Bambangan Cakil Explained

Bambangan Cakil
Native Name:
Lang Name:jv
Instruments:Javanese: [[Gamelan]]
Inventor:Javanese
Origin:Indonesia

Bambangan Cakil (Javanese: ꧋ꦧꦩ꧀ꦧꦔꦤ꧀ꦕꦏꦶꦭ꧀) is a classical dance-drama[1] of Javanese people in—particularly—Central Java, Indonesia.[2] This dance-drama demonstrates wayang performance due to the movement is adopted from one of the scenes in wayang kulit performance, that is the Perang Kembang scene.[3] The Perang Kembang told about war between kesatria and raksasa. The kesatria has soft and gentle characters, while the raksasa is described as a character who is rough and violent.

The dance-drama war[4] between kesatria (Bambangan) against raksasa (Cakil) could also be used as a place for a dalangs judgment in moving a puppet.

Philosophy

In Javanese culture, kesatria are always considered to be good figures, willing to defend the truth, to help others, etc.[5] The kesatria title is given, rather than being heredity. For example, in the Mahabharata story, Kurawa does not have a kesatria title, even though he has the same ancestors as the Pandava.

On the other hand, raksasa are characterised as rough, violent and dynamic.

Characterizations

In the Bambangan Cakil dance-drama, Arjuna is depicted as kesatria, while Cakil is depicted as raksasa.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Widiarto . Bambang . Tari Klasik"Bambangan Cakil" . 27 June 1991 . 30 October 2020.
  2. Web site: Tari Bambangan Cakil Tarian Tradisional dari Jawa Tengah . Negeriku Indonesia . 30 October 2020.
  3. Book: Murtiyoso. 2009. Perang Kembang dan Bambangan-Cakil "Tontonan Bermakna Ganda". ISI Press. Surakarta.
  4. Handayani . Langlang . Prasetya Aji . Mahardika . Susilo . Marwoto . Putut . Bringing Javanesse Traditional Dance into Basic Physics Class: Exemplifying Projectile Motion through Video Analysis . Journal of Physics: Conference Series . 2016 . 739 . 1 . 012073 . 10.1088/1742-6596/739/1/012073 . 2016JPhCS.739a2073H . free .
  5. Book: Murtiyoso. 2004. Pertumbuhan dan Perkembangan Seni Pertunjukan Wayang. ISI Press. Surakarta.
  6. Web site: Tari Bambangan Cakil . Dinas Kearsipan dan Perpustakaan Provinsi Jawa Tengah . 30 October 2020 .