Cultural Diversity - Large dolls about 2 meters tall that it is trusted as a symbol of our ancestors who guarded the child-grandchildren who are still alive. In other words, ondel-ondel is also believed to drive away evil spirits at every feast. Form part of the face mask (called a visor), while the hair of his head made from palm fiber. Ondel ondel face-painted men in red, while the women were painted with white color.The existence of ondel-ondel a skeleton made of bamboo is starting to shift. Sometimes it is only used as a display in offices, hotels, or public places arrive every month in July.
Gambang Kromong
Every hear the xylophone Kromong our memory to focus on the music typical of Batavia. But the history of this music was originally influenced by some elements of Chinese music, namely the use of stringed instrument in the form kongahyan, tehyan, and skong.
While the original indigenous musical instruments in the form of xylophone xylophone Kromong, Kromong, kemor, kecrek, kempul drums and gongs. Beginning of the formation of the orchestra xylophone Kromong not be separated from a group of Chinese leaders Hu called Nie-kong.
Not surprisingly, a xylophone group often plays a Chinese song usually sung by an instrumental. It is said, about the eighteen-century residents of Batavia (Jakarta) really liked the game music, because that's not a little game that combines the Peranakan variety of musical instruments and dance collaborated with cokek.
Lenong Betawi
Lenong is typical Betawi folk theater known since the 1920s. Since the beginning of its existence, accompanied by xylophone music Kromong. In two Lenong known two types of stories are Lenong Denes (talked about the kingdom or the nobility) while Lenong Thugs tells about the daily life of the people or the world champ.
Denes Lenong itself is the development of various forms of theater that has been extinct Betawi people, such as sumedar puppets, shadow puppets or wayang dermuluk senggol.
While the thugs lenong touted as the development of puppet sironda.
Significant differences in performance in both these lenong, Lenong Denes Malays generally use refined language, while the average Lenong Thugs Betawi language daily.
Some famous artists who were born Lenong Betawi and famous of the art is quite a lot. Call it H. Bokir (late), Mpok Nori until Mandra. But the characters in this field who else if not HM T Nasir (Nasir Bang).
Tanjidor In addition to the influence of Chinese culture, the Betawi arts are influenced by a variety of cultures from Europe. Tanjidor orchestra, for example, start there since the 18th century. It is said that one of the Governor-General of the Netherlands, the group combines Valckenier 15 people Dutch wind instrument players with gamelan players, pesuling China, and Turkey drummers to enliven the party.
No wonder, in passing, Tanjidor orchestra sounds very similar to the songs in the marching band, but western songs and rhythmic imarsi waltz played by the players tanjidor been difficult to trace its origins, considering that since the beginning keberaadannya well developed according to taste the ability of the interpreter panjaknya remembered from generation to generation.
Until now, Tanjidor still displayed to welcome the guests, enliven or accompany the procession the bride. But the anniversary celebrations in Jakarta usually presented as one of the participants of the festival. Tanjidor call, apparently identical with the characters, Marta Nya'at.
Keroncong Tugu
Ever heard of keroncong monument? This is the Betawi music that gets a lot of influence from Western culture, especially from Southern Europe. Since the 18th century music is growing among residents monument, they are the descendants of the people of Jakarta Mardijkers or former member of the Portuguese soldiers who dibebasin of Dutch prisoners. Having embraced Christianity, they are placed in Kampung Tugu, which currently signed in Koja, North Jakarta district. In these villages, there is a church that was built in the 1600s.
Music keroncong monument itself is usually hosted by Monument residents since the 1600s every moonlit night, while enjoying the moonlit night huddled on the edge of the river, or sung to accompany the hymns in the service. Musical instruments since the early born keroncong monument consists of keroncong, violin, ukulele, banjo, guitar, tambourine, kempul and cello.
Gambus Orchestra
Middle Eastern culture it also has a strong influence in their repertoire of Batavia, this is evident even today in Jakarta, there are dozens of groups throughout the stringed orchestra. This orchestra is usually displayed at the wedding ceremony to accompany the singers both male and female lute. They are usually brought lute songs with religious lyrics and love songs in Arabic.
