan played by Malangrejo's people. Photo by Arjun

Gamelan is traditional ensemble music of Java and Bali in Indonesia, made up predominantly of percussive instruments. The most common instruments are metallophones played by mallets as well as a set of hand played drums called kendhang which register the beat. Other instruments include xylophones, bamboo flutes, bowed instrument called rebab, and even vocalists called sindhen.

Although the popularity of gamelan has declined since the introduction of pop music, gamelan is still commonly played in formal occasions and in many traditional Indonesian ceremonies. For most Indonesians, gamelan is an integral part of Indonesian culture.

As a cultural village, Malangrejo actively motivate people to play, enjoy, and share the arts of Gamelan and Traditional Javanese Music by holding routine rehearsals and performing the music almost in every events.

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan

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Karawitan adalah musik Indonesia yang berlaras non diatonis (dalam laras slendro dan pelog) yang garapan-garapannya sudah menggunakan sistim notasi, warna suara, ritme, memiliki fungsi, sifat pathet, dan aturan garap dalam bentuk instrumentalia, vokalis dan campuran, enak didengar untuk dirinya maupun orang lain (Suhastjarja,1984).

Warga Malangrejo sendiri juga masih memiliki seni karawitan, karena dusun Malangrejo memiliki satu set gamelan lengkap. Gamelan ini tidak dianggurkan, namun digunakan secara rutin oleh warga untuk berlatih. Dimana setiap malam sabtu para pemuda dusun berlatih bersama, sedangkan malam senin merupakan jadwal berlatih bapak – bapak.