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Song - Tools Java Cultural Education

Posted by SEMAR on Thursday, March 24, 2011

Increasingly, the application of Javanese culture seemingly deteriorated., Because most people started to leave the ordinance Java Java inherited by their ancestors. To anticipate, cultural excavation should be started early, ie starting from childhood. However, this approach does not easily require awareness, patient attitude, long time, and appropriate media.

One of the media easily, without requiring complex facilities is sound art. Almost everyone can do it even if not perfect. In the life of Javanese society, sound art is known through the song.

Song originated and flowers that have a common word meanings with word sekar, which also means "flower". Flowers is a tool to reveal the contents of one's heart to others who have a special place in his heart. Therefore, the song is also used to express feelings or one's heart.

In the Java language, songs can also mean "song", namely a rhythmic sound range, a series of scales arranged in order and harmony so as to produce sounds that contain elements of beauty or aesthetic. Most of the cultural heritage of ancestors Java is packaged in a song or ballad. However, if the author had died before he could tembang mentafsirkan, songs often have many different interpretations.

One of the first songs favored by the children is Tembang Dolanan. Although the song Dolanan often used to lull the kids, art song Dolanan is quite interesting to study. In it there are mysteries that are essential for human life, because this type of song to form a nobleness of character and morals of children

In fiber Wedatama, Raden Mas Sudira or more familiar with the title Gusti Prince Arya Mangkunegara Surakarta IV do imply that the beauty of the song to form a moral child. Pickaxe song illustrates this through a verse which reads:

Mingkar mingkuring egoistic, akarana karenan Mardi Siwi, sinawung resmining ballad, sinuba sinukarta, mrih kretarta pakartining ngelmu superb, kang tumrap neng land of Java, religion ageming aji.

A free translation is: "To avoid themselves from greedy. If want to educate his son. (Preferably), packaged in a beautiful poem. Decorated to look beautiful. In order to achieve this noble objective science. In fact, in the land of Java, the religion adopted by the king. "

And the above description, it is clear that to educate a son of refinement needed to be formulated in the form of song or songs (sinawung resmining ballad). In addition to these students can master the noble sciences which have been bequeathed by our ancestors hundreds of years ago (mrih kretarta pakartining ngelmu superb). And all that is part of Javanese culture.
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explanation about ethnic Javanese

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Indonesian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Javanese are the largest ethnic group in Indonesia who came from Central Java, East Java, and Yogyakarta. At least 41.7% of Indonesia's population is ethnically Javanese. [1] In addition to the three provinces, many Javanese living in Lampung, Banten, Jakarta and North Sumatra. In West Java they are found in Indramayu district and Cirebon. Java tribe also has a sub-tribe, such as Osing and Tengger.
Language



Ethnic groups mostly use Java in the Java language spoken daily. In a survey conducted Tempo magazine in the early 1990s, approximately only 12% of people that use Java, the Indonesian language as their language of everyday, around 18% using the Java language and Indonesia are mixed, and the rest just use the Java language course .

Java language has different rules vocabulary and intonation based on the relationship between the speaker and speaker, known as the upload-ungguh. This linguistic aspect has a strong social influence in Javanese culture, and making the Javanese are usually very aware of social status in society.
Most Javanese are nominally embraced Islam. But there is also a Protestant and Catholic religion. They are also found in rural areas. Buddhists and Hindus also were also found among the Java community. There is also a tribal religious beliefs as a religion of Java, called Javanist. This belief is mainly based on animistic beliefs with the Hindu-Buddhist influence is strong. Java community is famous for its nature of syncretism trust. All foreign cultures are absorbed and interpreted according to the values ​​of Java so trust someone sometimes become blurred.
Profession
The majority of the Javanese people living as farmers, but in cities they dominate the civil service, state-owned, member of legislature, executive branch officials, legislative officials, ministry officials and the military. The Javanese are the most in the world of ethnic artists and models. The Javanese are also many who are working abroad, as unskilled laborers and domestic servants. Javanese dominated Indonesian workers abroad, especially in the country of Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, USA and Europe.
Social stratification
Javanese society is also famous for the distribution of social groups. The famous American anthropologist, Clifford Geertz, in the 1960's Java community divides into three groups: the students, abangan and aristocratic. He said the students are devout followers of Islam, abangan are adherents of Islam in nominal terms or adherents Javanist, while the Priyayi is the nobility. But today's opinion because he opposed many of Geertz's mix of social classes with the class of trust. Social categorization is also difficult to apply in classifying people out, let people of other Indonesian and non-indigenous ethnic groups such as people of Arab descent, Chinese, and Indian.
Art
Javanese culture is famous for his art is mainly influenced by the Hindu-Buddhist religion, which is staging puppet. Repertory puppet story or play is mostly based on Hindu epic Ramayana and the Mahabharata. In addition to Indian influence, the influence of Islam and the Western World there as well. Batik art and kris are two forms of expressions of Javanese society. Gamelan music, which is also found in Bali plays an important role in the life of Javanese culture and tradition.
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Who is Figure in the story wayang semar

Posted by SEMAR on Sunday, March 20, 2011

Soon dawn. Outside was dark and cold. Air dry season created a cool enough temperature in the morning, in stark contrast when compared with the daytime is so oppressive. Cold atmosphere of the more exalted gloves berkemul people in her sleep. However in some houses the lights have started added lighting, a sign of its inhabitants has conducted pre-dawn activity.