To be more lively, while music is playing harps, there are some dancers zapin usually consisting of several men. Although in its development, sometimes also involving some belly dancer (belly dancer) women as a charm. Perhaps because of stringed musical group are always identical with the Betawi ethnic weddings, harp music group still thrives in Jakarta, because devotees are still there.
Even some artists are often born because of stringed hour flight from party to party quite / very high. One of the lute music in Jakarta, Munif Bahaswan, admitted, compared with dangdut music, lute music is less popular outside the ethnic Betawi, Arabic and Indian.
Tamborin
In addition to lute music, there is still influenced by the culture of the Betawi music Middle East. Music tambourine for example, is typical of the Betawi music that having Islamic. Tambourine own kind of music so much, and are classified according to musical instruments and verses sung by music players.
Tambourine music types, such as tambourine ketimpring, ngarak tambourine, tambourine tambourine bam too prickly. Usually, the music of tambourine (tambourine particularly prickly) are used to enliven the party and the parade. People tambourine is H. Abdul Rahman.
Samrah Orchestra
Betawi arts samrah orchestra is in the form of the orchestra that influenced by the Malays. Songs are usually sung in this song jadul (past), like the song White Bird, Goose Pulo Dua, Sirih Kuning, also track Cik Minah. Samrah orchestra is also commonly used to accompany songs such typical Kicir-kicir Batavia, Job's Tears, merry and others.
While the ordinary dances are accompanied by the orchestra samrah called Dance Samrah. Usually, the dancers samrah dancing in pairs, with a variety of dance movements, one of which is influenced by martial arts movements. No wonder, in silat Betawi is also known that a variety of graceful movement. People in the field of music is Ali Sabni samrah.
Pencak Silat
Dance is a dance that the whole martial art movements drawn from martial arts movements. This dance is accompanied by special tetabuhan called martial drums, xylophone Kromong, gamelan and other masks. Among the Betawi people themselves known to various silat flow, call it Kwitang flow, stream flow Tanah Abang and Kemayoran.
While the style in which the most famous martial arts dance called seray style, style whip, Rompas style and the style pendulum. Silat Betawi dance itself shows the flow or style that is followed by each dancer. In addition to martial arts dance, Batavia also has many other dances.
Tari Topeng
Mask Dance is the visualization of motion, which was made without going through the concept of ancestors. There Sundanese cultural influences, but has the typical form of surfing. The dancers use masks similar to mask Banjet Karawang in West Java, but in wearing masks betawi Betawi.
In betawi own mask there are three elements: music, dance and theater. Betawi mask dance in this dance called the mask. One of his prominent artists who have brought various Betawi dances to mask dance from Betawi especially to foreign countries is Entong Kisam. She had traveled to five continents and 33 countries. Countries most often he lawati with mask dance group are France, China and Thailand.
Topeng Betawi
Sundanese culture turned out to also affect the Betawi culture. One of them in the arts Mask Betawi Betawi folk theater which is very liked by the people because of ethnic Betawi can be used to convey social criticism. One of the Betawi masks of the famous play titled Mr Jantuk.
This story contains a lot of advice such as advice about married life. In this theater used background music called gamelan mask. One cultural figure in the field mask Betawi Betawi, is Mpok Nori.
Wayang Betawi
One of the Betawi culture products of the acculturation of the Javanese and Sundanese are puppets. However, the effect is more apparent in the Sunda this art. Maybe it was geographically closer. For example, in the use of language. Betawi puppet used in the Sunda intervene.
In the world of Betawi puppet known two types of puppets: Wayang Kulit (H. Surya famous puppeteer Ki Dalang Bonang Bonang alias), and Puppet Marionette (Tizar Purbaya famous puppeteer). Generally, take a Betawi puppet play about the life of the kingdom in the world of wayang. There is also a comedy character Udel (Cepot similarities in the Sunda).
Betawi puppet musical accompaniment in the same case with the gamelan mask, in the form of Sundanese gamelan music mixed Betawi, with typical tehyan musical instrument (as a characteristic of the Betawi) called gamelan ajeng.
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