OLEG TAMBULILINGAN ,A DANCE OF LOVE (a Balinese Dance).

In 1952, I Ketut Maria, a dance maestro from Tabanan regency, Bali, created a dance that is full with the spirit of love. It was John Coast who proposed him to create a new dance since he wanted to take Indonesian artists to Europe and the United State of America for a cultural exchange mission. At the time I Ketut Maria, famously known as I Mario, was around 50 years old and he felt too old and unwell to create a new dance. But after some efforts by John Coast to persuade him, he finally took the challenge. He had already taken some new inspiration but he was stuck, and had almost given up when Coast gave him a collection of books about classic ballet complete with pictures. Those books were the source of the inspiration behind the lovely traditional Balinese dance that we can still see performed nowadays.
The dancers are male and female who perform smooth swaying dance routines. They carry our imagination to a garden where the flowers are blooming and the bees are enjoying their mealtime imbibing the flowers’ essence. The dancers are transformed into bees that are attracted to each other so the male bee is chasing female so on. Flirtation happens over a mealtime which ends up into a beautiful love story where they are finally caressing each other. The whole performance creates such an intense romantic atmosphere also shows that both sexes naturally need each other.
It’s only the routines that are beautiful but also the costumes. The female dancer is wrapped in Balinese traditional fabric called prada (material with gold printed pattern) and has a long transparent yet shiny scarf attached as her wings. The colors of the costume usually bright, a combination of green, rd and yellow and her head carries a massive mountain of golden flowers. The male dancer also wears same type of fabric but with a different way of wrapping. For the male, the end of specific length of fabric is left unwrapped, the Balinese call this kancut. On the head , he wears udeng, the Balinese traditional hat while he carries a prada fan and spins it effortlessly with his right hand.
It has been many years since the maestro created the dance, but Oleg Tambulilingan still has great popularity. The beauty of the dance has successfully charmed whoever has watched the performance over years. The simplicity of the routines, that blends nicely with some routines the Balinese classic dances. Janger and Legong Keraton, show the story the creator wanted to tell clearly. The routines and the colors of what the dancers wear are just simply impressive.

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Wayang Kulit or Balinese Shadow Puppet

Sesame Street may be the ideal storytelling medium of western kids of worlwide, but the Balinese sticks to its aged-old Wayang Kulit or shadow puppets.

An oil lamp flame licks and glimmers through a thin white cloth screen as melodies air from the gamelan ensemble. A crowd gathers in front of the center of attraction. Their eyes struggle to adjust as they begin to focus in the dimly it space. Silhouettes dash across the screen to the typical knocking of wood. The dalang (puppet master) is set and his show about to begin. The screen flutters with hazy objects, moving in the time to the music. The image suddenly becomes clear as all the other puppets appear, pressed against the screen and appearing more in focus.

These shows can be magical, with audiences entranced by the shadow puppets’ movements and the beautiful sounds of the gamelan. Even though most foreigners witnessing the show won’t understand the ancient Kawi or Balinese used in the dalang’s dialogues, most are still entertained by the story. Recently, the next generation island puppet masters have twisted the custom a bit and displayed out of the box creativity, such as Nardayana and his humorous Cenk Blonk puppet characters, and many other dalangs occasionally interject some Indonesian slang, Balinese accented English, and quirky Japanese, inviting the grins of foreigners and the laughs of the locals.

Wayang Kulit shadow puppetry has many in-depth lessons and are the ideal portrayal of good conduct rooted in centuries-old Hindu text. The puppeteers themselves would easily be regarded as the island’s version of Mel Blanc, with their versatile and dynamic vocal skills. Some of the clown or battle scenes are easily reminiscent of the grotesque humor of Punch “n Judy, with the dashing and clashing of opponents.

A dalang must have among the most rare skills on earth. He must master many character voices – a voice actor on his own through a whole screenplay. He is a single person who controls the play, thus he must know the various stories and folklore and be able to cue in time with the music.

Shows always start with a simple ritual to ask for divine permission and guidance to achieve the best performance, and blessings are made also for the puppets. And it is the day of Tumpek Wayang, the Balinese 210-day Pawukon calendar system, a day for the blessing of the puppets and show items that accompany the performances.

