Peacock Dance - Welcome Dance For The Bride

Peacock Dance is a dance of creation of Pasundan created by Raden Tjetjep Somantri in 1950 and regenerated by dra. Irawati Durban in 1965. This dance tells about peafowl charms to attract the female heart.The male will display the beauty of the long tail feathers and colorful to attract the female heart. The manly gestures that looked like a graceful dance that displays the charm of her best so

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Ondel-Ondel - Jakarta Folk Art

Ondel-ondel is a Betawi folk performing arts are often displayed in people's parties. Ondel- ondel playing ancestors who always keep their grandchildren or a resident of a village.Ondel-ondel is a large doll, about 2.5 m high with a diameter of about 80 cm, made of woven bamboo. Part of the face mask, with a head of hair made from palm fiber. Ondel-ondel faces of men in red paint, while the women

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The Old City Of Jakarta - History Of Dutch Colonial Relic

History of the old town starts from the Sunda Kelapa Harbor attacked by the army of Demak in 1526, under the leadership of Fatahillah. Having successfully taken, the name was changed to Jayakarta on June 22, 1527. Size of the city + / - 15 acres with traditional urban design patterns Indonesia. In the year 1619, the town of Jayakarta destroyed, was attacked by Dutch East India Company under the

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Batik of West Java - Unique Motif Of The Nearly Extinct

Rich culture of West Java has many advantages, including various shades of batik with local peculiarities of each. Unfortunately, many batik distinctiveness of these areas are now almost extinct. To maintain the unique batik each region maintained its sustainability, West Java Batik Foundation with batik entrepreneurs together to organize batik typical regions in West Java.The types of the famous

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Angklung - Musical Offerings To The Goddess Of Rice

Angklung is a traditional musical instrument from West Java and is made of bamboo. Type of bamboo used is awi wulung (black bamboo) and awi temen (white bamboo). This instrument is sounded by shaken (the sound caused by the impact of bamboo pipe body) to produce a vibrating sound. Angklung musical tone as a Sundanese traditional music is mostly Salendro and pelog.Type - type of angklung, among

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Wayang (Puppet) - Ancient Performing Arts

Wayang (Puppet) was first developed in Java and Bali and has been known since prehistoric times of about 1500 years before Christ. The development of wayang begins in ancient times when the ancestors of the Indonesian people still embrace animism and dynamism. This belief is believed the spirits of the dead would be alive and all objects are animate and have power. So they still worshiped and

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