Art

ONDEL-ONDEL

The giant puppets from Betawi “Ondel-Ondel” is the icon of Metropolitan city Jakarta . But, until know no one knows why its called Ondel-Ondel. Ondel Ondel always perform as a couple like a husband and wife. It has 2.5 untul 5 meters tall with a 80 centimeters of diameter.  Ondel-ondel made of bamboo and its constructed in such a way so that can be easily lifted by one person from inside.

Ondel-Ondel always dressed with a bright colour and ofcourse dressed with traditional betawi clothings. The hair of ondel ondel made of palm tree leaves and the mask made from wood. The performance of ondel ondel usually complemented with a mussicians (Tanjidor)  and occasioally a showcase of betawi style of Martial Arts (Pencak Silat) . The mussicians usually plays Betawi’s traditional compositions and cheerful songs.  Before, Ondel-Ondel was performed to provide protection from evil spirit. Thats why ondel ondel have a scary faces. Usually  You can see  Ondel Ondel performance when Jakarta’s birthday comes in Pekan Raya Jakarta (PRJ) or Monas . 

KARAWITAN

Hello everyone, have you heard about Karawitan?

           Karawitan is the one of the thousand traditional music from Indonesia. The term karawitan refers to the playing of gamelan instruments, and comes from the word rawit, meaning 'intricate' or 'finely worked'. The word derives from the Javanese word of Sanskrit origin, rawit, which refers to the sense of smoothness and elegance idealized in Javanese music (from wikipedia)

          The most important thing in gamelan is the harmonization of all the instrument .

Karawitan usually played on most of Javanese occasion like Weddings, Religious day, and Formals occasion.
Nowadays in Jakarta, Karawitan still preserved by teaching them for students. We know that so many university, and school teach gamelan for the students. They also make a Karawitan competition.

There are the instrument of gamelan :

- Bonang

-Bonang Penerus

-Saron

-Gong

-Kendang

-Demung

-Kempul

-Saron penerus

-Ketuk

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