Gifted dalangs bring the live even apparently ordinary puppet shapes, which in turn represent a distinctive character from popular Hindu epics, such as the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

The usual Wayang is performed at night. Variations on this style of puppetry have been especially popular in Asia for hundreds, and possibly thousands, of years. There are special occasions when Wayang is performed in the light of day, a performance named Wayang Lemah.

In Bali, Wayang Kulit performeces involve between 3 and 15 personnel, including the puppeteer, an assistant, and the gamelan orchestra. Wayang Lemah is performed sans the kelir screen and blencong oil lamps. The dalang plays his puppets against a white cotton string that acts as a frame of the scenes, and tied at either side to an end of dapdap or Erythrina wood, stuck into a length of a banana tree.

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Candi Boko

“Keindahan Yang Tersembunyi”

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Jika anda sedang bertamasya ke Candi Prambanan, tidak ada salahnya anda mampir ke candi Boko. Candi Boko berada dikawasan wisata budaya, yang berjarak 3 km dari arah selatan kompleks candi prambanan. Situs candi boko ini masuk dalam kecamatan prambanan, kabupaten sleman Yogyakarta. Anda dapat kesana dengan sarana angkutan apa saja, jika anda mengendarai kendaraan bermotor dari arah pusat kota Yogyakarta akan menghabiskan waktu kurang lebih 30 menit. Situs candi boko ini sangat indah, karena situs ini terletak diatas bukit. Dan kita dapat menikmati panorama alamnya yang cantik, situs ratu boko terletak diatas bukit pada ketinggian 195.97 meter, dengan luas sekitar 250.000 meter persegi, dipuncak bukit ini anda dapat melihat pemandangan yang indah. Karena kita dapat melihat dengan jelas Gunung Merapi yang selalu mengeluarkan asap yang terletak membelakangi Candi Prambanan dan Candi Sewu, tidak hanya itu diarah selatan anda dapat melihat panorama keindahan perbukitan dengan penuh dengan warna bangunan candi.

Yang tidak kalah menariknya adalah suasana Sore menjelang malam, atau yang biasa kita sebut dengan sunset. Matahari tenggelam di Candi boko ini sangatlah menarik, karena kita dapat melihat jelas saat matahari tenggelam. Pemugaran Candi boko pernah dilakukan sejak tahun 1938 sejak jaman penjajahan belanda, usaha itu kemudian dilanjutkan Pemerintah Indonesia sejak tahun 1952. dan sampai saat ini situs candi boko merupakan salah satu objek wisata yang menakjubkan, karena dikelola secara profesional oleh pemerintah daerah setempat. Selain anda dapat menikmati keindahan alamnya yang indah dan unik, disana juga dibangun banyak fasilitas seperti pusat informasi, ruang pamer, gardu pandang untuk menikmati keindahan alam dan candi prambanan, kamar mandi, fasilitas perkantoran. Selain itu dibangun juga fasilitas – fasilitas yang lain seperti tempat parkir, camping area, taman dan yang sangat penting adalah jalan utama untuk langsung ke Candi boko ini. Sehingga anda dapat dengan nyaman menikmati keindahan dan wisata candi boko ini.

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Kasada Bromo Ceremony

Kasada Bromo

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Bromo has a natural charm that was remarkable, will never run out our admiration by the beautiful natural scenery. Mount Bromo is derived from Sanskrit which means Brahma or one of the main deity, Mount Bromo is a volcano that is still active and the most famous tourism object in East Java. Mount Bromo has a height of 2400 meters above sea level.
Savannah the wild mountains that are very cool, we can see the dry grass and the vast desert. A very interesting and beautiful at sunrise we saw from the summit of Mount in Pananjakan, the fog below the mountain bromo creates a beautiful and mystical. To reach the mountain Pananjakan we can hire a car hardtop that is widely available in the inn. Or if you want to enjoy the natural scenery and healthy you can skip the trail menunuju road climbing. But it is recommended you hire a guide who was so used to roads and terrain in Bromo.

