Balinese Traditional Dance

Balinese Dance History

Traditional dance is an every ethnic and racial identities that exist in the world, Similarly in Bali. Balinese dance is very typical, Balinese dance generally categorized into three groups, namely Wali as dance performances in sacred ceremony, Bebali as dance performances for the ceremony and also intended to welcome visitors in Bali and Balih-balihan the art of dance which is generally intended as entertainment for Bali visitors.
One of the dances are very popular for tourists is the Kecak and Pendet. Around the 1930s, Wayan Limbak worked with German painter Walter Spies to create dance Kecak is based on the tradition of Sang Hyang and parts of the Ramayana story. Wayan Limbak popularized the dance when he decided to around the world with his troupe of Balinese dancers. In the early 1980s, an expert on Balinese dance called I Made Bandem classified Balinese dances in several categories, among others, the Wali group includes Berutuk,
Sang Hyang Dedari, Rejang and Baris Gede, Bebali among other groups is Gambuh, Topeng Pajegan and Wayang Wong, whereas class-balihan balih which among others is the Legong, Parwa, Arja, Prembon and Joged, as well as various other modern dance choreography.

Some of Balinese dances Definition

Tari Rejang
Tari Rejang (Rejang dance) is a typical Balinese dances are played exclusively by women and performances
This dance also intended specifically for women. The dance movements are very simple but progressive and agile. Usually performances Rejang dance held at the temple during the course of ceremonies or religious ceremonies Hindu Dharma.

Tari Baris
Tari Baris (Baris dance) is a kind of traditional war dances from Bali accompanied by gamelan. Baris is leret or line is a metaphor intended especially for a guard of soldiers devoted to the king. This dance depicts the feelings of a young hero before he went to war.

Legong
Legong word comes from the word "leg" which means dance flexible or pliable and "gong" which means
gamelan. Legong is a classical Balinese dance group that has a very complex motion of bound with percussion accompaniment structure is said to be the effect of gambuh. Thus Legong dance means bound by the accompanying from gamelan.

Tari Kecak
Kecak main purpose of this dance is the dance tells the story of the Ramayana through and played mainly by men. This dance is performed by dozens of dancers men who sit in rows of circular and with a certain rhythm called "top" and raised both arms, depicting the Ramayana as line of apes help Rama against Ravana.
However Kecak can be classified as sanghyang ritual, which would dancers dance traditions are in a state of unconsciousness, which is to communicate with God or spirits of the ancestors with the aim to deliver expectations.

Tari Pendet
Pendet was originally a dance that many exhibited worship in temples, places of worship people Hindus in Bali. This dance symbolizes the descent of the gods to the reception on the natural world. with the times, the artists transform Pendet be "welcome message", but still contains elements that sacred-religious.

Tari Janger
Janger dance was created in 1930, is a social dance Janger Amy Bali. This dance is performed by 10 dancers in pairs, namely the daughter (Janger) and son (Kecak). They danced while singing songs in bersahut Janger-replication.

Joged Bumbung
Joged Bumbung is a social dance version of Bali. This dance is usually performed in events social in Bali, such as weddings. This dance is danced by female dancers, then look for the male partner of the audience to be invited to dance along. The dance is usually accompanied by a set of music from bamboo.

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Traditional Music of Bali

The diversity of the arts in Bali is rich, one of them is Balinese traditional music. There are several variants of the musical instruments used by the people of Bali, such as Gamelan, Jegog, and Genggong.
Balinese traditional music has in common with the traditional music of various other races in Indonesia, for example, the way they play the gamelan also various other percussion instruments in general. Still, there are several ways that characterize the Balinese in improvising techniques and playing a musical instrument, exam in the form of Kecak, the Balinese chant supposedly the story as imitating the sound of monkeys.
Similarly, a variety of gamelan played also has a unique, such as gamelan jegog, big gong gamelan, gamelan xylophone, Gamelan Gamelan Semar selunding and Pegulingan. There is also identical to Angklung music Sundanese ethnic music, played for the cremation ceremony and Bebonangan music played in various other ceremonies.
There are also various forms of modernization of traditional Balinese music, for example Gamelan Gong Kebyar which is dance music that developed in the Dutch colonial period and Joged tube which became popular in Bali since the era of the 1950s. In general Balinese music is a combination of a variety of percussion instruments metal (metallophone), gongs and wooden percussion (xylophone). Because of the relationship of social, political and cultural, Balinese traditional music or games Balinese gamelan influence or affect each other culture in the surrounding areas, for example in the traditional music of Banyuwangi and music Lombok traditional society.

