Sunday, April 13, 2008

Malaysian arts of the theater

The Earth of Malaysia, the arts of the theater became the Javanese kingdoms of the east. During century XI the capital of the Javanese kingdom was changed of position of Prambanan located in central Java to Jenggla located in Java of the east. This kingdom was divided in four portions that is to say, of Jenggala, Kediri, Ngurawan and Singasari. The four children of king Airlangga appointed king Lembu Amiluhur, king Lembu Amerdadu, king Lembu Mangarang and king Amijaya, respectively, governed each of them. There are three forms of Malaysian arts that is to say, Wayang Orang of the theater or of operation by puppetry the agents, kulit of Wayang or puppetry of the shade, golek of Wayang or human dimentional three and dance of cuts classic well-known like Karaton. And they prospered separately in each kingdom.

The other name for Wayang Orang is Wayang Wong that implies the human execution of the agents lives in stage in a musical drama of the dance. “Wong” or “Orang” respectively means to an O-Man woman. It was consolidated in the kingdom of king Lembu Amiluhur. His son Raden Panji Asmarabangun was famous artist in. He taught to this art to all relatives. The argument of the game turned around the kingdom and of Hindu mythologies Mahabharata and Ramayana de Jenggala. Another variety of Wayang Orang is Wayang Topeng or Wayang Gedog where the artists use the mask during the operation. The kingdom of Majapahit was another kingdom that a vital paper in the recognition of wong of Wayang carried out because king Hayam Wuruk was an executant of this same art. There are five categories of the landlord of the dance according to structure and movements. Alus, that implies the attractive movements and smooth it required executants to have a slight constitution. Gagah had movements but juguetones and hoped that to the artists they had a thin and high constitution. Kasar was meant for the agents with enormous structure and the movements were rough. Gecul had subcategories Ponokawan and Cantrik. Dengklik implied agents who played the role of the soldier of the monkey. The dresses differentiate with diverse Gods, kings, ksatrias, princess, begawans and soldiers. According to the role that is played forty and five accessories are being used.

There were separated movements of the dance for the agents of feminine sex. The movements done by the females are known like known Nggruda that had nine well-known basic movements like Joged Pokok and twelve additional movements like Joged Gubahan. These forms of art at the outset were meant only for the real families. Many used kings and their relatives to realize the games written in its ancestors to honor them. Poor people did not have ninguÌ  n access to these games.

Under reign of king Airlangga, the great stimulus was given to the several forms of arts and that one is when the art of the marionette began to be developed. Purwa of Wayang or kulit of Wayang implies marionettes of two dimensions done of the skin of the goat or the buffalo. It is flat and generally of round form. The shade of these marionettes lies down in a translucent screen of the cloth with the aid of the ignited lamps. They are controlled by the tied small sticks of bamboo to its body that stand underneath in the piston rods of the banana located the screen.

Golek of Wayang implies three-dimensional marionettes that they are controlled by the titiriteros of the cover. These marionettes are made generally outside the wood or of the leather with a certain class of filling. UNESCO honored marionettes of Wayang in the 2003 as “masterpiece of the oral and intangible inheritance of the humanity” that said that she is one of the unique forms of arts of the theater and must be protected thus.

Karaton is the dance of cuts classic. Karaton can be or realized in-group known as Yogyakarta or can also be realized like solo. Some of the dances were realized on a daily base in the court and some were only meant for the special occasions like festivales and functions.

The ballet of Prambanan Ramayana is the special dance that around implies two hundred dancers who dance by two hours whole. It is maintained underneath a Full Moon during the means station. The temple of Prambanan of the eight-century is painted at heart and music gambles gamelan.

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