DANCE MASK CIREBON

DANCE MASK CIREBONCirebon Mask Dance, is one of the dance / traditional stories that are still living in the city of Cirebon and the surrounding areas.Broadly speaking Cirebon mask dance is composed of:1. Dance that is a giant (Danawa)2. Dance that is krodan (stout) for example: Ravana, Kangsa3. Dance Tumenggungan4. Dance Panji
From the fourth mask dance tradition can be developed, which has its own distinctive like:1. Dance Panji2. Samba Dance3. Dance Tumenggung4. Dance Rumyang5. Dance Kelana / Ravana6. Orange Dance Anom7. Dance pins8. Dance chubby
However, hitherto known is the Dance Panji, Samba Dance, Dance Tumenggung, Dance and Dance Rumyang Kelana / Ravana.
Mask Dance is actually a philosophy describes the disposition of human life.

   1. Dance Panji: describes a holy man like a King, a wise leader, fair and wise and always doing good deeds.
   2. Samba Dance: describes the glitter of worldly, possessions, women, bermewah - luxurious, glamorous. Therefore, this dance look lively and rich in movement and rhythm.
   3. Dance Tumenggung: is a picture of the soldier's life attitude and valiant heroism. full dedication, loyalty and high responsibility.
   4. Dance Kelana / Ravana: describe anger, human nature is greedy and justifies any means to achieve his personal ambitions. But he also was the leader of a wealthy, have a tough worldly.
Seeing the mask dance tradition, our observations can not be separated with equipment that is used as mentioned below:

   1. Mask / masks made of wood and how to wear it with a biting rubber pads on the inside of her.
   2. Sobra as headgear equipped with jamangan and two sumping.
   3. Sleeved shirt.
   4. Tie which is equipped with a pin Ukon (ancient currency)
   5. Mongkron lokoan made of batik.
   6. Stagen belt equipped Badong.
   7. Limited pants below the knee.
   8. Sampur / shawl
   9. Bracelet hand
  10. Kris
  11. White knee socks
  12. Batik fabrics
  13. Sometimes - sometimes equipped with boro (epek)

In addition to the above completeness clothes sometimes - Mask Dance Tumenggung occasionally to use additional form of ikat cloth headgear and is equipped with a cap and glasses.
Gamelan accompaniment barreled slendro or prawa usually consisting of:

   1. One pangkon bonang
   2. One pangkon saron
   3. One pangkon titil
   4. One pangkon kenong
   5. One pangkon jengglong
   6. One pangkon tap
   7. One pangkon klenang
   8. Two kemanak
   9. Three gong (kiwul, Sabet and telon)
  10. A set kecrek
  11. Drum set consisting of: kempyang, gendung, ketiping. Everything is played with a bat, except for the Mask Dance Tumenngung ordinary drum that is played in slap / hit with a hand.
Song - songs that accompany are:

    * Kembangsungsang to Panji Mask
    * Kembangkapas to Mask Pemindo
    * Rumyang to Mask Rumyang
    * Tumenggung to Mask Tumenggung
    * Barlen to Mask Jinggaanom
    * Gonjing to Kelana Mask
Also included with the songs and song tratagan puppet war in time of war between Tumenggung and Jinggaanom.
It's good to increase our knowledge together to know the type - different forms sobra:

    * Sobra Sulu sheet
    * Orange parallel Sobra
    * Sobra Gedang searip
    * Sobra Merang segedeng
By knowing the way the art of traditional dance in Cirebon in particular it is clear we are required to attempt to devour the art is not the time and left behind by generations to come.