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Balinese House and Clothing

Traditional House Bali

Bali house is made in accordance with the rules of Asta Kosala Kosali (part of the Vedas that set the room layout and buildings, like Feng Shui in Chinese Culture).
According to the philosophy of the Balinese people, the dynamism of life will be achieved when the realization of the relationship harmony between aspects pawongan, palemahan and parahyangan. For the construction of a house should include these aspects or commonly known as Tri Hita Karana. Pawongan is the residents. Palemahan means there must be a good relationship between residents and the environment.

In general, the traditional architecture of the building or area of ​​Bali is always filled with ornaments, such as carving, equipment and provision of color. Ornament contains a certain sense as an expression the beauty of the symbols and the delivery of communication. Decorative forms of fauna also serves as a ritual symbols shown in the sculpture.

Traditional clothing Bali

Clothes Bali area actually has a very varied types, although briefly clothes they used to look the same.
Each area in Bali has a characteristic symbolic and ornaments, based activities / ceremonies, gender and age of users. Social and economic status of a person can be known by style of clothing and jewelry ornaments worn.
Traditional men'sb fashion generally consists of:

1. Udeng (headband)
2. Kain Kampuh (Fabric hem)
3. Umpal (shawl binder)
4. Kain Wastra (wastra woof)
5. Belt
6. Keris
7. Variety of jewelry ornaments

Traditional womens fashion generally consists of:

1. Bun (sanggul)
2. Sesenteng (kemben songket)
3. Kain wastra (wastra woof)
4. Prada belt (stagen), twist the hips and chest
5. Songket shawl used from shoulder to down
6. Tapih cloth or Sinjang, next to the
7. Variety of jewelry ornaments

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The Culture Of Bali

History of Bali

Balinese people or in Balinese said Krama Bali, is a tribe that occupied the island of Bali, by using language as the language of daily Balinese and follow the customs and culture of Bali. The majority of the tribe of Bali approximately 90% of the population adheres to Hinduism, while the rest are Muslims, Christians and Buddhists. According to population data, total of 3.2 million Hindus living in Bali, and the majority of people
Hindus in Bali has a belief in the Hindu-Buddhist Shiva. This is because centuries ago priests from India who traveled in the archipelago and introduced the Hindu-Buddhist literature to the tribe of Bali.
Community accepted it and combine it with a pre-Hindu mythology who believed them. Balinese people who have been there before the third migration wave, known as the Bali Aga, mostly embraced differ from tribe Bali in general. They maintain the tradition of animism.

Balinese Traditional Art

Balinese Culture is famous for a traditional dance, Exhibition, and art carving, Hence There is a term which states that every person Bali is an artist. In daily life, the Balinese do art activities whether it be off his work as farmers, traders, and so on. Many of the activities they are doing art, ranging from dance, play music, paint, sculpt, sing, to play the play, even an offering made Balinese women have the artistic side braided pieces of coconut leaves and fruits arrangement neat and towering.
Balinese artists arguably a talented penduplikat, it can be evidenced by the Pure (Pura) decorated with carvings resembling a typical Chinese god of course the result of imitating the Chinese, and some are decorated with reliefs of a motor vehicle, they are examples of foreign magazines.Gamelan is a musical instrument that is vital existence to be used in various traditional events Balinese society.
Of every kind of music tailored to the show. Music for piodalan (anniversary) is different with music
accompaniment Metatah event (sharpening the teeth), as well as weddings, cremation, Melasti, and so on.
Gamelan diverse was adjusted to various types of dance in Bali. In Bali, dance makes intact Balinese life as well as a crucial element in a series of ceremonies and personal respectively.
As in Java, Bali tribe also recognize the puppet show, but with a puppet form more like humans than Javanese wayang. Balinese people also have unique aspects that associated with their religious traditions. Their religious life is a syncretism between religion Hindu-Buddhist with Balinese traditions.

