Art Reog Ponorogo
King Kelana trip was triggered belakanggi Sewandana looking meek consort Bujangganong and troops accompanied berkuda.Dewi King Kelana sanggalangit accepting applications on condition; King Kelana must create a new arts & created Reog.
Reog is one of the cultural arts that originated from East Java and the north-west part Ponorogo Reog regarded as the true home town. The city gate was decorated by the figure Ponorogo Warok and gemblak, two figures who have appeared at the time reog performed. Reog is one of the local culture in Indonesia is still very thick with the smell of things mystical and powerful mysticism.
Modern Reog usually performed in several events such as weddings, circumcisions and National holidays. Art Reog Ponorogo consists of several series of two to three opening dances. The first dance is usually performed by brave men with a 6-8 all-black clothes, with faces painted red. The dancer depicts the figure of a courageous lion. Next is a dance which was performed by 6-8 girls who boarded horses. In reog Traditionally, these dancers are usually played by male dancers who dressed women. This dance is called the braid horse dance, which should be distinguished from other dances are lumping horse dance. Other opening dance if there is usually a dance by a little boy who brought the funny scenes.
After the opening dance finished, the new core scenes whose content is displayed depends reog condition where art is displayed. If associated with the wedding scene shown is romance. To feast circumcision or circumcision, is usually a story of warriors,
Reog art scene in the scenario usually does not follow the well-organized. Here there is always interaction between the player and the puppeteer (usually the leader of the group) and sometimes with an audience. Sometimes a player's performances can be replaced by other players if the players are exhausted. More emphasis in the staging reog art is to give satisfaction to the audience.
Last scene is a lion barong, where the perpetrator wore a mask-shaped head of a lion with a crown made of peacock feathers. The weight of this mask can reach 50-60 kg. This heavy mask carried by the dancers with their teeth. The ability to bring a mask was obtained by addition of heavy exercise, are also believed to diproleh with spiritual practices like fasting and asceticism.
