Javanese traditional dance is one of the arts whose name has been worldwide with the name of Indonesia, making Indonesia known by the name of art in 1000. art from various tribes in Indonesia is very much because of one tribe has a lot of art that he had, from musical instruments, traditional dance, traditional clothing, etc.

This time I discuss about the traditional dance of Java rate:

1. Tari Gambyong
            
                          The art of dance is derived from Surakarta, Central Java. Beginning of term Gambyong originated from the name of a dancer named taledhek Gambyong a contemporary Sunan Pakubuwana IV in Surakarta. Ledhek dancer named Gambyong have proficiency in dancing and sonority in the sound so that it becomes the idol of the young people of that era. Taledhek term is also used to refer to the dancers tayub, taledhek dancers, and dancers gambyong.

Characteristic Dance performances Gambyong, before starting is always opened with the piece Pangkur. The dancing looks beautiful and elegant when the dancer is able to sync motion to the rhythm of drums. Direction eyes moving to follow the direction of motion of the hand with regard fingers, making the dominant factor in the hand motions eksGambyong can also be interpreted as a solo dance performed by a woman or a dance performed to the beginning of the dance performances or dance party. Gambyongan have the meanings depicts a woman dancing in the puppet show as a cover. presi Gambyong dance. Footwork at the time of embryo and walking posture correlate harmony.

2. Tari Bondan Payung

                Bondan dance is a dance which originated from Surakarta, Central Java. This dance symbolizes a mother who keep their children with care.

Tari Bondan divided into three, namely:

1. Bondan Cindogo

2. Bondan Mardisiwi

3. Bondan Mountains / Farmer

Bondan dance is part of the classical dance is a dance of joy. This dance expresses compassion of a mother to newborn son. On the dance Bondan Cindogo tucked sad story in which the only child cuddled-buckle eventually died, while at Bondan Mardisiwi not. Bondan dance supplies Mardisiwi often without using kendhi as on Bondan Cindogo.

Feature dance: namely dressed like a country girl, carrying a basket, wearing a hat and carrying farm tools. The first dance form depicts the lives of farmers and then clothes depicting the exterior of the mountains girls removed one by one with his back to the audience. Furthermore dancing like dance Bondan Cindogo or Mardisiwi.

3. Tari Remog

Tari remong a welcome dance typical of East Java that describe the dynamic character of East Java. Regions that use these dances include Surabaya, Jombang, Malang, and Situbondo. This dance is packaged as an illustration of the courage of a prince who fought in a battle field. Hence the much needed masculinity dancers in this dance performance. Tahun1900 promoted dance around this, once used by Indonesian nationalists to communicate to the public.

The most important characteristics A of Tari Remo is a smart footwork and dynamic. This movement is supported by the bells were installed in the ankle. This bell sound when the dancers move or stomping on the stage. In addition, other characteristics A shawl or sampur the movement, the movement of a nod and a shake of the head, facial expressions, and horse-riding dance dancer make this more attractive. SANDALS

Clothing of dancers Remo there are various kinds of styles, including: Style Sawunggaling, Surabayan, Malangan, and Jombangan. There are also the typical fashion wear for women Remo Dance style.

Consisting of red headbands, clothes without buttons are black with royal style in the 18th century, the extent of the mid-calf pants are crocheted with gold needles, gloves coastal batik that hung down to his knees, waistband tied at the waist, and slipped a dagger rear. Dancers wore two scarves, which one worn at the waist and the other pinned at the shoulder, with each dancer holding hand of each end of the scarf. In addition, there is also a collection of anklet bells are looped around the ankle.

Tari Remo  music that accompanies it is gamelan, which usually consists of bonang barung / BABOK, bonang successor, saron, xylophone, gender, slentem zither, flute, kethuk, kenong, kempul, and gongs. The type of rhythm that is often sung to accompany Tari Remo is Jula-July and Tropongan, but can also be gending Walangkekek, Gedok Rancak, Krucilan or gending new creations. In ludruk performances, dancers usually insert a song in the middle of the dance.

              The Javanese are the largest tribe in Indonesia. No wonder when you travel across regions in Indonesia, for sure you will find the name of the tribe of Java. In Kalimantan alone, so a lot of people of Java, so it will be very easy to find the java without difficulty, even though we all know that Borneo is the place where the Dayak located. But the relationship between the Dayak and parts of Java is very harmonious know.

