Reog Ponorogo Indonesia

Each of the first of Suro in the Javanese calendar. One of them in Ponorogo. To welcome the New Year in Java, the government Ponorogo always held a regular event that is Grebeg Suro. In the series of events there Suro Grebeg National level events, namely the National Reog Festival. The festival aims to preserve the art Reog Ponorogo and showed that the Earth Reog Ponorogo. Places where this noble civilization art originated. Roxburgh who was once a land is believed to be the place Wengker Reog born. This is based on the legacy handed down stories about the origin of Reog. There are different versions of stories about the origin Reog

The first version Bantarangin. Bantarangin is a kingdom in Roxburgh, headed by a king named King Kelana Sewandana. According to this version, the origin of King Kelana Sewandana reog when wandering looking for companion of life, accompanied by horsemen and his patih loyal, Bujangganong. Options Majesty fell into her princess of Kediri, Dewi Sanggalangit. The struggle to bring the Goddess Sanggalangit not as easy as turning the palm of the hand, the princess would be the wife of the King if the King is able to meet the filing requirements. He asked the King to create an art that has never existed before.

Second, the version of Ki Ageng Flea Suryangalam. This version mencereritakan rebellion Ki Ageng lice or often called Demat Suryangalam. Ki Ageng lice is a servant of the kingdom during the reign of Bra Kertabumi. Ki Ageng lice will anger the leadership of the Bra Kertabumi considered often do not meet its obligations because it was too strong to receive the influence of his Chinese colleagues and controlled by the empress.Demat Suryangalam finally out of the kingdom and established universities that educate local youths. As a form of satire against the government Bra Kertabumi, Ki Ageng Flea create Barongan made of tiger skins kingpin who rides the peacock. The King represented a lion's head and peacock symbolized the empress. In the show Reog displayed mask lion-shaped head, known as "Singa Barong", king of the jungle, which became a symbol for Kertabumi, and on it is plugged in peacock feathers to resemble a giant fan which symbolizes the strong influence of his Chinese colleagues who manage the over all motion -geriknya. Jatilan, played by a group of dancers gemblak riding a rocking horse that became a symbol of the power of the Majapahit Empire troops into comparison with the strength warok contrast, behind the red clown mask that became the symbol for Ki Ageng lice, alone and sustain weight that reached more masks singabarong of 50 kg using only his teeth. A show Ki Ageng Flea Reog used as a way pelawanan local communities through reog popularity.

Third, Batoro version Katong. Batoro Katong is the first regents who ruled in Ponorogo.Barongan as one tool to gather the masses and as a medium for effective communication. Batoro Katong ordered to Ki Ageng Mirah to create a legendary story about the royal Bantarangin which by most people be trusted as historical origins Reog Ponorogo. Katong Batoro Barongan utilize art as a medium for spreading Islamic propaganda in the Land Wengker. Barongan name later changed to Reyog, taken from the Arabic meaning riyoqun Khusnul Khotimah.

Regardless of the origin Reyog version, how Reyog development itself?

Reyog experiencing development and change from time to time to be Reyog as we see today. Profound changes can be seen from several things, among others

Writing

The word was once Reog Reyog. Words are transformed into Reog Reyog due to local policy. Government policies eliminate the letter "y" in this Reyog is based on writing in Indonesian Language Dictionary published by the Education Ministry in 1983. In the dictionary was not written down but reog Reyog. Later reog writing slogans used by the city government, which means clean, omber, and delight gumirang. Though in principle Reyog sidekick, especially Grandparent Bikan, and (late) Grandparent Mujab and also implied in the Annals of Roxburgh explained that Reyog was representing the theological meaning Ponorogo-cultural society that is still named Wengker time. Reyog they interpret (r) taste ballad, (e) engwang adilihung soul, (y) The Widhi, (o) if kridaning Gusti, and (g) degree roll kersaning Kang Kuoso Moho.

Replacement Reyog be reog at that time to cause a polemic. Ponorogo Regent who was held by Markum Singodimejo that sparked a retaining reog as the official slogan Ponorogo. The role of government in a significant shift, with various instructions regents, face beribah reog gradually become more regular and uniform.

The shift value meaning gemblak

Talk about Reog can not be separated from the dancers jathil term, namely a kind of dance that became part of reog. At first word in the community jathil gemblak identified with the term. Why is that? Because gemblak derived from jathil. The term was in the days Demat gemblak Suryangalam. In addition to being demang he also founded a college, science students were given supernatural powers and are immune to all weapons, they are called warok. To become warok must run behavior, the conditions of a warok must be able to curb the passions, hunger and thirst, and not in contact with women. If the candidates can not curb this warok lust for sex with women, then lunturlah all the knowledge he had. As a result of the warok take foster children called gemblak.Formerly known for its many gemblak warok, namely teenage boys ages 12-15 terawatyang berparas handsome and maintained as kelangenan, which sometimes is more loved than his wife and son. Maintaining gemblak is a tradition rooted in the community reog. For a warok it is fair and accepted by society.

This modern era has begun gemblak meaning shifting toward the positive. Gemblak is now difficult to find, preserve tradition gemblak now starting to fade. Gemblak formerly jathil usual role as a dancer, now his role is replaced by a teenage daughter. The shift value gemblak make dance jathil growing

Storyline...

At first reog has no storyline and art forms like wine-arakkan, which stops at each intersection of the road as his stage. There is no story sequence. Reog at that time only for a mere hobby and far from commercial. However, over development of the era, Reog have a lot of the touches of reog artists graduated from art school. They provide an orderly movements koreografisnya and the aesthetic stage. There is a storyline, there is one sequence that appears first. The sequence that appears first is the warok, then jathil, bujangganong, Kelana Sewandana then suddenly peacock. Be reog format as the current festival.

Then how fate Reog future?

In the midst of western culture that constantly seep into our nation, it is hard indeed to maintain traditional arts such as Reog. The existence in the future reog determined youth themselves, how they want to appreciate and to continue to preserve it when the influence of modernity amid the rushing attack. But youth is more interested in the development of culture from the outside rather than having to preserve the traditional culture of this noble civilization. If this is left unchecked, does not require the possibility of occurrence Reog biggest claim as the cultural property of other countries will happen again. Or even reog will disappear from the earth the place of origin and residence name alone. All parties must act to encourage the next generation to be more "love" of traditional culture. Start small to be instilled the attitude to continue to preserve this cultural heritage.|source|