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Traditional Dance of Minangkabau

Typical Dance Of MinangKabau

Minangkabau art is very diverse and of course all of the original adjustable apparently from various regions of West Sumatra. No doubt that the beauty and diversity of the arts Minangkabau is a legacy that became
advocate and complement of the arts that in various customary in Indonesia.
Minang art has spread to other regions in Indonesia and even to neighboring countries, Malaysia. Minangkabau art and culture is well known even be influenced in the arts other tribes in Indonesia, including Malay, Betawi, Sundanese, Javanese, and others. This is caused on the overseas thing and marriage that has been done since time immemorial, began in the 15th century from Pagaruyung Kingdom to belong to the kingdom of Malacca.
Dance is one of the Minangkabau culture patterns that are often used in traditional party or a wedding celebration. Minangkabau dance is not only played by women but also by men. The characteristic of Minangkabau dance is fast, loud, stomping, and dynamic. Typical Minangkabau dance consists of  Dance Plate, Dance Pasambahan, and Dance Indang.

Variant of Minangkabau Dance

Plate Dance
Plate Dance or Dance Piriang (Minang language) is a traditional dance in Minangkabau derived from Solok, West Sumatra province. Plate is the main medium in this dance. The platters are played by in the grip by hand and swung with movements Regular fast. movements based on the steps in the Minangkabau Silat or Silek.

Dance Umbrella
This one dance symbolizes affection. This dance is basically played by 3-4 dancers done in pairs between men and women, ith Media complement of this dance is the umbrella. This dance reflects the association of young people, so use this umbrella aims to protect them from the negative things. The dance is usually performed at the opening of a party, exhibitions or other forms of activity.

Dance Pasambahan
This dance is played when there is an event welcoming guests away, the goal is a welcome greeting and an expression of respect for the guest of honor who had just arrived. However, at this time, dance pasambahan shown not only in the event welcoming guests, but also in the staging and performing arts as a means of entertainment for many people.

Dance Indang
Indang is a traditional art tools applause from West Sumatra. Indang art tool is also called Ripai, this tool has the same form bleak tambourine, but from the size of this tool has a smaller size, diameter approximately 18 to 25 cm and height 4.5 cm. But this Indang art tool also comes from the Arabic.

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Traditional Foods of Minangkabau

Minangkabau traditional food is one of the most traditional diner chain triumphed in Indonesia. Traditional foods of Minangkabau have a high taste because most of every dishes served has recipes with spices diverse and cooked in the process quite a long time.

Here are the top 10 of Minangkabau traditional food :

1. Rendang 
With beef as the main ingredient which can now be found in a variety of varied ivory, a few of coconut milk mixed with pepper, onion, turmeric leaves, kaffir lime leaves and rustle. This food is perfect served as a side dish, where it is eaten as a friend of lemang, rice, sticky yellow or sticky turmeric, ketupat palas or sticky rice cake, rice cake rice, and bread. 

2. Sate Padang 
This confectionary made from beef, tongue, or offal (heart, intestine, and tetelan) thick peanut sauce with herbs (like porridge) and spiked with lots of chili so it was to be spicy. There are three variants of the Sate Sate which is Padang Padang, Sate Padang Panjang and Sate Pariaman, all of which comes from the land of West Sumatra, Indonesia. 

3.Dendeng Balado 
Snack of beef sliced ​​thin and wide and then dried and fried until dry and the next stage of the presentation of fried meat was seasoned with Sambal Balado. Sambal Balado is a chili sauce that cut into chunks. 

4. Gulai Cancang
Made of meat and some parts of organs in other bull mixed with various spices variants including chili and coconut milk, but cooked shorter so they fry. These foods are usually presented as a friend of warm rice. 

5. Soto Padang 
Food is one of the Minangkabau soup, made from a beef with spices and variants soup. 

6. Asam Padeh
Ordinary materials used are tuna, snapper, mackerel fish, carp, and squid which is then combined with herbs and spices to produce a taste that good with combination sour and spicy.

7. Lemang 
Made from rice and coconut milk are put in the reed section and wrapped with banana leaves and burned to cook. The usual snacks served abuzz. 

8. Sambal Lado Tanak 
A complementary sauce on typical dishes Minang, Sambal lado tanak made from chili cooked with certain materials, materials that are commonly used are anchovies, eggs, eggplant, banana etc. 

