legend reog ponorogo and warok
one of [the] regency
culture art individuality
ponorogo east java artistry reog ponorogo. reog, often mengidentikkan with black world, freeman or gamecock with not free also from mystical world and supernatural strength. reog mempertonton keperkasaan pembarong in lift sudden peacock as heavy as around 50 kilogram with tooth bite strengths along show to go on. the companion instrument, kempul, knock, kenong, grasp, a small hand drum, angklung and especially salompret, voice tone slendro and pelog that show mystical atmosphere, unique, exotic with arouse spirit. one group reog usually consist of a warok old, amount of warok young, pembarong and unmarried dancer ganong and prabu kelono suwandono. group total reog range from 20 up to 30-an person, principal character presents in hand
warok and pembarong.
pembarong suddenly peacock (photo: arie saksono)
a pembarong, must has extra strength. he must has good jaw strength, to hold back with load the bite “dadak merak” that is sebentuk tiger head be be decorated hundreds peacock plume sheet as high as two meters wt can achieve 50-an kilogram during time show. they say mysterious strength often is worn pembarong for this extra strength increase, one of them by wear susuk, at neck pembarong. to be pembarong insufficient only with strong body. a pembarong even also must be equiped with something that be be called circle pembarong with vision that believed pembarong as vitally something that in life they. without blessed vision, dance that displayed a pembarong will not flexible appear and delicious to watched. but such perception misitis pembarong now shifted and more many done with approach rational. follow a elders reog, mbah wo cat “reog that is not necessary ndadi. if ndadi that is yes the name not reog, that is jathilan. in reog, necessary kan keindahannya“.
story legend reog
follow legend reog or barongan start from story demang ki ageng flea suryonggalan that want to tease king majapahit, prabu brawijaya v. the prabu at that time often doesn't fulfil the duty because too influenced and controlled by the queen. therefore membuatlah barongan made from leader tiger skin (java tiger) menunggangi peacock. the prabu symbolized as tiger while peacock menunggangi symbolize the queen. besides so that the teasing allusion safe, ki ageng protect it with skilled troop that is braced with series warok magic mandraguna. at duke power time batorokatong that ponorogo around 500 last year, reog begin to round into people artistry. duke colleague that named ki ageng ruby uses reog to develop the power.
reog maked use as tool gathers mass and be effective communication channel for administrator at that time. ki ageng ruby then make story legendaris hit kingdom bantaranangin by a large part society ponorogo trusted as history. duke batorokatong that also make use barongan this a muslim to distribute islamic religion. lion name barongan then changed to be reog, come from word riyoqun, mean khusnul khatimah that have a meaning although along the alive bergelimang sin, but when final aware and bertaqwa to allah, so the guarantee heaven. furthermore artistry reog then bloom along with period development. story reog then adapt creation story ki ageng ruby sustained mouth to mouth, from generation to generation.
reog threaten in several babad, one of them babad wanderer sewandana. babad klana sewandana they say be pakem original art shows reog. resemble story bandung bondowoso in tomment legend jongrang, babad klono sewondono also berkisah about love a king, sewondono from kingdom jenggala, almost aversed by goddess sanggalangit from kingdom kediri. the daughter asks sewondono to memboyong entire forests contents to palace as brother marries. by fulfil request the daughter, sewandono must beat penunggu forest, lion barong (sudden peacock). but the mentioned of course not easy. warok, soldiers, and patih from jenggala even also be victim. armed heritage whip samandiman, sewondono go down self to arena and beat singobarong. show reog described with dance soldiers not only dominated mans but also woman, movement bringasan warok, with strongly and sparkle costume sewandana, the search king loves.
version other in reog ponorogo take banner story. the story revolves about trip prabu wanderer sewandana look for the idol girl, accompanied cavalier and patih loyal, pujangganong. when does choice the prabu fall in daughter kediri, goddess sanggalangit, the goddess will give condition that he will get to love it when the prabu ready to creat a new artistry. from there ciptalah reog ponorogo. fonts reyog represent a font in front of words in javanese song macapat pocung that sound: taste song/ ingwang life spirit adiluhung/ widhi/ process kridaning the/ degree rolls kersaning kang all powerful. mystical element is strength spiritual that give breath in artistry reog ponorogo.
