KNOW THE RITUAL DANCE OF JAPAN AND INDONESIA



There are many traditional dances in Japan, but one of the famous and the most common dances is the Bon dance, called "Bon Odori" in Japanese. Bon week was held in August every year, and Obon, as is often known, continuously for one week. Bon means' welcome the soul of ancestors and hold memorial services for them. During Bon, sometimes all the relatives got together and held a memorial service for their ancestors, and reflect and reminisce. These practices originated from the Chinese Buddhist tradition, synergic blend of Buddhist beliefs and ancestor worship. first dance to welcome the spirits of the dead. This dance and music that accompanies them is different for each region of Japan. Usually, bon dance involves people dancing around yagura, which is a high wooden scaffold made of wood, especially for this festival was founded.

Indonesia also has a culture that shows a value of ritual and magic, namely Calonarang show, which originated from Bali island. Calonarang role, is about the widows of the area Dirah who spread disaster and epidemic disease in the kingdom of Kediri. Performing estimate in popularity around the year 1825 experienced in the region of Calonarang Gianyar Bali, when the government Dewa Agung Sakti. The venue is usually held in nearby graves around the temple palace. Peak performance occurs at midnight. The scene that occurred in the middle of the night is a scary scene. Balinese people believe that at midnight haunts leak.
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PUPPET THEATRE IN INDONESIA


Form of puppet theater of the most popular in Indonesia is a puppet. In principle the form of puppet theater involving the mastermind and the physical form of puppet characters. in Indonesia is divided into two:

  1. Shadow graph: a puppet theater made from the skin of the venue in the form of a white screen curtain call. Shadow puppet play is taken from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The story originated from India are usually in play all night long. The interesting aspect is the scene in a shadow puppet, Goro Goro (Comedy). scene is a funny scene clown-servants. Goro-GoroPunakawan consists of Semar, Gareng, Petruk and Bagong. In the original stories from India, a character clown-servants are not there, clown-servants is a character created by artist Indonesian shadow puppets.
  2. Puppet Marionette : located in West Java are called puppet theater puppet show. In a puppet show, puppet who played a wooden doll. His plays do not use the screen but uses the small stage.
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