Art is the heritage of priceless and irreplaceable by anything. Among the various artistic heritage there are examples of the art of dance called dance gandrung marsan. What is it dance gandrung marsan. Let us refer to the explanation of the dance marsan.
History Of Dance Gandrung Marsan
Banyuwangi regency has a wealth of art and culture which is incredible one of them is the art of dance gandrung banyuwangi which is now a Icon of banyuwangi regency. type type of dance in east java as well as gandrung dance indeed deserves to be preserved. Art has three rounds: row, paju and seblang dawn has the history of the founding filled with the spirit of heroic worth to emulate the spirit of nationality in the fight for independence.
Speaking obsessed with banyuwangi like two sides of a coin that are interconnected with each other and cannot be separated. As a life and body that also can not be separated, and if separated would lead to Death.
Why is that? Since the beginning of the emergence of compulsive this along with busy banyuwangi when open forest (Babat Alas) Tirtogondo in 1773, which would later become the Center of Banyuwangi. Who open the Forest?
Dutch or VOC gather people of banyuwangi already topsy turvy in the middle of the forest as a result of losing the war bayu on October 11, 1772. They were originally collected as they are promised money but ultimately it is all a lie.
Finally after knowing the sense of foul VOC that some of them are come back again from the goal of the forest . While the rest who still want to survive chose to settle in the city Center. Over time the people of banyuwangi already topsy turvy was desirous to unite them. Then to realize that all the men have the sense that is the way to hold art.
The tools of music that used to accompany song and dance gandrung at that time is Flying (Tambourine) and Kendhang. While the dancer is a man who was about 7 – 15 years. Art compulsive travel out of the forest towards the village residents and approached them while carrying kenthongan useful to a container of rice as wages from the results demonstrate the artistry of these compulsive.
Rice that has been collected from the around the village dancing and accompanied gending banyuwangi and tambourines and drums are divided out to the brothers in the same boat now was still in the forest.
Finally, Lagu-lagu classic Gandrung Banyuwangi which is currently still in existence at the moment it contains Poems about the struggle of the people of blambangan and contains about the cruelty of the VOC as well as how Tragic the life of the people at that time so with dilantunkannya gending-gending will add to the fighting spirit of the people blambangan which are still remaining.
Through the arts Compulsive it is this, Ultimately the people of blambangan feel aroused his fighting spirit, feel the same boat and arms so that the People of blambangan first topsy-turvy in the middle of the forest could get together again to fight together. Some of them want to go back to your hometown that is in BAYU however, there are some that still remain in the woods. and there are also going down the Mountain but is happy to open the new village outside the village bayu, namely in the city of banyuwangi.
While the word Marsan itself derived from the name of a dancer who continues to make art until reaching the age of 40 years, namely Marsan. Figure marsan in so admired as a dancer. He is known to be very skillful to portray himself as a female. Not only that, the moral message conveyed also be one that is admired by the community.that’s where the origin of the dance gandrung marsan made and preserved as art traditional dance from banyuwangi.
Dance Gandrung Marsan
In the show dance gandrung marsan there are 9 men. When on stage, one of them will advance to the front of the stage and sat down cross-legged. This man is like doing a request for permission to wear the crown in front of him. Then after the application for a permit that is done, makotapun charged. Then he blends in with 8 other people. Then perform the dance gandrung marsan. In the dance gandrung marsan is always conveyed a moral message about peace.
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