9. Palai Rinuak 
Palai rinuak made from fish rinuak given seasoning and grated coconut and wrapped with banana leaves and then steamed, spiced palai meaning in language is a kind of Minang and rinuak fish-sized lighters are numerous in lake. 

10. Pangek Masin
Is cooked with spices such as when we make a salad seasoning fish, the only difference is the use of basil leaves that tanama are still a family with basil.

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Traditional Musical Instruments of Minangkabau

 Saluang

Saluang is a traditional musical instrument Minangkabau, West Sumatra. This instrument is played by blowing, Saluang made of thin bamboo or gutters, where the Minangkabau people believe that the best materials to be made saluang derived from gutter to gutter clothesline or a cloth found drifting in the river.
This stu musical instruments sort of flute, but there are only four holes. Saluang length approximately 40-60 cm, with a diameter of 3-4 cm. So in accordance with the principle of acoustic physics, blowing out of the mouth of the inner wall will vibrate in such a way saluang produce sound. Saluang tuned to be some holes there is usually a 4 hole. With so saluang can generate frequencies diatonic tones. It is also one of the characteristics of this instrument.
Saluang legendary players in the Minangkabau named Idris Sutan Sati with Syamsimar singer.
Saluang game is usually in the crowd like keduri marriage ceremony, Batagak home, Batagak pangulu, and others. These games are usually held after evening prayers and ended at dawn. In other kesemptan the beautiful young women Minang that contains the message, satire, and also subtle criticism of the listener's memory returns to hometown or on the lives that have been, are, and will be undertaken.

Bansi (Flute of Minang)

Bansi or Minang flute with seven holes (like a recorder), short form, and can play traditional songs and modern because it has a standard tone (diatonic). Bansi size is approximately 33.5 to 36 cm with a diameter of between 2.5-3 cm. Bansi also made of gutters (thin bamboo) or Sariak (a type of small bamboo thin). This instrument is rather difficult to play, in addition to affordable long hard fingers, also blew hard way.

Pupuik batang padi (Rod Rice)

This traditional musical instrument made from rice straw. At the end of the stem segments made tongue, if blown will produce a gap, giving rise to noise. While in the end is covered with palm leaves that resemble a trumpet. It sounded shrill and tones generated by the game winding finger on palm leaves.

Sarunai (Clarinet of Minang)
Flute, derived from the word Shehnai is an instrument in Indian Kashmir valley, consisting of two pieces of bamboo are not equal; small piece can fit into larger pieces; to function as a producer of tone. This instrument has four tone holes, which would produce a melodic sound. This tool has been rarely used, as well as difficult to make, the tone produced is also not much used.

Pupuik Tanduak

This instrument is made of buffalo horn (Hoorn), and the ends was cut in cases to blow or played. The shape black shiny and clean. Does not function as an accompaniment instrument sing or dance, as a whistle, without holes so that only a single tone. Was used to cue the community such notice at dawn and dusk, or there is an announcement of the village leaders.

Rabab (fiddle of Minang)
Rabab derived from the Arabic as a fiddle, there are also other areas such as Deli, Sundanese, Javanese, etc. Rabab Minang very unique, besides swiped also their voice membrane under the bridge, so as to have another effect (hoarseness). The unique properties of this cause swipe way too hard. Rabab body is made from coconut (Cocos nucifera)

Aguang (Gong of Minang)
The term gong in Minang language is aguang, the same shape as the one in the other areas, such as in Malay, Sundanese, Javanese, etc. Gong usually blow to one, three, or cover, while a small gong to blow into two and four. Then there is also a variation in accordance with the rythme of the song.

Gandang (Drum of Minang)
The term of the drums in Minang language is gandang (in Batak Karo gondang), the same shape as the one in the other areas, such as in Malay, Batak, Sundanese, Javanese, etc. How to play is the same as well, namely the small circle on the left and a larger one on the right. But how to hit between each region are very different, namely in Minang depending on the type of tramp songs. Gandang Tasa is the traditional instrumental of the art drum games which is popular in Padang Pariaman.

