Puppet People
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Puppet People is the art of dance drama that takes the story of Ramayana and Mahabharata as the main story. Puppet People is the embodiment of the dance drama Wayang Purwa (shadowgraph). Puppet people began to emerge in the eighteenth century that has been inspired by the drama that has been developed in Europe, created by KGPAA Mangkunegoro I in Solo.
All dancers Puppet People at that time were male dancers, no female dancers. In various books on culture mentioned puppets, Puppet People was created by Prince Duke Arya Kangjeng Mangkunegara I (1757-1795).
The players Puppet People at that time only the palace courtiers, and performed on a limited basis in 1760. However, the new government Puppet People Mangkunegara V show was more popular in the community, although still limited enjoyed by the relatives of the palace and its employees. The Puppet art Correctional almost coincided with the birth of the dance drama Langendriyan.
History Puppet People in Java
In the reign of Mangkunegara VII (1916 -1944) The Puppet art was introduced to the community outside the walls of the palace. Efforts to popularize this art is growing rapidly as Sunan Paku Buwana X (1893-1939) initiated the People Puppet show for the general public in Balekambang, Sri Wedari Park, and Night Market held in the square. The players are no longer just the courtiers, but involves also people outside the palace gifted dancing.
Performances Puppet People started commercially in 1922. Initially, with the aim of raising funds for the congress culture. Then in 1932, the first time Puppet People in the radio broadcast, which Solosche Radio Vereeniging, which received great from the community. Puppet People also spread to Yogyakarta. In the reign of Sultan Buwana VII (1877 -1921) Yogyakarta palace twice Puppet People to shew staging spectacle relatives palace. That time was Sri Suwela his title and Pregiwa - Pregiwati. Puppet People in Yogyakarta is called Wayang Wong Mataraman.
Puppet people start entrenched in Solo
At that time Pakubowono X build Sriwedari Park as an amusement park for the public and its inauguration in 1899, held the puppet show which was then still alive today. Puppet People Sriwedari has made a large contribution in preserving the national culture, the arts puppets, dance, fashion, art, sound, and musical arts.
Sriwedari Puppet People is one of the art form of traditional Javanese appointment, played by artists who are very good at playing different characters. Presenting puppet story based on the story of Mahabharata and Ramayana which contain moral messages and embedded in the soul of the local community.
Developments in Solo Puppet People
Along with the development of the Puppet People, created new dance movements created by the artists of the dance palace. The new dance moves include gods, slashes, Lumaksono. ngombak banyu, and srisig. As it turns out art Puppet People get a warm welcome from the community,
The emergence of various associations Puppet People; initially with amateur status, then be professional. Puppet Society who is quite old and famous, among Puppet People (WO Sriwedari in Surakarta and Ngesti Pandawa in Semarang). Puppet People is a group of commercial culture Sriwedari pioneered the art of Puppet People. The Puppet Society regularly held performances in `Kebon King 'of the amusement park's general Kraton Surakarta.
In the reign of Mangkunegoro IV, puppet developments in the palace walk rapidly. One cause of the rapid puppet is owned by the Duchy of economic power Mangkunegaran great. Dikala it Mangkunegoro IV developed commercial ventures such as coffee plantations, sugar industry (PG and PG Colomadu Tasikmadu), pecan tile factory, such as real estate rental house in Prins Hendriklaan (Pindrikan) Semarang.
Mangkunegaran economic decline during the reign of Duke Mangkunegoro V which resulted in a decision to grant a license to hold a show Puppet People outside the palace. A Chinese merchant named Gan Kam capitalize on these opportunities, with the Puppet People was performing with Western opera style proscenium stage outside the palace with charging for the audience.
Prior to 1895, the puppet show is not withdrawn for payment, beginning in the commercialization of new puppet show began to grow. Performances Puppet People themselves often held in the building on the merry-go-stanbul Schouwburg.
Puppet People Sriwedari Solo
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| Sriwedari Park in Solo city |
The spirit of a dynamic urbanism always lead to the direction of modernization in almost all aspects of life. Relics of the past that should remain stable until now, slowly began to lose prestige and attention. Noble cultures should be an ancestral form of reflection on our identity as a civilized nation.
In the era of urbanism is, interesting to note a phenomenon of persistence of one form of regional culture, especially Javanese culture (Solo), a performing arts Puppet People who are able to steal attention of the world community, especially those who yearn for the existence of the regional culture.
Puppet People is a group of traditional art Sriwedari the only one who is still holding the show almost every day. Amid the ups and downs of the art, puppet Sriwedari existence remains a pride of Solo.
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