Reog Ponorogo "Javanese mistical dance"

Reog ponorogo is the one of most important heritage culture of indonesia. Reog is one of the cultural arts originating from East Java and the northwestern part Ponorogo hometown Reog regarded as the truth. Ponorogo city gate was decorated by the figure warok and gemblak, two figures who took part performed at the time reog demonstrated. Reog is one of the local culture in Indonesia is still very strong with things mystical and powerful mysticism.

 Reog stories contained in reog ponorogo take Panji stories. The story revolves around the journey of King Kelana Sewandana looking for her hero, accompanied by horsemen and patihnya faithful, Bujangganong. When the choice fell on the daughter prabu Kadiri, Sanggalangit goddess, the goddess gives the condition that he would accept his love when he prabu willing to create a new art. It creates reog ponorogo. Movements in the dance reog ponorogo describe the doings of man in life's journey started birth, life, until death. His philosophy is very deep.

 There are 5 components Reog Ponorogo dancer in the dance, namely:

1. King King Kelono Sewandono Kelono Sewandono this is a major figure in dance Reog Ponorogo. He is portrayed as a heroic king and wise, is depicted as a man with wings and a red mask. He has the ultimate weapon called the whip Samandiman.

2. Bujangganong duke duke duke of King bujangganong is Kelono Sewandono, is the protagonist in this dance. He is described as the duke, who was small and short, but clever and agile. Bujangganong duke called penthulan. Dancers do not wear clothes, just a red vest and red mask as well.

3. Jathil Jathil or Jathilan is an army of female soldiers on horseback. In Reog Ponorogo dance, dancers Jathil are women. They are described as a beautiful woman warrior and brave. Jathil dancer costume worn is white satin shirt as a superior and a subordinate jarit batik. They wore head coverings udheng as horse shows and riding (piggyback made of woven bamboo)

4. Warok Kelono troops Sewandono Warok is described as being powerful mandraguna and immune to sharp weapons. Warok dancers are men and are generally huge. Warok dressed in all black (black baggy pants and black shirt is not buttoned) called Penadhon. Penadhon is now also used as an official cultural clothing Ponorogo. Warok divided into two, namely warok warok old and young. The difference lies in the costumes they wear, where the old warok before penadhon wearing a white shirt and carrying a stick, while the young warok not wearing nothing but penadhon and does not carry a stick. The warok ultimate weapon is the rope of thick white drawstring.

5. Pembarong pembarong is a dancer who has the most important role in the dance Reog Ponorogo. Pembarong are the dancers who will bring sudden Peacock (lion's head mask with red bird ornaments and feathers on the head of lion) is one and a half feet tall. Pembarong wearing black pants and shirt kimplong (clothes which have only one hook shoulder) and have to bite the wood on the inside of a lion's head to lift sudden peacock. A pembarong should be someone who is very strong, because he should be able to subdue sudden Peacock to reach the floor and picked it up again to an upright position. Peacock suddenly symbolized as Singobarong, and in general this is what makes sudden Peacock dance Reog Ponorogo be very unique, because it forms a very large mask and distinctive as well as the philosophy in it. Therefore, pembarong really should have the skills and abilities of high order to turn Singobarong he played.

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