The Legend of Reog Ponorogo
Reog is one of the arts culture
which came from east java province, parts of northwest and ponorogo considered
as the true of reog city. City gate ponorogo decorated by warok figure and
gemblak, two figures which appeared at the time reog performed. Reog is one of
the cultural areas in indonesia that is still very strong used of mistics.
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| singobarong |
There are some versions of the
popular strories that develop in the community about the origin of reog and
warok, but one of the most famous stories is the story of the rebellion of Ki Ageng
Kutu,a man of the kingdom at the time of the last raja majapahit Bhre
kertabumi, who ruled in the 15th century. Ki Ageng kutu wrath will be a strong
influence from the wife of the king of majapahit who originated from china, in
addition to its wrath in corruptions government, he saw that the powers of the
majapahit empire will end. He then left the king and founded the college where
he taught martial arts to young kids will be the seeds of revival of the
majapahit kingdom back. Aware that his army was too small to fight the forces
of the kingdom of political messages of Ki Ageng Kutu reog performances
delivered by, which is “satire” to the king and his kingdom Bhre Kertabhumi.reog
performances become a way of ki ageng kutu build up resistance of local
communities using the popularity of reog.
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| bujangganong and jathilan |
Reog performances shown in the
mask’s head of lion(singo) known as”the Singo Barong”, the king of forest,
which became the symbol for kertabhumi and above, plugged the peacock feathers
to resemble a giant fan that symbolises the strong influence of the his queen
that peers over all power. Jatilan, played by a group of dancers a gemblak
steed-kudaan(horse) became a symbol of the strength of the majapahit army who
became the comparison contrast with the power of the warok, which is behind the
mask of the red clown of a symbol of Ki Ageng Kutu, alone and sustain weight
singo barong mask that reaches more than 50 kg using only his teeth. The
popularity of reog Ki Ageng Kutu eventually causes Bhre Kertabhumi taken action
and attacked martial art college, a revolt by warok quickly overcome, and
forbidden to continue teaching will warok. But the disciples of ki Ageng ticks
remain silently continuing. However, the
art of reog itself is still allowed to be stage because the show has become
popular among the public, but the story has a new channel where the added
characters from the folklore yaitu klono sewandono, ponorogo goddess
songgolangit, and sri genthayu.
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| klono sewandono |
Official versions reog ponorogo
storyline now is the story of the king of ponorogo kingdom who intend applying
of daughter from kediri, the goddes ragil kuning, but on the way he is
intercepted by the singobarong king of kediri. The forces of king singo barong
consist of a peacock and a lion, while the kingdom of king kelono and his
deputy ponorogo servant anom, escorted by the warok(men dressed black-black in
their dance), and the warok has a black science. The whole dance is a war dance
between the kingdom of kediri and the kingdom of ponorogo, and pitted black
between the two sciences, the dancers in a state of “possession”as the
performed their dance.
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| warok |
Up to now, ponorogo society only
follow what is the legacy of their anchertors as very rich cultural heritage. Reog
is the art human creations which is formed by the existing beliefs of the existence
of hereditary and conserved. The ceremonies used the term that is not easy for
the layman to fulfill them, in the absence of a clear lineage. They embraced
the parental lineage and customary law which applies.
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