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Within a area in Java, more precisely during the ex-residential area of Banyumas, we can find traditional folk art while in the form of dances and songs, amongst others. Somewhat dissimilar to the folk art of Central Java generally, the folk art of Banyumas has dynamic and special rhythmic patterns that reflect the individuality of a nearby culture then it is popular with the name Kesenian Banyumasan. Exactly like Tari Selot which we watched before Selot means key.

Tari Selot portrays the religious life of young girls from Banyumas that happen to be studying religion with a pesantren or Islamic school. They are really building their spiritual and physical capacity in order that in the future they're going to become strong women who contain the tips for a life obedient to God, faithful to the media and loving thus to their families and themselves. Upper class ladies from Banyumas always have a bunch of steps to complete their traditional costume, not simply as the symbol of wealth, but will also for a symbol of the superiority of women.

Ladies and gentlemen, the art of Banyumas is not separated from your gamelan that accompanies it. That is, Calung, which is made of bamboo. Calung is always used as accompaniment of various forms of Banyumas traditional arts, not just songs for example 'Uyon-Uyon' but additionally songs and dances like 'Lengger Banyumasan'. We will see how a bamboo is prepared to manufacture Calung.

The task of making Calung requires spiritual and mental preparation over decades. The bamboo used to make Calung isusually of the 'Tutul' or brown 'Wulun' types. However, for the best results when felling the bamboo, the suitable day should be chosen. It needs to be a fantastic day corresponding with traditional beliefs. That is, it on the Kliwon Friday or even a Kliwon Tuesday. The bamboo cutter should fast beforehand. The chosen bamboo should be mature and straight. After it is felled, it left in position for one or two months to dry slowly and allow all the leaves to falloff. All of the tiny branches are cut off. The bamboo is then carried home.

The bamboo is dried for another 2 or 3 months inside your home yard. It is stood within the upright position To make sure that 'it dries evenly and stays straight.

The tools which have been familiar with make Calung are: a saw, a brace and bit, a ruler, a machete and a knife.All of the tools need to have keen edges so your work can progress quickly with quality results. Initially1 the bamboo is cut to size. The shortest piece is 23 cm and the longest is 90 cm. There after, the bamboo is smoked while in the ceiling of your home. The bamboo has to beinspected monthly and turned so that the smoking is even. This technique keeps growing for six or nine months. After the required time the subsequent job is to tune the Calung to your pitch required of each bit.

This has to be performed on an auspicious day and the craftsperson will have to fast for the duration of the duty. The bamboo is sliced slowly and gradually with a clear, crisp knife while testing for the appropriate tone.Next, the bamboo is drilled therefore it could be racked together while still checking the tone produced. The standard note is obtained from a current Javanese-gamelan. In making the Calung more inviting, it is sandpapered and varnished.

Each of the ingredients is attached with plastic to become tonal unit termed as 'krancak'. The Calung krancak is usually curved similar to a bow and arrow. Finally the tones of the assembled instrument are checked again to find out if they are really right or maybe they should be further adjusted.So, the bamboo has long been turned into a Calung gamelan consisting of two sets of gambang, one set of ketuk kenong, and one set of selentung, one set of gendang ketipung and one set of gong punggung.

Ladies and gentlemen, this instrument is prepared to begin playing beautiful Gending-gending and Lengger Banyumasan for you.

Lengger comes from people, specially the people of Banyumas. Today, Lengger remains seriously popular with the Banyumas population and is named Lengger Banyumasan. Lengger was originally performed for the entertainment of victorious soldiers. The performance has since you have to be cultural and is helpful to welcome guests for the court, to wear wedding ceremonies, village tidying as well as other ceremonies that always today.The performance of Lengger Banyumasan begins with the Lengger Panceran dance. This begins with several beautiIul female dancers which are accompanied by several male guests. Before they will dance with the Lengger dancers, the wedding guests be forced to pay. From the language of Banyumas this payment is called Bancer. The accompaniment is from Calung playing gending-gending while using the sindu scales. The Lengger Banyumasan dance is indeed splendid, however is the feeling of eroticism. Originally Lengger Banyumasan could not employ dialogue but because it developed, small dialogue partswere inserted. They are from the Banyumas dialect and contain allusions, humour and also other messages about modern development. The performance can embark upon for hours, in a pavilion or on a stage.