Kuda kepang is a culture that is synonymoue with the javanese people. When the javanese migrated to malaysia, especially johor, they brought along their culture, including kuda kepang, and practise it at their new home. Malay history southern part of china 3000 years ago yunnanindochina gesture salam. The state of johor provides a perfect insight into the malay culture, tradition and history and is famous for its diversity in language and ethnicity. Heywood looks both to the past and to the future of dance, providing insights into the impact of politics, economics and a turbulent history on the dance form. The jaran kepang is an ancient ritual dance in which dancers ride painted horses made from woven bamboo. Kuda kepang, the dance of the flat horses halaman 1.
History of establishment in thai society and songs of thai own compositions by kamontam kuabutr, musical instruments used in singaporean kuda kepang during malay weddings by low kok leon and low kok wai, instrumental ghazal melayu. However with the islamisation of malaysia, this dance now generally renders the. The kuda kepang is a very interesting dance from johor, the dance was once a form oftotemic worship. In his 1981 book on female ecstatics in sri lanka, medusas hair. The majority of contemporary singaporean kuda kepang a former. Kuda kepang, or javanese horse dance for horse effigies, commonly made of woven. Traditional folk ballet scroll to bottom of the page. Kuda kepang also known as kuda lumping or jaran kepang is a traditional javanese dance depicting a group of horsemen. This traditional javanese folk art, horse trance dance is called kuda kepang in singapore and malaysia. Myfuture the rehal, a book rest used when reciting the quran, symbolises muars. See more ideas about indonesia, dance and traditional. Case study of a kuda kepang performance in batu pahat, johor.
It is said that the kuda kepang or flat horse originated from west java, indonesia, and it is known there as kuda lumping. Dancers ride horses made from woven bamboo and decorated with colorful paints and cloth. Muis has been consulted by the police licensing department and mda on their religious viewpoint on kuda kepang performances. Traditional dance of kuda lumping from java indonesia tari kuda lumping kuda lumping dance is the art of dance that is played with a horse property in the form of imitation. We were seated in a large circle on cemented ground somewhere in the paddy fields of sekinchan in selangor, malaysia. The performance of enchantment and the enchantment of. Myhsr facebook page 5 puteri cove prestige news november 2017 muar theme. Kuda lumping is a traditional javanese dance depicting a group of horsemen from east java. Abstract book 5 table of contents in alphabetical order by authors family name preface 9 conference program 10 1 the initiation ritual of kuda kepang mabuk kkm.
Study has shown that kuda kepang or kuda lumping dance was made popular diponegoros war against the dutch during colonialization, it is a source of entertainment where the dancers reenact the battles. Kuda kepang is a trance dance that originated from jawa, indonesia. The kalanga have been in the southwestern and western areas of zimbabwe for over a thousand years. Classical dance is very much at the heart of the cambodian identity perhaps much more so than in modern western culture. There is also many stories regarding the origin of the kuda kepang. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. In the kuda kepang dance, the trance process takes place through the calling of the spirit or called. It is rooted in javanese history and religiosity, syncretizing aspects of different religions. There is a traditional indonesian dance involving a group of dancers who ride on colourful horses made of bamboo and cloth. The jungles of johor have a wide array of plant and animal species and there is a huge network of rivers which originate from the mountains and hills and are spread across the west, south and east. In the western part of java it is known as kuda lumping flat horse.
Kuda kepang has long been galloping in johor johor. Their former villages, consisting of wooden houses built on stilts, were razed for concrete social housing, accompanied by a policy enforcing a rigorous ethnic quota representative of the multiethnic composition of singapore. Then, he got an idea which is to dance like riding. Java is almost certainly prehindu in origin kartomi, p. Magunatip was considered to be the dance of the warriors who returned victorious after headhunting. Wow philippines the philippine experience teachers guide class discussion. Today, the dance reenacts early islamic battles and is accompanied by instruments like gongs and tambourines. In singapore the term melayu refers to the muslim descendants of precolonial inhabitants, muslim immigrants from the malay peninsula and insular southeast asia and, occasionally, descendants of muslim immigrants from india and the hadhramaut. Johor tourism 2020 malaysia top places, travel guide. Kuda kepang came to singapore through the migration patterns of east javanese as well as the movement of this dance form and the gamelan through the malay courts. Desipite a predominantly negative social perception on this dance, due to its association with vandalism, gangsterism. Transformasi multipel dalam pengembangan seni kuda kepang. The dance had strong links with spirit possession andoften dancers went into a trancelike state. Kuda kepang continues to thrive in singapore despite.
