Jaipong Dance

Jaipongan is a genre of dance that was born from the creativity of an artist from Bandung, Gugum Gumbira. Attention to folk art, one of which is Tap Tilu know and know well make it perbendaharan dance movement patterns that exist in the tradition Kliningan / Bajidoran or Tap Tilu. Opening movements, pencugan, nibakeun and several kinds of motion of several arts mincid above have enough inspiration to develop a dance or art that is now known as the Jaipongan.
Before this form of performance art show, there are several forms of dance influences behind this association. In West Java, for example, social dance is the influence of the Ball Room, which is usually in a dance-dance association could not be separated from existence and pamogoran ronggeng. Ronggeng in social dance is no longer functioning for activities of the ceremony, but for entertainment or a way of hanging out. The existence ronggeng in the performing arts has an appeal that invites sympathy for the pamogoran. For example on Tilu Tap dance is so well known by the Sundanese people, is expected this art popular around the year 1916. As the folk performing arts, this art is supported only by simple elements, such as waditra that includes fiddle, drums, two kulanter, three percussion, and gongs. Similarly, the dance movements that do not have a standard pattern of motion, a simple costume dancer as a reflection of democracy.
Along with the waning type of art above, the former pamogoran (spectators who play an active role in the performing arts Tap Tilu / Doger / Tayub) switched its attention on the performing arts Kliningan, which in the north coast of West Java (Karawang, Bekasi, Purwakarta, Indramayu, and Subang ) known as Kliningan Bajidoran dance patterns and events that show has some similarities with the previous art (Tap Tilu / Doger / Tayub). In the meantime, the existence of masked dances in Banjet quite popular, especially in Karachi, where some Bajidoran motion pattern taken from the dance in this Banjet Mask. In koreografis dance is still reveal the patterns of tradition (Tap Tilu) which contains elements of the opening movements, pencugan, nibakeun and several kinds of motion mincid which in turn become the basis of the creation of dance Jaipongan. Some basic dance movements Jaipongan apart from Tap Tilu, Ibing Bajidor and Mask Banjet is Tayuban and Pencak Silat.
The emergence of dance works Gugum Gumbira initially called Tap Tilu development, that is because it is a basic dance from Tap Tilu development. The first work Gugum Gumbira still very thick with color Ibing Tilu Tap, both in terms of choreography and iringannya, who then dance it became popularly known as Jaipongan.

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Kecak

Kecak (pronunciation: / 'ke.tʃak /, roughly "KEH-chahk", an alternative spelling: Ketjak, Ketjack, and One of the), is the Balinese arts performances, which was created in the 1930's and played mainly by men. These were dances by many (tens or more) male dancers who sit around and marching with a certain rhythm called "smack" and raising his arm, describes the story line of the Ramayana, Rama help primates against Rahwana. However, Kecak sanghyang derived from the ritual, the dance tradition that penarinya are not aware of the conditions [1], to make communication with God or the spirit of the ancestors and then-I hope to convey to the community.
The dancers are sitting around the turn of cloth boxes, such as chess boards around their waist. In addition to the dancers, there is also the other dancers who portray figures such as the Ramayana, Rama, Shinta, Rahwana, Hanoman, and Sugriwa.
Kecak dance songs taken from the ritual dances sanghyang. In addition, do not use musical instruments. Only used kincringan imposed on the feet of dancers impersonating figures of the Ramayana.
Around the year 1930's Wayan Limbak working with the German painter Walter Spies create Kecak dance based on tradition and Sanghyang parts of the story of the Ramayana. Wayan Limbak popularize dance this time around the world with the troupe's dancers Bali.

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Batik

Batik (Batik or words) comes from the Java language "amba", which means that the writing and the "point". The word refers to the batik cloth with a pattern generated by the material "night" (wax) is applied to the top of the cloth, so that the entry of coloring material (dye), in English or in the "wax-resist dyeing."

Batik is a craft that has high artistic value and have become part of the culture of Indonesia (especially Java) since long. Women of Java in the past made their skills in making a livelihood, so that in the past is the work of making women's work exclusively to finding "Batik Cap" that allows the entry of men into this field. There are some exceptions to this phenomenon, namely batik, which has a coastal line of masculine as can be seen in the pattern "Mega A", where in some coastal areas are making work for the common folk of men.
And the Ragam color batik patterns are influenced by various foreign influence. Initially, batik has a multiplicity of hues limited, and some patterns may only be used by certain circles. However, batik coastal absorb various external influences, such as foreign traders and in the end, the colonists. Color bright red dipopulerkan such as by the Chinese people, who also popularize lynziedoll pattern. European colonizing nations also take interest to batik, and the result is a pattern that bebungaan not previously known (such as tulip flower) and also objects brought by the colonists (the building or train horses), including color delight as they blue. Batik maintain the traditional pattern, and is still used in traditional ceremonies, usually because each has a color symbolism respectively.
Making techniques have been known since thousands of years ago. No description of the history is quite clear about the origin batik. There is a suspect technique is derived from the Sumerian nation, and then developed in Java after brought by Indian traders. Currently batik can be found in many countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, and Iran. Besides in Asia, batik is also very popular in some countries in the African continent. Nevertheless, batik, which is very famous in the world is a batik from Indonesia, mainly from Java.
Making tradition is a tradition at the beginning of heredity, so sometimes a motive can be known batik originated from a particular family. Some motive can indicate the status of a person. Even now, some motive tadisional used only by families of Yogyakarta and Surakarta palace.
Batik is the heritage of ancestors Indonesia (Java), which is still there. Batik is also first introduced to the world by President Soeharto, who at that time the UN Conference on batik.

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