Javanese alone is estimated to have links with the Austronesian migration towards Madagascar in the first century. While it is the primary culture of migration is closer to Ma'anyan tribe in Borneo, some parts of the Malagasy language itself is taken from the Java language. Hundreds of years later when the period of the Hindu kingdom come, many merchants Java, who live in other places in the archipelago. At the end of the 15th century following the collapse of Majapahit and development of Muslims in the north coast of Java, many Hindus migrated from Java to Bali and was instrumental in the advancement of the culture of Bali.

In addition to domestic, Javanese also appeared on the Malay Peninsula for a long time. The relationship between Malacca and Java itself is an important thing that plays a major role in the development of Islam in Indonesia because many Islamic missionaries were sent from Malacca to several trade areas on the north coast of Java. Migrations have broadened the scope of which should be reviewed when the historians investigating traces of Javanese origin in history.

Java man renowned for friendliness and courtesy when talking with others. They are also not squeamish in the face of other people, they are also playful and jovial, and can put themselves in the presence of other ethnic groups. Because of the nature and character like this is what makes them able to live and mingle with tribes from anywhere.

Javanese speak Javanese language in everyday conversation, but they also can speak in Indonesian with a thick dialect, to communicate with other tribes. Javanese community who have settled outside Java, such as in North Sumatra and contained in the area Tondano North Sulawesi province, the younger generation mostly Javanese can no longer, they tend to use languages and local dialects.

In the Java language, basically consists of three castes languages, namely:

• Ngoko (rough)
• Madya (usual)
• Krama (smooth)

BELIEF SYSTEM OR RELIGI

  Religion professed by the majority of Java rate is Islam, Christian, Catholic, Hindu, and Buddhist.

Followers of Islam can be divided into two categories, namely:

Islam 1.Group Pupils, namely class which to worship in accordance with the teachings of Islam with Sharia-Islamic law.

Islam 2.Group Kejawen, ie groups who believe in Islam, but not adherence to Islamic law and still believe in the power of another.

In addition, the Javanese still believe in the supernatural or other forces:

1.believe on such delicate creatures memedi, genderuwo, tuyul, demons, and others.

2.believe on a good day or unlucky.

3.believe on the day of birth or weton.

4.believe on heirlooms, amulets, and the like.

In connection with a variety of beliefs, then held ceremonies selametan as follows:

> Traditional ceremonies associated with the circle of human life, such as mitoni, death, and others.

> Traditional ceremonies associated with village life, such as clean villages, agricultural cultivation, and others.

> Traditional ceremonies related to marriage, such as salvation sepasaran after the wedding.

> Traditional ceremonies associated with the commemoration of the days or months of great Islamic, such as Sekatenan or grebeg maulud, sura, and so on.

> Traditional ceremonies associated with certain events, such as a long trip, start making houses, and so on.

> Traditional ceremonies related to the death, as is customary surtanah or (geblak), nelung dina, and others.

                Sundanese tribes are very rich with unique culture and its art, and one of them is a Sundanese musical instrument that still exist. among others are:

1. KARINDING

Karinding is a tool used by the ancestor to repel pests in rice fields. Not only used for the benefit bersawah, the ancestor play this karinding in ritual or ceremonial. So even now still used as an accompaniment karinding reading rajah.

Age karinnding is older than the harp, the comparison according to the source of about 5.5 Abad. And modern musical term used to call this karinding as the mouth harp. In terms of sound production was not much different, just how to play just that little bit different; Nothing in trim (on vibrate with at sentir), on tap (beaten), and some are in drag by using threads. While karinding who met at the level of Sunda played by in tap or hit.

The material used to make karinding, there are two types: kawung midrib and bamboo.

Karinding divided into three segments: the first segment into a knock karinding and cause vibration in the middle segment. In the middle section there is a section of bamboo is cut to vibrate when karindingdiketuk with a finger. And the third segment (far left) serves as a handle.

How to play karinding quite simple, namely by attaching a middle segment karinding in front of the mouth slightly open, then hit or menyentir rightmost end segment karinding with one finger to "needle" karinding also vibrate intensely. From vibrating or vibra "needle" that produced sound diresonansi later by mouth. Sound issued will depend on the mouth, breath, and tongue. Conventionally-according to the narrative Abah Olot-tone or pirigan in play karinding there are four types, namely: cicadas, gogondangan, rereogan, and motorcade.