In addition, Tengger Tribe has tremendous appeal because they are holding fast to the traditions and cultures that guide his life. In 1990 the Tengger totaled 50 thousand who live dilereng Mount Semeru and near the caldera. They are highly respected by people around because they are holding fast to their culture by living honestly and not envy. Interest is said perch are the descendants of Roro Anteng (daughter of the King of Majapahit) and Joko Seger (son of Brahmin). Regional language they use in everyday situations is an ancient Javanese language. They have no caste language, very different from the Java language that is used mostly because they have the language level.
Since the era of Majapahit reputedly the territory they inhabit is a holy place, because they are considered servants - servants of the kingdom of Majapahit. Until now, they still adhered to Hindu religion, once a year the community held a ceremony Yadnya Kasada perch. The ceremony is located disebuah temple which is under the foot of Mount Bromo. And after that proceed summit of Mount Bromo. The ceremony took place at midnight to early morning every full moon Kasodo according to Javanese calendar month.......

Places to hold a ceremony kasada is Pura Luhur Poten Bromo, unlike the common Hindu believers who have a temple of the temple as a place of worship. But the potential is a plot of land as the venue dilahan sand kasada ceremony. The origin of Kasada ceremony occurred a few centuries ago "At UB Dynasty reign of the Majapahit empire, empress blessed with a daughter named Roro Anteng. After growing up the daughter fell in love with a young son of the Brahmin caste named Joko Seger. At the time of Majapahit kingdom in decline and more and waving the development of Islam in Java P. Some people trust the kingdom and some of his family decided to go kewilayah east. And most of the mountainous region perch, including Anteng Roro and Joko Seger. After they became the ruler of the area, they are very sad because it has not been blessed with a child. Various kinds of ways they try, until at last they summit of Mount Bromo to meditate. Finally their request was granted with a magical voice, provided that their youngest child after birth should be sacrificed kekawah Mount Bromo. After they were blessed with 25 children, it was time they have to sacrifice the youngest. But they can not bear to do it, because the conscience of parents who do not have the heart to kill his son. Finally the gods angry and lick their youngest son in kekawah mountain, arising from the youngest voice for their parents to live quietly with his brothers. And each year to make offerings are thrown into Mount Bromo. The tradition continues until this very day.
To be able to view the ceremony kasada bromo better we come before midnight, because of hectic preparation for the shaman. Bromo kasada Day ceremony today, many people around who arrive. Whether riding a motorcycle or other personal vehicles. Resulting in downward toward the foot of the mountain roads are very bad. And can make a car from the gates can not fall down. Another road down which you are walking with entourage entourage population towards the temple. Because if you own certain to get lost, because the fog is very thick and very disturbed outlook.

Also Ceremony Kasada bromo also made to appoint a physician or a shaman in every village. So that they can be appointed by the traditional elders, they must be able to practice and memorize spells spells. A few days before the ceremony begins Kasada bromo, they work on offerings that will be thrown into the crater of Mount Bromo. On the night of the 14th month perch Community Kasada rushing throng with bringing ongkek containing sesajo of various kinds of agricultural products and livestock. Then they took him to the temple and while waiting for a respected elder shaman came back they memorize and recite the incantation, just middle of the night held the inauguration of the shaman and the blessing of the people of Mount Bromo dipoten sea of sand. For the people of Tengger, Shaman is a very important role. Because their job is to lead the event - the ritual as well as weddings. Before graduation they are required to pass exams by rote and fluent in reading spells spells.

After the ceremony finished, ongkek - ongkek containing the offerings brought from the foot to the top of the crater of Mount Bromo. And they threw into the crater, as a symbol of the sacrifices made by their ancestors. Inside the crater there are many beggars and people who live dipedalaman perch, they are far distant days come to Mount Bromo and establish residence dikawah Mount Bromo in the hope they get thrown offerings. Residents who threw offering a variety of fruits and livestock products, they regard it as a vow or their gratitude to the god of livestock and agricultural abundance. Activities perch population residing inland dikawah bromo mountain we can see from night until noon Kasada Bromo.......

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