THE MASK DANCE

The mask dance is one of traditional dances from Cirebon, West Java.  The dance created by the Sultan of Cirebon, his name is Sunan Gunung Jati. The dancers should use the masks when they are dancing, so that, it called the mask dance. This dance performed by one and some beautiful women and ten men who play the musical instruments, such as rebab, kecrek, kulanter, ketuk, gendang, gong, and bendhe. The movement of the dance is always changing, it depends on the theme of the event. The dance starts from the bow formation. It means as the sign of the respect for the audience. After that, the legs of the dancers are moving back and forth while smiling to the audience.

West java is one of the strategic city which many visited by the tourists. They like to watch the dance when the big events held in this city. It can be a good dance that owned by Indonesia and we have to maintain and preserve it.

Link : http://www.wisatamelayu.com/id/tour/767-Tari-Topeng/navcat

Posted by : Vera Annisa

REBAB

Rebab music has three or two strings that made by copper straps. Its part of body can be made from jackfruit wood or coconut shell. The size of rebab is usually small and it has a circle body. It  is known that due to the tone of its voice. It also has the tone a little more than one octave. It is like a violin.

Rebab is also become a musical accompanist in dance. Many people who are good at playing this music instrument, but just a little of the people who have a special abilities that can produce an attractive rebab sound.

In Indonesia, there are many variations of rebab that have some differences. Actually, the differences depend on the material of the manufacture of rebab in every cities.

Link :  http://www.anneahira.com/alat-musik-rebab.htm

Posted by : Vera Annisa

 

 

Sanxian, Chinese Traditional Musical Instrument

Sanxian is a kind of musical instrument that created the classic passage in the Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty in the days of feudal China. To follow the story, as early as the year 214 Before Masihi, ie after Maharaja Qinshihuang unify China, ordinary people have crowded dikerahk to build the Great Wall. When facing work pressure is so severe that, they tried to think of ways to comfort yourself. By using a small hand drum and some delicate pieces of string, they produce a kind of tool muzik excerpt round and posted a long holder. Advance box resonansnya done by them than Haiwan skin. Musical instrument called "Xiantao" that is the "prototaip" to this Sanxian instrument.

Sanxian consists of three parts, that are the head and body holder. Sanxian have many kinds. Among these, the most played are small sanxian, large sanxian and electric sanxian.

Posted      : Cornelia Debby Kumalasari

Link        : http://malay.cri.cn/741/2009/12/28/121s107196.html