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Gandrung Sewu Festival Again Held, Followed by 1,286 Dancers

Banyuwangi regency held Gandrung Sewu Festival on Sunday (8/10/2017). The mind-blowing show, which was held six years in a row, concerned 1,286 dancers. They danced with music instantly on Boom Beach, in entrance of heaps of vacationers in attendance.

This year, the Gandrung Sewu Festival takes the "Kembang Pepe" segment taken from considered one of the Gending Classics of Gandrung Banyuwangi. For six years held, Gandrung Sewu all the time take the subject matter of Gandrung Classic.

Gending "Kembang Pepe" itself is considered one of the gending that ought to be sung at the art of Gandrung within the third segment is Seblang-Seblang. In addition to "Kembang Pepe" there are 4 different gending that ought to be sung within the third segment that's Seblang Lukento, Sekar Jenang, Sondreng-sondreng and Kembang Dirmo.

Flower potential flowers, whereas Pepe within the language of Using potential to dry. Kembang Pepe itself is a image or prasemon for the Gandrung dancers who're recently traveling in and out of the forest, pounding and gathering the of us of the Blambangan Kingdom separated and scattered via war. Gandrung meaning "to fall in love" is considered one of the humanities as a potential of battle via the of us of Blambangan throughout the war.

Gandrung dance itself is a traditional dance Banyuwangi that has been described because the Heritage Objects Not Object via the Ministry of Education and Culture.

The performance starts with the appearance of heaps of Gandrung from the direction of Boom seaside with the historical past of Bali Strait. Followed via the appearance of Barong Using who also seemed alongside with heaps of female-dominated Gandrung dancers.

Not in basic terms Gandrung dancers, dozens of Barong Ja'ripah dancers also liven up the grand occasion which is blanketed within the agenda of Banyuwangi Festival 2017.

Interestingly, the Gandrung Sewu pageant also displayed fragments of the Blambangan network battle in opposition to the invaders depicted at the track "Influential Kembang Pepe". Tokoh Mas Alit, the primary bupati of Banyuwangi is informed to be in conceal with the troopers to turn into widespread people.

They then mingle with the invaders to feast. When they have been powerless from alcoholism, the troopers attacked the invaders. At the cease of the fragment, it's proven how Mas Alit offers a discourse and burns his spirit of life to battle in opposition to the invaders.

In the center of the fragment, the Gandrung dancers also invite the network to bop together, or many times recognized as Paju Gandrung.

At the cease of the show, a thousand extra dancers in red-colored costumes danced to the gising of Kembang Pepe at Boom Banyuwangi Beach. The loud applause of the pononton ended the mind-blowing present that lasted about an hour.

Banyuwangi Regent Abdullah Azwar Anas mentioned Gandrung Sewu turned considered one of probably essentially the foremost consistent cultural festivals.

"In addition to being a vacationer attraction, here can also be the method Banyuwangi to consolidate the tradition and regenerate artists. We teach that the pageant turns into a robust device to cultivate the love of youthful generation in art-culture, "said Anas.



Not Just Dancing

Meanwhile, Temu Misti (64), a mythical gandrung dancer who attended the Gandrung Sewu Festival occasion informed Kompas.com to turn into a pro Gandrung dancer no longer in basic terms can dance but additionally sing. He exemplifies himself who has studied singing Gending-Gending Gandrung considering that the age of 12 years and started to bop reaction Gandrung considering that the age of 15 years.

"Gandrung that truly final nighttime time all night, beginning from 9 pm till dawn, to this point it's recognized in basic terms Gandrung dance that was introduced when a visitor came," mentioned Temu Misti.

During the show, the dancers Gandrung no longer simply dance to the music that's performed but additionally singing. There are gending-gending that ought to be sung or gending requested via the audience.

"If the Gandrung Sewu is in basic terms dancing, but at the least they're acquainted with the native arts, if probably essentially the foremost skilled youthful dancers are 24 years old, the heavy edge is within the cengkoknya when singing," he added.

When requested the best method to get youthful generation interested in skilled gandrung, Temu Misti mentioned one method is introduce gending-gending gandrung to the youthful generation considering that nonetheless early.

"When youngsters or fundamental faculty age are introduced via gending, singing and dancing, their very own grownup will judge regardless of even if to hold as skilled dancer or not, so that Gandrung dancers won't disappear from Blambangan land," he concluded .

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