2. ANGKLUNG

Angklung is a musical instrument multitonal (dual tone) that is traditionally grown in the Sundanese-speaking community in the western part of Java Island. This instrument is made of bamboo, rung by shaken (sound caused by collision agency bamboo pipes) so as to produce sound that vibrates in the composition of tone 2, 3, to 4 tones in any size, large or small. Barrel (tone) angklung as Sundanese traditional music mostly is salendro and pelog.

Angklung is listed as Masterpieces of the Oral and non-material Cultural Heritage of UNESCO's Man since November 2010.

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                        Indonesia is rich with diverse ethnicities, languages, and culinary. Now I will discuss about the food / culinary Indonesia precisely in western Java / ethnic Sundanese.

Sundanese cuisine is typical Sundanese food people usually eat, eating is a legacy of past ancestors, which until today is still a lot of people who really like the culinary culture of Sunda. Sundanese cuisine has its own characteristics compared with other regions. yes it is; Sundanese cuisine featuring flavors are mild, simple, and clear; ranging from savory salty, sour fresh, lightly sweet, and spicy.

1.  Nasi Timbel,

Nasi timbel Dara Goreng

Refer to the way of cooking with hot rice wrap in banana leaves. Hot rice aroma makes the whole banana leaf and add the rice aroma. The trick is almost the same as making rice cake; pressed, compacted, and rolled in banana leaves; bias is presented with several choices of side dishes such as chicken friend rice, duck, or fried pigeon, jerked obese, jambal bread, tofu, tempeh, vegetables, tamarind, lalab and sambal. Rice lead to the development of inspiring recipes roasted rice.

2. Nasi Liwet Sunda,

how to cook rice in a furnace with lemongrass and galangal seasoned rice and bay leaves. To add flavor there that add anchovies.

3. Tutug Oncom,

rice dinanak with oncom mixture, onion, and kencur, usually served with crackers, chili paste, and salted.

4. Lalab,

raw vegetables served with sambal

5. Sambel Terasi, 

chili grind to paste

6. Karedok,

karedok leunca

raw vegetables with peanut sauce

7. Lotek, 

boiled vegetables with peanut sauce

8. Sayur Asem, 

stir-fried with tamarind flavor.

9. Oncom, 

fermented peanut similar to tempeh. Oncom can be fried, spiced used, or sauteed with vegetables like Ulukutek Leunca (leunca) or Oncom Peuteuy (mixed banana).

10. Tumis Tauco

Tofu sautéed with tauco.

11. Tumis Kangkung, 

12. Pepes,

Pepes Udang

pepes ikan mas

pepes tahu

pepes ikan kembung

Pepes is how to cook with wrapping material
food in banana leaves and then cooked (heated), various
food can be spiced, such as carp, anchovies, oncom, leunca, mushrooms, salted egg, tofu, and others. One of the most famous is Pais Gold Side dishes (spiced carp).

13. Ikan Bakar,

various grilled fish served with sauce and ketchup cocolan. Goldfish, carp, tilapia, and catfish commonly presented.

14. Ikan Goreng,

a variety of fried fish served with sauce and ketchup cocolan. Goldfish, carp, tilapia, and catfish commonly served, but Gurame Fan is one of the most popular.

15. Ikan Asin,

Asin Jambal

salted fish such as bicycles, jambal, stingrays, fish salted chicken feathers, anchovies, squid and salty; also catfish.

16. Bakakak hayam,

Bakakak This chicken is one of the foods most people enjoy doing the Sundanese, because in ancient times people often use bakakak hayam Sundanese as an icon for a celebration.
grilled chicken ala Sunda

17. Empal gepuk,

beef fried sweet flavor

18. Soto Bandung,

soup beef and horseradish

19. Soto Mie,

soup with noodles, rice noodles, spring rolls, kikil or beef tendon

20. Mie Kocok

 noodles with beef tendon kikil and

21. Sate Maranggi,

 satay or Sundanese lamb with herbs kecombrang

22. Gulai Kambing,

 curry mutton

23. Empal Gentong,

 goat meat and offal of Cirebon

24. Laksa Bogor,

 laksa similar variation of Bogor

25. Kupat Tahu,

diamond, tofu, rice noodles, bean sprouts, with peanut sauce

26. Asinan,

vegetables or fruits uah preserved by means salted or marinated

27. Baso Tahu,

 like dim sum, tofu and steamed fish meat, together with dumplings Bandung.

