The word mocoan comes from the Javanese word that means “to read”. The connotation of the word pacul is “mocking". There are 7 to 8 players in one group in this Mocoan Pacul Goang Performance. Kendang, violin, gong and kluncing are the main musical instruments. The players read and sing using a version of the songs of mocopat like kasmaran, arum-arum, derma, pangkur, sinom etc. using the Blambangan style. The readings are taken from the lontar of Yusuf.
The Paculan or mocking activity is usually funny. The paculan uses aphorism, pantun (a kind of poetry) or a joke. To start the paculan, the spectators usually say, “Paculan wis” (let’s paculan) in order that the players begin mocking one other. The Mocoan Pacul Goang traditional Performance is also called Aljin art, because the art was lead by a man named Aljin. |
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 Praburoro is a type of dramatic dance. This is influenced by Persian traditional. The word of Praburoro comes from the character of this performance whose name is Roro Rengganis. The stories that are performed come from the Panji, or the tale of Amir Hamzah, which is influenced by Islamic Persian stories. There are about 40 - 50 people who are involved in this performance. The players are divided into 3 groups.
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 Barong is one of most popular art in Banyuwangi. The dance compare between beauty, amazing and mistic. Barong dance usualy compare with "Jaranan" (Form word Jaran=Horse). Barong has several meanings. In the Sanskrit language barong means bear, derived from the word “B(h)arwang”. Barong can also refer to the roots that live near a bamboo cluster or a performance imitating a wild animal.
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 Gedhogan Performance used to be performed as entertainment after doing a traditional rice paddy peeling in preparation for a wedding or a circumcision celebration. The tool make from wood, with voice like percussion.. Tong..Tong...Tong....
The sound of music is made from the tools that they use to peel the rice, like the alu, lesung and lumpang. Those tools sounded good and have a special tone. They were singing while playing the musical instruments. At this time, the musical instruments used are supplemented with two chunks of iron called a kempul and a gendang, which is a kind of drum. |
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