warok
warok up to now still to get place as elders at the society. the nearness with world spiritual often make a warok memintai the advice on as handle spiritual and or ketentraman alive. a warok they say must dominate what be called reh kamusan true, true humanity road.
warok in the theatre of reog ponorogo (photo: arie saksono)
warok troop that rely on truth in contention between kindness and crime in artistry story reog. warok old protector figure, while warok young warok that still in standard demands science. up to in this time, warok mempersepsikan as figure the characterization must has certain mysterious strength. even by dozens bad story around life warok. warok figure with stereotype: wear undershorts, dress black, has miracle and gembla. follow elders warok, kasni gunopati or known mbah wo cat, warok not a arrogant because strength memilikinya. warok one who has holy determination, ready give guidance and selfless protection. “warok that come from word wewarah. warok wong kang wealthy wewarah. mean, somebody is warok because can to give instruction or instruction to another person about alive baik”. “warok i am wong kang wus post saka sakabehing sold out, lan wus menep ing rasa” (warok one who perfect in sold out the alive, and come up with mind precipitation).
condition is warok
warok must run to sold out. “syarat, body must clean because will loaded. warok must can curb all desire air, hold back hungry and thirsty, also doesn't come into contact with woman. another rules, a candidate warok must prepare a fighting cock, calico 2,5 meter,s, pandanus mat and ceremonial meal with. afterwards, candidate warok beaten with various science kanuragan and spiritualism. after declared to dominate science, he is then mengukuhkan be a warok true. he gets weapon that called testament undershorts, similar white coloured long string, mainstay weapon warok. warok true in time now only is bing legend remained. several groups warok at certain regions still there that hold firm their culture and still looked at as somebody menuakan and well-thought-of, even sometimes government officials always ask the blessing.
gemblak
besides all rules that must be endured by warok, furthermore appear to called with gembla. formerly warok known has many gemblak, that is man flogs year age 12-15 year berparas handsome and awat that maintained as kelangenan, sometimes more loved than wife and the child. take care gemblak tradition that take root strong in artist communities reog. for a warok the mentioned natural matter and accepted society. they say fellow warok ever fight miracle to memperebut a gemblak ideal and besides sometimes happen loan gemblak. cost that taked warok to a gemblak not cheap. when gemblak go to school so warok that take care it finance the school need beside give it to eat and residence. while if gemblak doesn't go to school so every year warok give it a cow. in tradition that brought by ki ageng suryongalam, miracle can be got when a warok willing can not connected sexual with woman. that thing they say be a necessity that come from command the teacher to get miracle.
duty every warok to take care gemblak trusted so that can defend the miracle. besides there strong belief among warok, intimate connection with woman although with wife self, can discolour entire miracles warok. mutual compassionate, love and make it up to to be special connection individuality between gemblak and warok. praktik gembla among warok, be identified as praktik homo because warok not may let loose desire air to woman.
in this time really happen reshuffle in the connection with gembla. at time now gemblak difficult is being met. tradition takes care gemblak, now more fadeder. gemblak erstwhile usually personate dancer jatilan (horse lumping), now the character is replaced by adolescent daughter. while formerly this artistry displayeds without a woman even also.
reog at time now
artist reog ponorogo art schools graduate join in to give touch in dance development reog ponorogo. art school student university introduces grand stand art aesthetics and movements koreografis, so roger reog ponorogo with festivals format likes now. there plot, who comes up in advance medley, that is warok, then jatilan, bujangganong, klana sewandana, then barongan or sudden peacock at endding. moment one of [the] element in action, element other come along to move or dance although doesn't jut. some years ago foundation reog ponorogo memprakarsai stand it society reog archipelago the member consists of groups reog from various region in indonesia ever take a hand in festivals reog national. reog ponorogo will be very opened enrichment and change kind the movement.
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