Wayang Golek

Wayang Golek is a puppet performance art dolls made of wood, which is very popular especially in the area of Land Pasundan.

Wayang is a form of folk theater which is very popular. People often link the word "puppet" with a "shadow", as seen from the leather puppet show that uses the display, where images appear. In West Java, in addition to wayang kulit, the most popular is the puppet show. With regard to the puppet show, there are two kinds of them puppet show flat (crew cut) and the puppet show prototype that is in the Sunda region. Unless wayang wong, of all the puppet was played by a puppeteer as a leader who once sang suluk show, voicing antawacana, set gamelan set of songs and others.
Puppet show is currently more dominant as the folk performing arts, which have functions that are relevant to the needs of society and environment, both spiritual and material needs. This way we can see from some of the activities in the community such as when there is celebration, a good celebration (feast feast) in the context of circumcision, marriage and others sometimes diriingi with puppet show performances.

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Pencak Silat

Pencak Silat or Silat (fighting with self defense techniques) is the Asian martial arts are rooted in the Malay culture. This martial art is widely known in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore but can also be found in different variations in different countries according to the spread of ethnic Malays, as in the Southern Philippines and Southern Thailand. Thanks to the role of the trainers from Indonesia, Vietnam now also has a formidable fighter-fighter.

Parent organizations in the Indonesian Pencak Silat is IPSI (Ikatan Pencak Silat Indonesia). Persilat (Partnership Between Nation Pencak Silat), is the name of the organization formed by Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam to host martial arts federations in various countries.

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Traditional Dance (JAIPONGAN)

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 Ketuk Tilu makes knowing and knowing well the patterns of dance movement traditions exist in Kliningan / Bajidoran or Ketuk 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 Ketuk Tilu 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, kendang, two kulanter, three ketuk, and gongs. Similarly, the dance movements that do not have a standard pattern of motion, a simple costume dancer as a reflection of democracy.

Jaipongan, also known as  a popular traditional dance of Sundanese people, West Java, Indonesia. The dance was created by Gugum Gumbira, based on traditional Sundanese Ketuk Tilu music and Pencak Silat movements.

In 1961, Indonesian President Sukarno prohibited rock and roll and other western genres of music, and challenged Indonesian musicians to revive the indigenous arts. Gugum Gumbira took up the challenge, and studied rural dance and festival music for twelve years. Jaipongan, or Jaipong, was the most popular result of his study, derived from the updating of a village ritual music called ketuk tilu, with moves from Pencak Silat, the Indonesian martial art, music from the masked theater dance Topeng Banjet, and the Wayang Golek puppet theater.
 

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