Empty village territory Mlompong is an agricultural sphere. You could say almost the entire population livelihoods of the rice fields owned and managed. But as happens in other areas, the welfare of the population also varied. There are a skipper because it has a wide field and a lot of livestock, but some are living within the limits for not having land to cultivate, and just work as laborers or share the harvest from land diolahnya employers. But the bulk of its population are farmers who own land, though not too broad, but able to support his family in a simple.

Empty Village Mlompong indeed a very simple village with its inhabitants are so earthy. Nothing is thinking and doing adventurous things in the life of every citizen in the village. All running with simple and so it is. Relative's life took place with a linear, unbranched anywhere, work diligently, enjoy the results and then be grateful for the blessings that have been given his Lord. No wonder when the wheel of life in the village was like already in the program, in settings with a similar routine. The morning after dawn prayers to the fields to work, mid-morning break, returned to the house work done at home or nyambi other work, the afternoon finished then clean themselves to pray Maghrib Isha followed, and finally before bed the night chatting together with the entire family.

Peace and almost no fluctuation in the life of the village. Moreover, already dozens of years leading the Empty Mlompong village is a remarkable. Remarkable here is intended to fit Empty Mlompong village and surrounding area. If berkehidupan fairly simple villagers, then KLKM (village people used to call lurahnya with the acronym that stands for Ki headman of Empty Mlompong) was exceptional in its simplicity. Thus even thinking in terms of wisdom, maturity and perseverance through life in work and worship. Anyway KLKM very feasible for elder in the village so that every election of a new headman, then no one felt able to compete with KLKM, had surrendered first. And although it is wise KLKM asks its citizens to anyone willing to replace it, for the purposes of regeneration, but no one has dared to stick my hand to receive the relay leadership.

Who heads the figure so loved by its citizens that? None other than the person who named Semar.

Semar has 3 sons from a wife who is often called Nyi Kanastren. Nyi Kanastren is a typical village woman who has always worked diligently memberekan housework and serve her husband and her children with compassion. So even though it was quite old, his movement still looks spry and nimble when delivering food to the field for her husband and her children, cleaning the courts of the house large enough to draw well water for cooking and a family bathroom. All done with the smiley face, feeling happy and comfortable with along with the belief that all ministry devoted to her husband and family happiness. A simple way of thinking, but karenanyalah Nyi Kananstren so loved her husband and her children as well as respected and loved by the entire population of the village.

Semar bodied fat. But do not be mistaken with a round body shape that then gerakanyya become sluggish. He was still able to properly hoeing the fields, plowing the fields (only if kebo can speak certainly will protest because the pull is too heavy plow plus body fat master), even climbing a coconut tree. I do not know what science is used because in terms of climbing trees, Semar no less rapidly than their children or Gareng Petruk, who was emaciated. Semar-face was always smiling and so patient and patient in dealing with family problems and problem residents who expect a solution. Insights science is very broad, popular wisdom is so comprehensive and the nature of his affection was not playing favorites.

Third son named Gareng, Petruk and Bagong. Third child and Kanastren Semar have behavior and features of each. However, their overall attitude and wisdom inherited from his father despite the different levels, coupled with the unique characteristics of each.

Gareng, as the eldest child, has a calm nature, economical talk but has a sense of responsibility is greatest. Perhaps because he is the oldest among her siblings so conditioned to always maintain and memomong younger siblings.

As with the child panengah Semar. Petruk memiilki carriage that was always cheerful, agile movements, you could say can not stay too long in one place (like a deep sleep state often displacing older brother and sister to leave little room for them). Bicaranyapun crunchy, often too fast and long that sometimes come out of the subject. Exciting indeed (as well as annoying).

And the youngest is Bagong. Bagong have a physique similar to his father. Her body fat, although not as big as his father, a bit lazy to work but on the other advantages, namely karuniai smarter in thinking (and dodging) than her siblings. His speech was not as much as her sister Petruk, but to talk to make his interlocutor at least a smile or laugh because humor (or wit) in processing words and sentences.

From this family the next story will begin. Accompany them and Empty Mlompong villagers in carrying out everyday and observe everything that happens in the village and surrounding area.

Rames Semar is the episode involving life figure named Semar.

Rames can mean a variety in one batter, the various characters in a story, the doings of the behavior of various human figure full of mystery, turned into a tragedy, sometimes in the form of sensation shelter behind tradition, often decorated with grief, cheerful, joking, papa, laughter, anguish, mingled in one dish called flow of life.

When viewed from the wording, then rames is the opposite of Semar. Likewise the implied meaning (gathuk mathuk just lho). Rames is the diversity of the semar is emptiness. Semar is empty, is capable of receiving the full diversity. Capable of giving to others without feeling lost and that menerimapun enjoy it.

Rames Semar is a blend of diversity and wisdom, the couple between mortality and the authenticity and the interwoven relationships between creatures with khaliqnya. And in fact rames Semar is life itself.

And this story is just fiction and creation alone.

Regards, Prabu
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