Night Market Opening Celebration Sekaten 2011

During the opening ceremony of the Night Market Sekaten Celebration 2011, Friday (7 / 1), access to the Yogyakarta Kilometer Zero Point will be closed about 4.5 hours starting at 13:30 am until 18:00 pm.

"During the opening ceremony held Sekaten Celebration Night Market, access to the Kilometer Zero Point will be closed in full since at 13:30 pm and before 06.00 pm since the system will be open and closed," said Coordinator Sexy Night Market Opening Ceremony Celebration 2011 Sekaten Revelation Hendratmoko in Yogyakarta Thursday (6 / 1).

According to Revelation, closing access to the Kilometer Zero will start from the intersection of four Gondomanan, so that all vehicles will be directed to the north, south or east, while at the intersection of three PKU Muhammadiyah, traffic flow will be directed to the Road Bhayangkara.

Meanwhile, at the intersection of three Ngejaman, all traffic will be directed towards Reksobayan Road.

"All the road closure permit in the area of Kilometer Zero Point was approved by the Operations Section of Yogyakarta Police," he said.

He also said the opening ceremony Sekaten Celebration Night Market 2011 will be attended by a number Muspida Provincial DIY, Muspida city of Yogyakarta and Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono (HB) X along with GKR Hemas.

"There are about 220 invited guests and the public expected to attend the opening," he said.

It has provided a number of bags of parking, as in Senopati, Bank Indonesia, Post Office, Church Gondomanan front, and on Jalan KH Ahmad Dahlan.

At the opening ceremony will also be displayed themed ballet performances of understanding of cultural heterogeneity of society who will be played about 145 artists from the Studio Art Semekar.

It also will launch a book on the history of the implementation of the Fair Celebration Sekaten from year to year. Yogyakarta Mayor Herry Zudianto planned to submit a book that is an official document implementation Sekaten Celebration Night Market to the Sri Sultan HB X

"The event will end with the opening of the Sultan's visit to a number of existing booth at Market Night Celebration Sekaten," he continued.

Sekaten Celebration Night Market 2011 will be held for 40 days from January 7 to 15 February, with Rp 2,000 per visitor admission on weekdays and Rp 3,000 per visitor over the weekend.

In addition to the night market, Pasar Malam Celebration Sekaten also coupled with cultural activity that is Miyos Gongso on February 9, Dann Kondur Gangsa on 15 February.

The whole series Sekaten Celebration Night Market will be closed with Gerebeg Maulud on February 16 Bedhol Songsong morning and at night at Exhibition Palace Ngayogyakarta.

Saman Dance

Indonesia country rich in cultural arts. From Sabang to Merauke, diverse arts and cultural treasures of this country decorating. With the motto Bhineka Tunggal Ika all be one in the Indonesian culture.

Until not surprising that in many cultures ahkirnya flourished areas outside the homelands, one example is Tari Saman Traditional Art.

Traditional Dance from Aceh or often also called Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province (NAD) is also growing in other regions with the studio Dance Studios-emerging Saman.

Saman Dance performed more often during major holidays such as the Islamic Prophet Muhammad Mawlood, Isra Mi `raj and so on. It is also often displayed during the opening of a show or event with the intention of pleading prayer to the Almighty, so that everything can proceed smoothly and successfully.

Through the unity of the Indonesian culture easily realized because the culture teaches about manners, etiquette, manners and mutual respect.

Various arts and culture in Indonesia other than as a means of unifying the nation is also a tourist asset is extremely valuable, so we need to maintain and preserve, so as not to become extinct and disappeared into the development era.

MASK OF MALANG

Some collection of Malang masks for Mask Dance performance

Mask (topeng) as a product of fine arts is not only used as decoration, but also as the equipment of dance and theatre in some performances. In Malang, to be exact in the Kedung Monggo village, Pakisaji sub-distric and in the Jabung village, Tumpang sub-distric, lots of Topeng are made to use for the performance of an opera or “wayang topeng”.

The mask of Malang (topeng Malang) has special characteristics, such as their thick wood of randu wood (capok tree) or “cangkring”, which is rather dark in colour, with a carving on the forehead which is specially bulging, fashioned with a square chin and high cheek- bones. Some mask needs some ritual to make the carving mask has a magic power.

Decoratively, Malang masks are unique. They are different from any other mask art found in Java. There are five typical colurs used to deco rate the masks. The red colour symbolizes courage, the black colour symbolizes determined ambitions, the yellow colour symbolizes wisdom, the white colour indicates purified character and the green colour indicates peace.

The form of its throne and the expression of the mask especially the construction of “gelung” and “janang” and the eyes are not far different with the thrones of wayang on the relief of Jajagu temple. This is not surprising since the Jabung is located near Jajagu temple.

MALANG MASK DANCE

Malang Mask Dance (Wayang Topeng Malangan)

Malang is famous for its dances. The topeng performance has a strong dramatic value, its performance pattern is good, while the garment music have special characteristics. The carving mask usually made to be used in an opera or "wayang topeng". What is interesting about the mask dance is that all the dancers representing some characters wear masks.

Klono is the evil archrival of Gunungsari and Panji Mask Dance Drama

The characters in Malang theatrical mask dance are 64 and they play the roles of 64 figures in Panji tales. As in wayang kulit, the story is narrated and sung by a dhalang, who recreates the stories passed orally to him from generation to generation. The dancers do not speak themselves with the one exception of the clown, Patrajaya, who wears a half-mask allowing him to speak. While the other dancers move with grace and style, Patrajaya plays the fool: knock kneed, buck teeth, an old cloth tied loosely around his head, he provides the comic relief. New stories are improvised from time to time and old ones built upon to create something new.

* Find out how the traditional mask dance of Malang is staged at the Padepokan Seni Mangun Dharma in Tulusbesar village, Tumpang Sub district, Malang.
Location: Tumpang Sub Distric , Malang