Violin (Violin of Minang)

Violin music instrument then also be a traditional musical instrument Minang with some modifications according to the traditional Minang: rabala and rabab darek. Rabab South Coast (Rabab Pasisia) is one of the famous game rabab in West Sumatra with the rabab famous players named Hasan Basri.

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Traditonal Music of Minangkabau

The origin of Minangkabau Traditional Music is closely related to Malay Music, which is generally accompanied by Traditional Musical Instruments such as Talempong, Saluang, Rebab (fiddle), Rebana (Tambourine), Violin, Aguang, Gandang and Serunai (fife).
Malay Music originated from the kind of music that comes from the Arabic named Qasidah that in the year 635 -1600 brought by the propagator of Islam in Indonesia. At the beginning, the lyric of the song is Gurindam and then over time it is used also to accompany Traditional Dances.

Since the time of the Suez Canal opened happen migration of Arabs and Egyptians who entered the Dutch East Indies in 1870 until after 1888, they bring musical instruments and then playing the kind of music Lute Arab origin. This influence is also mixed with traditional music with the lyrics of Gurindam and local traditional musical instruments such as Talempong, Saluang, fiddle, Tambourine, Violin, Aguang, Gandang, fife and others.
In 1955 was born The Modern Modern Minang, which is very much different from The Traditional Minangkabau style of music that was originally known as Qasidah music and entertainment is growing as singing and accompaniment Pasambahan's Dance, Plate's Dance, Umbrella's Dance, Serampang Duabelas Dance, all of which are typical dances of People Minang west coast of Sumatra. With the development of electronic technology
around after 1950, then introduced the speaker, electric guitars, and even the development of the keyboard. And no less important is the development of the recording industry since 1950 by Lokananta and rhythm.

The Types  of Minangkabau Musics

1. The Original Music of MInangkabau

Qasidah Music which is basically a song of Islamic religious lyric and then reading couplets, and evolve as a dance accompanist. Musical instruments used are limited to the percussion instruments such as blow bamboo, wood, stone, and tambourine.

2. The Traditional Music Minangkabau
The Traditional Music of Minangkabau is characterized by style or tramp Minang by using Traditional Music tools of Minangkabau such as the Gondang, Aguang, Tambourine, Sarunai, Talempong, fiddle, Saluang and Bansi.

3. Modern Music of Minangkabau 1955

Modern Music of Minangkabau played by Gumarang, Teruna Ria, Kumbang Tjari, and Zaenal Combo and less influenced by Latin music with the blow of bongo and the instrumental of maracas, usually the rhythm like rumba, cha-cha, or mambo. Musical instruments used are grown with the influence of European musical instruments like the accordion, violin, guitar, piano or keyboard, Basses, Drums, Bongo, Saxophone, Clarinet, Trumpet, Flute, Maracas, and others.

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The Culture of Minangkabau

History Minangkabau

Basically most of the people of Padang was come from the ethnic of Minangkabau,
while other ethnic groups are also settled there including, Javanese ethnic, Chinese ethnic, Nias ethnic, Mentawai ethnic, Batak ethnic, Aceh, and Tamil ethnic.
Minang people in the city of Padang is one of the migrants from other areas but these migrants remain in the province of western Sumatra. In 1970, Padang has a number of arrivals by 43% of the entire population, until 1990, of the total population of the city of Padang, 91% came from Minangkabau ethnic group.
In the 19th century, people of Nias had become a minority in the city of Padang, most
of them live in Mount Padang. Quite many people of Nias who is married to a resident of Minangkabau. In addition, some are married with Europeans and Chinese. The number of mixed marriages have reduced the percentage of Nias tribe in Padang.Then Javanese brought by the Dutch to Padang as servants and soldiers, and there is also a plantation workers.
In the 20th century Javanese mostly came as a homesteader. Moreover, Madurese,
Ambon and Bugis also been a resident of Padang, as the Dutch soldiers during the Padri war. Tamils ​​or Indian descent possibility of coming together of British troops.
Tamil residential area in Kampung Keling a commercial center. Most of those who live in the city of Padang has forgotten culture.

