DANCE JAVA

Which accompanies the dance is part of this new center developments. It turned out that during the first royal dance reaches a high aesthetic level. If the environment is spontaneous folk dances and simple, then in a neighborhood dance palace has a standard, complex, subtle, and symbolic. If viewed from the aspect of motion, then the influence of Indian dance found in Javanese court dance lies in the hands, and in Bali coupled with eye movements.
Creation of the famous dance of kings, especially in Java, is a form of dance theater such as wayang wong and Bedhaya Ketawang. Two of these dances is the inheritance of Javanese kings. Bedhaya Ketawang is a dance created by the third king of Mataram, Sultan Agung (1613-1646) with a background in the myth of romance between the first king of Mataram (Panembahan Senopati) with Kangjeng Queen of South (ruler of the southern ocean / Ocean Indonesia) (Soedarsono, 1990). This dance is performed by nine female dancers.

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SKIN PUPPET

Traditional performance art in its original form arose before the entry of Hindu culture in Indonesia and began to flourish in the era of Javanese Hindu. Art is a puppet show remnants of Javanese religious ceremony that is the remnants of animistic beliefs and dynamisme.
According to the Centini, on the origin of Purwa mentioned that the traditional performance art, once initially created by the King of the Kingdom Jayabaya Mamenang / Kediri. Prominence to the 10th century King Jayabaya trying to create a picture of the spirits of his ancestors and inscribed on palm leaves. Form of puppet figure is imitated from the description of the Ramayana reliefs on temple in Blitar. Ramayana story is very interesting because of concern Jayabaya including worshipers of Lord Vishnu who is faithful, even by people considered to be the embodiment or incarnation of Vishnu Batara. The figure figures are illustrated for the first time or Sang Hyang Guru Jagadnata the embodiment of Lord Vishnu.

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KERIS JAVA

Keris among the public in Java is represented as a symbol of "Masculinity" and sometimes if for some reason bridegroom was unable to attend the wedding ceremony appointment, he represented a keris. Keris is a symbol of heritage. In the Java community calendar mengirabkan heirloom seed palace is the largest trust on the day of the sura.
Keris or spear an excellent heirloom that its value not only because it is made of steel elements, iron, nickel, even mixed with elements of rock that fell from the sky meteoroids so sturdy strong, but how to make it along to the accompaniment of prayers to the almighty creator (God SWT) with spiritual apaya duatu by the master. So the spiritual power of the almighty creator of the people as it was believed to contain magical power or prestige that can affect the other party becomes the weapon of fear to the wearer's heritage.

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GAMELAN JAVA

Gamelan is a Javanese Hindu culture composed by Sunan Bonang, in order to encourage a love of transcendental life (Nature Malakut) "Tombo Ati" is one masterpiece of Sunan Bonang. Until now these songs are still sung by the teachings of Islam, as well as on-stage performances such as: Puppets, intent Marriage Palace and cultural rituals.

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BATIK Caring Tips

There are some things to watch out for the care of batik clothes, to remain durable and retains the beautiful color. Here are tips on caring for batik clothes.A. When you wash your batik, use a special detergent for batik fabrics are sold in the market.2. batik clothes washing hair with shampoo. Previously, dissolve shampoo in water until no part of jelling. Then, dip the batik design.3. Models can also wash your batik using lerak fruit or leaves of plants that have been glued muted warm water. The trick, knead lerak fruit or leaves glued to remove the foam and then add warm water, and ready to wash the batik. Fruit flavors lerak able to prevent the emergence of small animals that bias alone can damage the batik shirt.4. When you wash your batik shirt design, do not use detergents that are not specific for batik cloth and do not rub. If batik not too dirty, just soak it with warm water. But if it is really dirty, such as food stains or other impurities, can be removed by using soap or orange peel. Way, simply by rubbing soap or orange peel in the dirt on batik clothes.5. Instead, do not wash your batik with a washing machine because it can damage the batik design on fabric6. We will leave them, batik is wet do not have to be squeezed. And do not leave them in direct sunlight. Jemurlah in the shade or batik aerated until dry.7. When drying, drag the edge batik slowly so that the fiber is folded back into position.8. If it is dried in the sun, avoid ironing batik directly. If you look very good batik, spray a little water on a piece of batik cloth, and put a cloth over it, a new iron.9. If you want to give perfumes or fabric softeners on batik, do not spray directly on fabric. Instead, cover the first batik with newspaper, then spray the deodorant and fabric softener had been in the newspaper.10. Do not spray perfume or fragrance oils directly onto cloth batik, especially batik silk with natural dyes.11. Save your favorite batik in plastic so as not to be eaten by moth. When stored in a closet should not be camphor, because the solid is very loud and can damage the batik.12. Another way that batik was moth-eaten, give a little pepper wrapped in paper towels in the cabinet with the batik. Or, put fragrant roots which had twice through the process of immersion in hot water and dried in the sun to dry. Batik clothing you will always look new place to sell a crate in selling batik and batik shirt.

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