The word ”Gandrung” interpreted as his fascination Blambangan the agrarian society to the rice goddess Dewi Sri as bringing prosperity to the community.Gandrung Banyuwangi dance performed as a manifestation of public gratitude after each harvest.Art is still a genre with such Tilu Tap in West Java, Central Java and Tayub in the western
Passion is the performing arts are presented with musical accompaniment distinctive cultural blend of Java and Bali. Dances performed in the form of pairs of women (Gandrung dancers) and men (pemaju), known as “Paju”.
Dance-dominated art form with unique orchestration is popular in Banyuwangi region, located at the eastern tip of Java island, and has become the hallmark of the area, so no one if Banyuwangi always identified with passion. In fact, often nicknamed the City Gandrung Banyuwangi and crazy dancer statue can be found in various corners of the region’s Fables.
Gandrung often performed at various events, such as marriage, pethik sea, circumcision, seven teens and formal occasions or unofficial another either at Banyuwangi and other areas. According to custom, full show starting at around 21:00 and lasted until the wee hours (around 4:00).
History
According to historical records, the first time infatuated danced by men dressed as women and, according to Scholte (1927), the main instruments that accompany the dance is crazy lanang drums. At that time, the violin has been used. However, the passion this man gradually disappeared from Banyuwangi around the 1890s, allegedly because Islam forbids all forms transvestisme or dress up like women. However, dance crazy new male totally disappeared in 1914, after the death of the last dancers, namely Marsan.
Gandrung the first woman known in history is infatuated Semi, a child who was still ten years old in 1895. According to a story that is trusted, then Semi suffered a severe illness. ‘ve Done all the way up to the shaman, but Spring was also recovered. So the mother Semi (MAK Midhah) vowed as “sira Kadhung sane, sun dhadekaken Seblang, kadhung yo sing sing” (When you recover, I created you in Seblang, if not so not so). It turns out, eventually recovered and became Semi seblang well start a new chapter with he danced infatuated by a woman.
According to historical records, the first time infatuated danced by men dressed as women and, according to Scholte (1927), the main instruments that accompany the dance is crazy lanang drums. At that time, the violin has been used. However, the passion this man gradually disappeared from Banyuwangi around the 1890s, allegedly because Islam forbids all forms transvestisme or dress up like women. However, dance crazy new male totally disappeared in 1914, after the death of the last dancers, namely Marsan.
Gandrung the first woman known in history is infatuated Semi, a child who was still ten years old in 1895. According to a story that is trusted, then Semi suffered a severe illness. ‘ve Done all the way up to the shaman, but Spring was also recovered. So the mother Semi (MAK Midhah) vowed as “sira Kadhung sane, sun dhadekaken Seblang, kadhung yo sing sing” (When you recover, I created you in Seblang, if not so not so). It turns out, eventually recovered and became Semi seblang well start a new chapter with he danced infatuated by a woman.
Semi-crazy tradition that made this was followed by his sisters using Gandrung first name as her stage name. Art is then continued to grow throughout the Banyuwangi and become an icon of local typical. At first devoted to a cause should only be danced by the descendants of crazy dancers before, but since the 1970’s started a lot of young girls who are not descendants who learn this dance crazy and make it as a source of livelihood in addition to the increasingly pressured to maintain their existence since the end of the century -20.
Original source in Bahasa Indonesia Wikipedia: http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandrung_Banyuwangi
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