Legend, Traditional Home and Religion

Padang city is famous for the legend that is "Siti Nurbaya" and "Malin Kundang" and
traditional Minangkabau house known as the "House Tower". The majority of residents of the city of Padang to Islam that the majority of its adherents are Minangkabau. Other religions practiced in this city which includes Christian, Buddhist, and Confucian, most religions other than Islam is not embraced by the Minangkabau itself but the other tribes of the field, therefore the house of worship was variable, addition is dominated by There are also churches and mosques pagoda.
Ganting Grand Mosque is the oldest mosque in the city, which was built around 1700.

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Traditional Foods and Drinks of Sunda

Sundanese Traditionals Foods

As well as the arts, the sundanese traditonal's food and drinks were very diverse too,
either heavy or light meals as well as drink.
Sundanese food or drinks has calculated a simple material with the term Sundanese
namely "Dadakan" (in Sundanese language meaning is made fast), but although the presentation was quitely sudden, but it does not losing the taste of food with a food that is cooked with various materials spices though. However, many traditional Sundanese food that has a recipe with a variety of spices or herbs as well as cooking food in general.
Another characteristic of sundanese foods is creatively made by basic material for most
people considered useless. For example Tumis Genjer, the basic ingredients of this food is taken from plants weeds in between the rice plants. Sayur kadedemes or cassava's skin that is often considered toxic, fried crisp impun which made from small fish that live wild in the river, or Tutut, snails that live on a farm.
there is more foods that also referred too as Hahampangan or snacks, its included keremes, opak, kolontong, borondong, kalua jeruk, kerupuk melarat, semprong, etc.

Here is the top ten list of traditional foods from various regions in west java :

1.Karedok is the most delicious typical Sundanese kulinir which is made from a various fresh vegetables mixed with peanut sauce and crackers.
2.Nasi Timbel is the hot rice which is wrapped in to banana leaf to make the aroma more fragrant white rice. Equipped with fried tahu, tempe, goldfish or chicken and sambal (spicy sauce).
3.Peuyeum is a typical food of West Java was made from fermented cassava that is not only delicious but also the price is cheaper than other typical food of Sunda.
4.Pepes Ikan Mas are a bunch wrapped in banana leaf and added lots of spices in it and then steamed until its cooked better served with rice and sambal(spicy sauce).
5.Sayur Asam was made from various fresh vegetables which presented as a soup, the material incude a sweet corn, long beans, leaves melinjo, eggplant, etc. its delicious served with rice.
6.Lalab is a typical food that looks like a salad, but not cooked or mixed with other spices, it served raw as fresh as it is. its one of a Dadakan's food.
7.Soto Bandung is typical of Bandung, West Java. A soup made from beef and is almost the same as other types of soup, but the different is the addition of radishes, tomatoes, and fried soy in it and usually served with rice and crackers.
8.Nasi Liwet Sunda, is made by cooking rice in a furnace with lemongrass and galangal seasoned rice and bay leaves. To add more flavor some of it was made with added anchovies.
9.Tutug Oncom, rice which cooked mixture with oncom, onion, and kencur, usually served with crackers, chili paste, and salted
10.Baso Tahu, is like a dim sum, tofu and steamed fish meat, as same as well with siomay or dumplings from Bandung.

Sundanese Traditionals Drinks

There are also many traditional drinks in Sunda ethnic, here is teh top five list of it :

1.Bajigur is a traditional drink Sundanese people of West Java, Indonesia. Its main ingredient is palm sugar and coconut milk. more tasted mixed with a little ginger, salt, and vanilla powder.
2.Bandrek is the traditional drink of the Sundanese of West Java, Indonesia, which is consumed to increase the warmth of the body. The spices added is lemongrass, pepper, pandan, chicken eggs, etc.
3.Cendol is typical Indonesian beverage made from rice flour, served with shredded ice and liquid brown sugar and coconut milk. its sweet and savory tasted drink.
4.Es Goyobod was made from dough hunkue or starch are cut, combined with avocado, coconut, black sticky rice Tape, Tape pieces of cassava in the box, thick coconut milk, grated ice and milk. its better served at noon.
5.Es Cincau is a kind of refreshment with the main ingredient gel-like gelatinous known as grass jelly. Grass jelly pieces coupled with syrup, coconut milk (or milk) and shaved ice so be refreshments. Grass jelly is used varies depending on the leaves of plants used: Cylea barbata Miers (green grass jelly), generating green jelly, Palustris dazzling BI (black grass jelly), produces black jelly, or Melasthoma polyanthum (grass jelly shrubs).

