[MERTI BHUMI] DAY 02 SESSION 04: KETHOPRAK

Ketoprak is a traditional drama performed by a group of art and displayed in a scene by taking a historical story or fairy tale punctuated by buffoonery and songs accompanied by traditional musical instruments of Java.

Malangrejo has it's own Kethoprak group led by Mr. Sugeng. They aims for keep the Javanese culture exist even bring them to the world. As for preparing for the competition in August, this group played the scenes for Malangrejo's Merti Bhumi.

[EVENT] MERTI BHUMI 2015

MALANGREJO'S MERTI BHUMI
Time : August 21st – 22nd , 2015
Place : Malangrejo, Wedomartani, Ngemplak, Sleman, Yogyakarta (See on map)

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Schedule:

Friday, August 21st, 2015

19.00 – 22.00        : Taking Holy Water

The holy water will be taken from three of the oldest wells in each hamlet in Malangrejo, namely Sono, Malangrejo, and Nglarang. The holy water will be used for watering the trees that will be planted during the carnival.

Saturday, August 22nd , 2015

08.00 – 12.00        : Kenduri

Kenduri is tradition of banquet food to commemorate an event that is done jointly. The guests sat around the food that is served then praying it together. Then after the event is over, the food is taken home by the guests.

13.00 – 15.00        : Kirab

Kirab is carnival or parade. It will feature a procession of people dressed in accordance with their respective background and also there will be ‘gunungan’, i.e. mountains of vegetables and fruits that will be chased by the citizens at the end of the parade. The parade will walk around Malangrejo. Then, it will be ended with the planting of trees namely teak, resin, and jackfruit.

15.30 – 17.30        : Performing Art I

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. 

19.30 – 21.30         : Performing Art II

In this performing art II there will be art and music performance from children, teenagers, and elder.

22.00 – 03.00        : Kethoprak

Ketoprak is a traditional drama performed by a group of art and displayed in a scene by taking a historical story or fairy tale punctuated by buffoonery and songs accompanied by traditional musical instruments of Java.

Contact Person:

Phone: +62 857 2591 6584 ( Nur H. )

Official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/malangrejo.culturalvillage

Official Website:  www.malangrejo.com

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[ART] Javanese Traditional Theater: KETHOPRAK

Kethoprak in Malangrejo 2014. Photo ARJUN

Kethoprak in Malangrejo 2014. Photo ARJUN

[ENGLISH]
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

[BAHASA INDONESIA]
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.