Jathilan : The Traditional Arts

Jathilan is a traditional Javanese dance featuring a group of soldiers are riding a rocking horse made of woven bamboo, the bamboo in a thin slice then woven into a sheet, then cut into shapes resembling horses or often called "horse braid". This horse matting decorated with colorful paints and fabrics every show Jathilan Usually accompanied by an element of magic. Jathilan also often called Kuda Lumping, this dance is accompanied by some kind of gamelan music instruments like drums, and gong,saron .

  

 
Kuda Lumping dance usually only displays scenes horsemen, but some also serve lumping horse looks possessed attractions, immunity, and magical powers, like eating glass and attractions immunity against flogging whip. Jaran braid is part of the dance performances reog. Although dance is derived from Java, Indonesia, this dance is also inherited by the Javanese who settled in North Sumatra and in some areas outside of Indonesia as in Malaysia.

Nothing in the historical record to explain the origin of this dance, only verbal history passed down from one generation to the next.
That said, lumping horse dance is a dance trance. There is also a version that says, that lumping horse dance depicting the story of the struggle of Raden Patah, assisted by Sunan Kalidjaga, against the Dutch colonialists. Another version states that, this dance tells the story of war games Mataram forces led by Sultan Hamengku Buwono I, King of Mataram, to face the Dutch troops.
Regardless of the origin and historical value, Kuda Lumping dance reflects the spirit of heroism and military aspects of a cavalry or cavalry. It is seen from rhythmic movements, dynamic, and aggressive, flick through the woven bamboo, mimicking the movement like a horse in the midst of war.

Often in Kuda Lumping dance performance, also featuring attractions that demonstrate the power of supernatural magical smell, like chewing glass attractions, wrenching the arm with a machete, burn away, walking on broken glass, and others. Perhaps, this reflects the attraction supernatural powers in ancient times developed in the Kingdom of Java, and is a non-military aspects of being turned against the Dutch troops.
In Magelang and surrounding art is very familiar and often times at shows almost every August would have been very much in the encounter Jathilan or Kuda Lumping show

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In addition to containing elements of entertainment and religion, traditional art kuda lumping is often also contains elements of ritual. Because before the show begins, usually a handler will perform a ritual rain, to maintain considering the sunny weather to keep the show is usually done in the open field.
In each pagelarannya, Kuda Lumping ot Jathilan dance is led by 4 fragment that is 2 times the dance dance Buto Lawas, Senterewe dance, and dance Begon daughter.

 

At Buto Lawas fragments, usually danced by men only and consists of 4 to 6 dancers. Some young dancers and a bamboo horse dance to the music. At this section, the dancers Buto Lawas may experience possessed or possessed by spirits. The audience was not immune from this phenomenon of possession. Many local residents who witnessed the performances into a trance and danced with the dancers. Unconscious, they continued to dance with energetic movement and looks compact with the other dancers.
To restore the dancers and audience awareness possessed, in every single show is always present the progenitor, ie people who have supernatural abilities that can be recognized by its presence in all black clothes he wore. The grandfather will give bidders until the dancers and audience awareness recovered.
In the next fragment, men and women join dancers brought senterewe dance.
In the last fragment, the movements are more relaxed, six women brought daughter dance Begon, who is a dance cover of a whole series of lumping horse dance attractions