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The Other Traditional Art of Sunda

Others Tradition of Sunda

Adu Domba

Adu Domba is one of the typical folk art western Java are quite popular, this art is an ancestral art that survived its existence until today. Basically, Adu Domba is a showcase the agility of a livestock that will eventually raise the prestige of an association of certain livestock. The participants are breeders of sheep which is scattered in almost all western Java, especially garut, sumedang, Bandung, Majalengka and others. Event Adu Domba held every year by a system of competition, almost every month of this project is implemented in the rotating areas.
In Bandung one of Adu Domba's arena was located in the Valley of Siliwangi. Each event is always crowded with many audiences. This activity also has a fairly high prestige because many figures Sundanese also a fans of it and the owner of livestock at the same time, such as Kang Ibing and others.

Wayang Golek

The origin of Wayang Golek is unknown because there is no complete information about it in written or oral explainations. The presence of Wayang Golek show can not be separated from the wayang kulit because it basic development of it. There are statement that in 1583 AD, Sunan Kudus make puppets from the woods which is then called Wayang Golek that can be performed during daylight hours.
In line with it, Ismunandar (1988) mentions that in the early 16th century Sunan Kudus making 70 pieces of 'Wayang purwo' with a story accompanied by gamelan Salendro Menak. The show is held during the day. This puppet does not require color. The shape resembles a doll made of wood (instead of leather as well as Wayang Kulit) but its kind like Golek. Therefore, its called as the Wayang Golek.

Kuda Renggong

Kuda Renggong is one of the folk performing arts originally it came from Sumedang. The word "Renggong" in this art is a metathesis from the word Ronggeng kamonesan (Sundanese for "skills") way of running a horse that has been trained to dance following the rhythm of music, especially Kendang (the sundanese drum), which are usually used as solo media in procession of child circumcision.
According to the narrative of several artists, Kuda Renggong first emerged is from the village named Cikurubuk, Buah Dua Subdistrict, Sumedang District. In the development of Kuda Renggong experience progressing quite well, so it spread to various villages in several districts outside the District of Buah Dua it self. Today, Kuda Renggong also spread to other areas outside the Sumedang District.

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Sundanese Dance 

Ronggeng Gunung

Ronggeng Gunung is a one of the Sundanese dancing tradition which is originally came from Ciamis, west java-Indonesia. It's usually performed when some of the resident have a merriage ceremony at their frontyard, but it's also performed when the farmer had began to planting the paddies at the rice field. The duration of Ronggeng Gunung performed was a little bit longger than usual, it is begin from the afternoon and has stopped at the after midnight. The person which played for this dance is a women, and evenly it had six and up to teen persons, it called great perform if the person who player is an older women.

Tari Wayang

Tari Wayang became known during the Sultanate of Cirebon society in the 16th century by Sheikh Sharif Hidayatullah, which spreading by the roving artists who came to the area Sumedang, Garut, Bogor, Bandung and Tasikmalaya.

Jaipongan

This dance was created by an artist from Bandung, Gugum Gumbira, around 1960, with the aim of creating a type of music and dance association excavated from the wealth of folk art traditions of the archipelago, especially in West Java. Although this dance relatively is new creations, jaipongan developed based on folk art that has been developed previously, such as Ketuk Tilu, Kliningan, and Ronggeng

Tari dan Ibing Pencak Silat

Is one of the aspect that is more important martial arts for the Pencak Silat, which is more popular in West Java as ibing, but not a few people mention that this Pncak Silat aspect with Tari Pencak Silat, in fact actually that the term of Ibing Pencak Silat with the term of Tari Pencak Silat
has a different meaning. Ibing Pencak Silat has a more profound understanding than dance of Pencak Silat which is called Tari Pencak Silat it self, because in addition to existing Ibing Pencak Silat motion element of beauty in it, has the ultimate goal to knock your opponent, so that the elements of Ibing Pencak Silat more prominent. While the term of dance or Tari Pencak Silat is more emphasis on the elements of the beauty of dancing, such as dance that we often see.

