Panakawan

In story pewayangan especially yogyakarta and surakarta known figure existence panakawan. pana mean to detect, realize troubleshoot that faced and can to give solusi-solusi. while friend or conjugate besides mean to number four, also can memaknai as friend or friend. they are semar along with third the child, that is; gareng, child oldest, petruk second child and the youngest in the family nameds bagong.
Principal task panakawan menghantar and memomong knight figure in look for and achieve the alive aim. connection between panakawan and knight figure connection very bent. sometimes their connection likes slave and bendara, serve and served. sometimes their connection likes within reason king and the people, the and subject, worshipped and worshipped but correcter connection between panakawan and knight likes second friend mutual communicating, interacted, discuss with the idea to finish and remove problems that get in the way in the effort achieves a aim. they are mutual grind (to sharpen mind and idea), asih (compassionate and love), bring up (to watch over and take care).

Knight figure success in achieve the aim very base on panakawan. if the knight poseds low heart can to build harmonic connection with panakawan, want to open heart to listen and carry out suggestion from figure panakawan, and poor alive willing, undoubtedly success reached. but if happen on the contrary, failure that got. because so the dominant character panakawan in determine success the knight, so then appear a question siapakah actually figure panakawan? symbolize to what them? why number four?

By dozens article and opinion that elaborate figure panakawan. mengantaranya that figure panakawan god or nature universal administrator ngejawantah is poor human to cooperates and help human effort so that can achieve noble aim. there also that have a notion that figure appearance panakawan this concurrent with a low class movement that want to demo people strength sesunguh. king and nobles (knight) that, will not ever success deliver the country towards welfare and welfare otherwise supported and at emong by people. such as those which described in leather puppet story that is a success and win in a wrestling gets ‘wahyu’ figure always followed by panakawan.

Meanwhile there that elaborate that to four panakawan be simbol from create, taste, karsa and work. semar has characteristic juts that is white tuft. white tuft at head as simbol from idea, clear brainchild or create, . gareng has characteristic that jut that is knotty kero, bertangan cekot and berkaki lame. to three physical defect symbolizes taste. eye kero, vigilance taste. hand cekot accuracy taste. lame foot carefulness taste. petruk simbol from wish, willing, karsa that described in second his arms. hand in front of looped with the index finger, hind hand in position holds. if moved, second hand like second one who cooperate well. hand in front of indicate, choose what mengehendaki, hind hand has held tight what chosen. while work is symbolized bagong with two hands fifth wide opened the finger, mean hard worker. create, taste, karsa and work be one unitary inseparable. create, taste, karsa and karsa stay in one area that named individual or man innermost, symbolized knight figure. ideal human description is human individual description intact, where create, taste, karsa and work can occupied the function masin-masing harmonicly to then walk along aim noble aim. thereby be clear that between knight and panakawan has connection significant. knight figure success in the alive and achieve ideal aim if is provided a clear idea (create)s, honest heart (taste), wish, round determination (karsa) and want to strive (work).

Allegorized a coachman (human spirit) drive a carriage that pulled four horses (creates, taste, karsa and work). how does that carriage walk to achieve aim very depend on ably coachman in restrain and optimize the eazel. if the skilled coachman undoubtedly to four the horses compact berderap will face to aim target. hindrance that intercept at road will not make carriage will fall and not can to get up to return. most carriage will decrease speed a moment to then will face to return.

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Leather puppet Krucil

Leather puppet krucil made leather puppet kind from flat wood. this leather puppet hand is made from skin that studed. differ from another leather puppet, leather puppet krucil has made handle from aftermath the ingredient. leather puppet krucil, they say first time created by prince yells from surabaya
At leather puppet central java region krucil has form that resemble with leather puppet gedog. Actor wear dodot rape, berkeris, and use enclosing head tekes (fan). while, at east java actor a lot resemble shadow play purwa, raja-raja bermahkota and wear praba. At central java, the king figures forms to rivet or eagle mungkur.
Story that worn in leather puppet krucil usually take from banner period kudalaleyan at pajajaran up to period prabu brawijaya at majapahit. but, doesn't close leather puppet possibility krucil wear leather puppet story purwa and leather puppet menak, even from babad java soil even if.
Gamelan that used to escort this puppetplays very simple, berlaras slendro and rhythmical playon bangomati (srepegan). but, sometimes leather puppet krucil use gendhing big, like leather puppet krucil palace surakarta entire made the bodies from skin.

Figures
Several leather puppet figures krucil:
damarwulan
menakjingga
layangseta
fly kumitir
logender
prabu kencanawungu
patih air
wahita
puyengan
duke sindura
menak koncar
ranggalawe
buntaran
watangan
anjasmara
banuwati
panjiwulung
sabdapalon
nayagenggong
jaka sesuruh
prabu brawijaya
angkatbuta
ongkotbuta
dayun
melik
klana candrageni
klanasura
teach pamengger
dewagung walikrama
dewagung baudenda
daeng marewah
daeng makincing

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Wayang Purwa ( Leather Puppet Purwa )

As according to the name, made shadow play from hide (buffalo, cow or goat). shadow play is worn to demonstrate story from babad purwa that is mahabarata and ramayana, therefore called also leather puppet purwa.
Up to now skin puppetplays besides to be also be one part of the custom ceremonies like: clean village, ngruwat and others.
To stage skin puppetplays in its entirety wanted approximately as much as 18 supporters. one person as mastermind, 2 person as waranggana, and 15 person as penabuh gamelan tevens wiraswara.
Average show in one evening 7 until 8 clocks, begin from clock 21.00 until clock 05.00 morning. when done in the day time show usually begun from clock 09.00 up to clock 16.00.
puppetplays place is configuringed by using stage concept has abstract. stage arena consists of sail shaped white cloth and as tool tehnis at under it put banana stick to implant leather puppet.
in the theatre of shadow play, scene total in one lakon can not. this scene total will vary based on lakon that demonstrated or depending the mastermind.
As before play, tetabuhan there is no the connection with main story, so has only as atmosphere warmer or messenger to step into to show actually.
As guide in will present skin puppetplays usually a mastermind will use pakem puppetry shaped puppetry book.
But there also mastermind that use note from old masterminds the erudition is got via breed. bevertheless, a mastermind is given to chance also to berimprovisasi, because pakem puppetry actually only full main story kernel.
To be more bring to life atmosphere and make to show to be more interesting, improvisation with this mastermind creativity holds part vitally. face makeup colour in has symbolic meaning, but there is no general rule here.
Red makeup colour for for example face, a large part show angry rude character, but figure setyaki that has high colour makeup colour not angry rude figure. so leather puppet character is not determined by face makeup colour, but also determined by element other, like form for example (pattem) itself leather puppet.
figure arjuna, both for has black face colour also yellow, Permanent arjuna with sifat-sifat that we have known. face colour difference likes this just for distinguish space and the appearance time. arjuna with yellow face colour mempentaskan for scene in kraton, while arjuna with black face colour is showing that he on the ro. such also the things of with figure gatotkaca, kresna, werkudara and others.
This leather puppet face colour difference will not be known by onlooker that see to show from hind sail.
Light facilities that worn in the theatre of shadow play from formerly up to now many experience change as according to technology development. in the form of the original light facilities that worn in skin puppetplays blencong, then round into soil oil lamp (keceran), petromak, now a lot is using electric light.

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