28. Batagor,

 Baso Tahu Goreng.

so many of my hopefully useful, do not forget to visit the unique culinary Sunda precisely in the area of West Java. thanks

                  Sundanese is the ethnic group originating from the western part of the island of Java, Indonesia, with Tatar Sundanese term that covers the administrative area of the province of West Java, Banten, Jakarta, Lampung and Central Java western region (Banyumasan). Sundanese is Indonesia's second largest ethnic. At least 15.2% of Indonesia's population is Sundanese. If Bantenese categorized as sub Sundanese then 17.8% of Indonesia's population is Sundanese. The majority of Sundanese people are Muslims, but there is also a small Christian, Hindu, and Sunda Wiwitan (Teak Sunda). Religion Sunda Wiwitan still persist in some rural communities Sundanese, as in Brass and Baduy community in Lebak Banten closely related and can be categorized as Sundanese.

Traditionally the home of Sundanese shaped stage with a height of 0.5 m - 0.8 m or 1 meter above ground level. In the homes of old age, there is a high vault reaches 1.8 meters. The vault itself is generally used for a binding pets such as cows, horses, or for storing agricultural tools such as hoes, plows, harrows, and so on. To go up to the house provided a ladder known Golodog made of wood or bamboo, which usually consist of no more than three steps. Golodog serves also to clean feet before climbing into the house.

Sundanese traditional house actually has different names depending on the shape of the roof and the door of his house. Traditionally there is a roof that is named suhunan Jolopong, Tagong anjing, badak Heuay, Perahu Kemureb, Jubleg Nangkub, Capit Gunting, and Buka Pongpok. From all that, Jolopong is the simplest form and are often found in areas of cultural heritage or in villages.

The following are the names of tribal house Sunda :

1. Badak Heuay

2. Jolopong

3. Perahu Kumureb

4. Tagog Anjing

5. Capit Gunting

                  Judging from philosophical terms, traditional houses belonging to people of West Java has a very impressive understanding. In general, the name of the Sundanese traditional house suhunan intended to respect the natural surroundings. Almost every custom home building Sunda very rare iron nails and other tools of modern buildings. For inter-pole amplifier used paseuk (from bamboo) or rope of palm or coconut fiber, while the roof of the house to use as cover fibers, coconut leaves, or leaves Rumia, because Sundanese traditional house very rarely use precarious. Another interesting point is about the material that is used by the house itself. Use a thin chamber material and the stage floor of wooden boards or Palupuh certainly not may be used to shelter in a community with barbaric civilization. Home to the Sundanese community not as a bastion of protection of human enemies, but merely of nature in the form of rain, wind, sun and animals.

abstracted from : http://id.wikipedia.org

                Peacock Dance is a dance variety of new creations that express the life of the animal, which is a peacock. The procedure and its motion is taken from the life of a peacock who was appointed to the stage by Sundanese artist Raden Tjetje Somantri.

   This peacock dance is one of the original culture of Indonesian art, precisely derived from Tatar pasundan namely West Java.

* History of peacock dance

    Peacock Dance is a traditional dance from West Java region, the meaning of this peacock dance movements are in a cheerful and happy, so that the peacock dance is always used as a dance offerings for guests or welcome the groom to get to the aisle, Peacock Dance is a popular dance in Java is a dance area and a new creation of the Land Sundanese, which was created by Prince Tjetjep Somantri in the 1950s, although the dance is performed by female dancers, but in fact this dance portrait of a male peacock behavior in menebatkan charm to the peahen, in this dance illustrated how peafowl effort to attract the attention of a female peacock with tail feathers to show off the beautiful and long, in its efforts to attract peahen, the male will display the charm of the best that there is in him to make the female fascinated and serlangsung until marriage.

1. Types of movement peacock dance

    * The types of basic movements are:

- galier (galier is rotating head movement.

- gilek (gilek is shaking his head movement to the right and to the left

    * Part hand:

- ukel (ukel is playing the hand movement)

- mud (mud is right and left hand movement driven forward or upward mud (mud is right and left     hand movement driven forward or upward by means of alternating).

- slap shoulder (shoulder slap is hand movements patted the shoulder either one hand or two             hands and even two hands interchangeably).
- capang is bending the hand movements of the hand).
- nyawang is a hand gesture indicating that're looking at the state of the remote).
- lontang left / right (lontang is hand movements using two hands and moved interchangeably).

    * The foot:

- Deku sit (sit Deku are the two legs folded in)

- seser (seser footwork is shifted to the right and left)
- sirig (sirig is footwork wiggle your legs simultaneously).

    * Part combined: mincid (mincid is a combined movement of the head, hands, and feet, and in the movement of the hands and feet simultaneously but different pairs That's right hand with your left leg so anything contrary).

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