Tari Kethek ogleng is the art of dance people are still there in Wonogiri Regency, Central Java. The story of tari kethek ogleng is telling a monkey incarnation of Raden Gunung Sari to fool the population in the Panji story in an effort to find princess Dewi Sekartaji lost from the palace.
In expressing tari kethek ogleng, her gestures imitating a group of white apes with agility, togetherness, passion, humor, and attractive. Accompaniment tari kethek ogleng using the instruments of the javanese gamelan, percussion instruments, traditional and vocal that will bring the taste and feel of a populist.
The strains of the motorcade tari kethek this reads less like ogleng, ogleng, ogleng. From there then the art of dance is called kethek ogleng. In 2018, the Ministry of Education and Culture set kethek ogleng be one of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Indonesia.
A Glimpse Of The Origin Of The Kethek Ogleng Dance
Dance kethek ogleng serves the motion of cute white ape to the accompaniment of gamelan music merrily stomping and are entertaining. Tari kethek ogleng famous in Wonogiri Regency Central Java Province, Kabupaten Pacitan, East Java Province and in most of Gunung Kidul Regency, Yogyakarta.
Kethek ogleng is a dance movement to imitate the behavior of kethek. Tari kethek ogleng danced by the Village community Tokawi, Kecamatan Nawangan it’s been years and staged in celebration of the local community. Tari kethek ogleng is derived from the story of the Kingdom of Jenggala and Kediri.
The king of Jenggala has a daughter named Dewi Sekartaji and the Kingdom of Kediri had a son named Raden Panji Asmorobangun. Both of them love each other and want to build a family. However, the King of Jenggala want to marry Dewi Sekartaji with the man of his choice.
When Dewi Sekartaji know will be married to a male options ayahanya, he quietly left the Kingdom of Jenggala. Dewi Sekartaji depart in the evening with some dayang toward the direction of the west. Panji Asmorobangun news of the loss of Dewi Sekartaji decided to find Dewi Sekartaji.
In his journey, Panji Asmorobangun drop in to the priest’s house, then the Banner was given the words that go to the west and must be disguised as a monkey. On the other hand, Dewi Sekartaji was already pretending to be Endang Rara Tompe. After Endang Rara Tompe wandering, the group finally Endang Rara Tompe rest and decided to settle there.
It turns out kethek incarnation of Panji Amorobangun also live close to the cottage Endang Rara Tompe, they were friendly however, they do not know the real identity of each of them. After their friendship so strong, they finally unlock the secrets of each.
Endang Rara Tompe change its shape into the Goddess Sekartaji, so also with kethek turn her into Raden Panji Asmorobangun. Their encounter overwhelmed with the feeling of haru and happy and agrees to return to the Kingdom of Jenggala to get married.
History Kethek Ogleng Dance
There are several versions about the history of the tari kethek ogleng from each region, for example in Pacitan, East Java Province. In Pacitan, precisely in the Village of Tokawi, Kecamatan Nawangan, kethek ogleng was created by a Professor, a farmer, in 1963. At that time, the life He’s only 18 years old.
The appearance of the tari kethek ogleng first held in celebration of the wedding at the end of 1963, at the request of the Head of the Village Tokawi when it was named Haryo Prawiro. The approval of the Regent of RS Tedjo Sumarto in 1964, the Department of Education asked the Professor to tari kethek ogleng made the background of the story of the people Panji Asmorobangun.
Special in Wonogiri Regency, tari kethek ogleng is already used as an icon of cultural attractions and tourism. Version history tari kethek ogleng in Wonogiri Regency tari kethek ogleng created by the citizens of the Wonogiri Regency Central Java Province named Darjino which is then refined by Suwiryo.
Suwiryo change the movement resembles the movement of the apes which was very liked by the community. After Suwiryo died, tari kethek ogleng forwarded by Sukijo and became one of the icons of Wonogiri Regency. Not known for certain when this dance was created.
The story tari kethek ogleng inspired from the legend of Raden Panji Asmorobangun and Dewi Sekartaji in which there is a story about kethek. Tari kethek ogleng is very liked by the community until eventually spread out to the entire district in Wonogiri Regency and became an icon of this district.
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