Dances makyong joget lambak kuda kepang ulik mayang zapin boria barongan candle dance piring. Tinikling honored as the philippine national dance, tinikling is a favorite in the visayan islands. Magunatip stands strong in the tribal values of headhunting, paganism and other healing ceremonies. The dance is also performed on bali where people call it. Heritage building and the creativity on cultures introduction there are many performances on the streets in singapore, such as the chinese street opera and getai in the lunar seventh month, lion dance in the chinese new year, thaipusam tamil hindu religious procession and kuda kepang malay horse dancing that the dancers often go into trance. Some take on the characteristics of animals monkeys, snakes, birds, tigers and some become part of the mythology, donning the masks of heroes and villains. Tjilatjap is a regency in the southwestern part of central java province in indonesia. This page was last edited on 12 august 2018, at 20. This article concerning the kuda kepang mabuk kkm ritual dance aims to study the phenomenon of trance as a symbolic manifestation of the mystical journey of the dancers during performance. Yong in shamanistic healing in kelantan, malaysia 2009, into a book. The dance is a regular fixture at celebrations and grand occasions in johor.
Multiple transformations describe a condition of change made by multiplying or doubling the shape of the kuda kepang art by taking the same essence, core, or fibre of its structure into various kinds. Advisory on kuda kepang performances majlis ugama islam. Surakarta, javanese, yogyakarta, dark brown, indigo, manual, wax, universe, colours. Browse the photos of the colorful costumes and beautiful. Kuda kepang performers dance themselves into a state of kayangan a kind of celestial reality in which they undergo an emotional and physical transformation. Generally, the dance portrays troops riding horses, but another type of kuda lumping performance. Flat horse is a traditional javanese dance depicting a group of horsemen from east java, indonesia. The wonderful wall art that started in penang has come to ipoh. Jaran kepang dances reenact the great deeds of local ancestors with the dancers sometimes entering trances during the performance, their bodies believed to be temporarily inhabited by ancestral spirits. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Ulan kuda kepang troupe perform tarian kuda kepang dance of the woven hobbyhorse.
Other lesserknown dances forms of malaysia are gamelan. This article delves into the ritual performance of kuda kepang mabuk a horse dance to fathom the phenomena of trance which are efforts undertaken by the players to manifest their cultural belief. The graceful sumazau dance of sabah, as well as the datun julud, tarian lesung and ngajat dances of sarawak are equally interesting. Section e 8 marks write the preposition based on the pictures shown tuliskan kata ganti nama tempat bagi gambar. I initially wanted to shoot some street photography around the area, but then stopped to watch this for almost an hour. The kuda kepang form in johor was unique in that the gamelan was used to accompany the dance and this form influenced the early singapore version. Kuda lumping also called jaran kepang is a traditional javanese dance.
Kuda kepang is a dance that originated in java, indonesia. It is performed during some malay weddings or private functions. Culture of malaysia free download as powerpoint presentation. Had the people of iwate destroyed their tradition, they would have been destroyed by much more than the pounding waves. A shaman uses islamic prayers to exorcise evil spirits from the dancers who enter a trance. The ancient tradition of horse trance dancing in the area ofcentral and east java is a part of a much. Zapin dances and kuda kepang performances a dance featuring twodimensional mock horses made of rattan are among the highlights of a visit to felda semenchu homestay in kota tinggi johor. Kuda kepang continues to thrive in singapore despite disapproval from muis. Performing arts of indonesia performance education and archive pdf. Indonesias haul festival recalls preislamic culture. The kids were mesmerized by the colorful costume, the props, the dance and the music that they did not want to move. None of the historical records explains the origin of this dance. Kuda kepang javanese horse trance dance in singapore. Radin mas a princess of singapore will help pupils to understand the history behind radin mas, a local neighbourhood, and the various traditional malay art forms.
When we reached the museum slightly after 7pm, there was a crowd a the foyer watching persadaku artist seni budaya performing a kuda kepang dance. It is a traditional dance drama that is played in indonesia and tells a variety of stories. The multiplication shows a process of creative development that is triggered by two factors, namely the development of aesthetic and market needs. Task1 seminar cheah, elaine, hajar, lee, patrick, kim, athirah local community in johor bahru local community 4 jawa culture kuda kepang this dance was introduced by javanese when they migrate to johor. The kalanga belong to the leopards kopje culture that was based in the khami area, west of present day bulawayo. End of year examination english year 3 paper 1 sk kuala matu. Kuda lumping world cultures, folk, life, fashion, moda, fashion styles.
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