Jaran Kepang
Jaran Kepang dance performed by Singo Mangku Joyo group, Kertajaya, Surabaya closed the Ponorogo Art Show Week 2011 at East Java Cultural Park. Surabaya, Indonesia.
Jaran Kepang attractions usually exhibited in Reog Ponorogo performe. The mystical elements of dance combined into a great show. Jaran Kepang looks few players jumping, rolling, salto, even eat raw rice, grass, and eat leaves. Not only that sharp objects like razors, lamps were also eaten by the Jaran Kepang players.
Te dance started with a ritual. The ritual is callings supernatural creatures who will possess Jaran Kepang instead of players.
In the staging is at least there are 10 guards who keep the players Jaran Kepang, so that they are not out of line and disturbing the audience.
Uniquely, the players Jaran Kepang did crazy action by throwing his body in the ground, eating razor blades, and eat raw rice, but they do not feel any hurting effect.
Jaran Kepang means weaved bamboo hobby-horse. The dancers perform dances like horses with a rider on its back. They ride during the dance on a flat hobby-horse made of weaved bamboo or leather (skin of a cow). At the start of the dance they orderly dance and move like a horses according to the rhythm of the music. After a certain moment some of the dancers instantaneously go into trance and act completely like horses. They run, jump and move like horses, some of them act calmly and most of them wildly. They drink during the trance enormous volumes of water, eat raw grasses, raw banana leaves, flowers and raw un-hulled rice grains like real horses.
The Jaran Kepang performance is accompanied by gamelan music. The "gambuh", who has the mystical power, is the leader of the group and is responsible for the trance. He gives instructions to the group and to the onlookers.
Prior to the start of the performance the "gambuh" and his assistant pray and do some ceremonies. During the dance he gives a certain sign and the dancers instantaneously go into trance. He also get the dancers out of trance after the dance and the performance.
Currently at some performances the dancers also act like other animals like apes, tigers and snakes during the trance.
Jaran Kepang attractions usually exhibited in Reog Ponorogo performe. The mystical elements of dance combined into a great show. Jaran Kepang looks few players jumping, rolling, salto, even eat raw rice, grass, and eat leaves. Not only that sharp objects like razors, lamps were also eaten by the Jaran Kepang players.
Te dance started with a ritual. The ritual is callings supernatural creatures who will possess Jaran Kepang instead of players.
In the staging is at least there are 10 guards who keep the players Jaran Kepang, so that they are not out of line and disturbing the audience.
Uniquely, the players Jaran Kepang did crazy action by throwing his body in the ground, eating razor blades, and eat raw rice, but they do not feel any hurting effect.
Jaran Kepang means weaved bamboo hobby-horse. The dancers perform dances like horses with a rider on its back. They ride during the dance on a flat hobby-horse made of weaved bamboo or leather (skin of a cow). At the start of the dance they orderly dance and move like a horses according to the rhythm of the music. After a certain moment some of the dancers instantaneously go into trance and act completely like horses. They run, jump and move like horses, some of them act calmly and most of them wildly. They drink during the trance enormous volumes of water, eat raw grasses, raw banana leaves, flowers and raw un-hulled rice grains like real horses.
The Jaran Kepang performance is accompanied by gamelan music. The "gambuh", who has the mystical power, is the leader of the group and is responsible for the trance. He gives instructions to the group and to the onlookers.
Prior to the start of the performance the "gambuh" and his assistant pray and do some ceremonies. During the dance he gives a certain sign and the dancers instantaneously go into trance. He also get the dancers out of trance after the dance and the performance.
Currently at some performances the dancers also act like other animals like apes, tigers and snakes during the trance.