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Traditional Musical Instrument of Sunda

Sundanese Music Instrument

ANGKLUNG

Angklung is a traditional musical instrument and it's made from a special bamboo, which was found by Mr.Daeng Sutigna around years of 1938. At the first, Angklung was only used to the interests of local or traditional arts. However, Angklung has producing a gently sounds and also it has a local and international content such as musical scale doremifasolasido and daminatilada, the Angklung was rapidly growing, not only locally but also performed for the regionally, nationally and internationally. Even reportedly angklung performance ever been played in front of the head of state on the African Asian Conference in 1955 at the Merdeka Building in Bandung, West Java-Indonesia. After the death of Daeng Sutigna, the artistic creations Angklung be continued by Mang Ujo and Erwin Anwar. Even Mang Ujo has made the manufacture and development center creations of Angklung which is called "Saung Angklung Mang Oku", located in Padasuka Cicaheum Bandung. One of the programs that he did a specially to maintain the Angklung is by introduced it to the students of the school, begin from nursery school up to high school level and even has become one of the subjects of the curriculum at the local. Angklung is now listed as the Oral legacy Masterpieces and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO since November 2010.

CALUNG

Calung is Sundanese traditional musical instrument which is the prototype of Angklung. The different of them is the Angklung played by shaken, but in Calung the way we play it is to hit the stalk of segments are arranged according to the point of barrel pentatonic (da-mi-na-ti-la-da) .Understanding Calung than as a musical instrument is also attached as a performance art. There are two forms of Sunda Calung known, called Calung Rantay and Calung Jingjing.

KECAPI

Kecapi is already familiar to the people of Indonesia. Traditional musical instrument which is played by picking, it produce wave tones and beautiful harmonies. But not many people know about the typical of Kecapi or Kacapi Suling Cianjur, even though this musical instrument located almost in every county in the land of Sunda. Kecapi mostly played for the instrumental music, but sometimes also used to accompany the singing of Rampak Sekar. usually The songs are presented was sinom gamelan, kaleon, talutur with salendro barrel, pelog or Sorog.

GAMELAN DEGUNG

There are several Gamelan were existed, and continues to grow in West Java, its including Gamelan Salendro, Pelog and Degung. Gamelan Salendro ussualy used to accompany the Wayang, Tari, Kliningan, Jaipongan and others. Gamelan Pelog function is similar to Gamelan Salendro, only less evolved and less familiar in society and rarely owned by arts groups society. This indicates that a set of Gamelan Salendro is quite a representation for this whole Gamelans instrument, while Gamelan Degung was felt fairly represented the people of West Java distinctiveness.

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Sundanese Culture

The History of Sunda

Sunda is a culture of people who live at the western region in the island of Java-Indonesia. As one of the ethnic,Sunda is a forerunner to the establishment of civilization in the archipelago (Sundaland). Began with the founding of the oldest kingdoms in Indonesia, namely Salakanagara and Tarumanagara till Galuh, Pakuan Padjadjaran,and Sumedang Larang. The kingdom of Sunda is the kingdom of peace, during the time of they rule, they never expand to get larging the territory. Descendants of the Kingdom of Sunda has spawned great kingdoms in the archipelago, which is the Kingdom of Sriwijaya, Majapahit, Mataram, Cirebon, Banten, etc.

The meaning of the Sundanese word is Good / White / Clean / Shining, everything that contains elements of goodness. Sundanese people are believed that having ethics or character Kasundaan as the path to the primacy of life. The character kaSundaan it self is Cageur (healthy), Bageur (good), Ko (right), Singer (skilled), and Smart (intelligent), which has existed since the days of the year 150 Salaka Nagara until Sumedang Larang in the 17th century,has brought prosperity and well-being more than 1000 years.

Culture System

In 1830 came from the most famous political mistakes made by Netherlands which is called Culture System (Cultuurstelsel), but actually more accurately called the system of slavery. This system focuses the efforts made by the government to drain more crops resulting from soil of Sunda.The result of this culture system has racked the fifth of farmers income tobe come the change of taxes. By conducting new crops such as sugar, coffee, and tea, its became bigger of what they owned by the farmland. The economic impact is very dramatic for the rural. Passing through the middle of the century, private investment in the land of West Java began to grow and start popping more plantations.Tanahhe soil was taken out of the hands of farmers and given to the landlord. By the year of 1870, the agrarian law is deemed necessary to protect the people's rights for they own land.

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