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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Onde-Onde


Onde-onde adalah sejenis kue populer di Indonesia.

Makanan ini diduga dibawa pendatang dari Tiongkok, lalu berkembang luas. Onde-onde dapat ditemukan di toko maupun dijual di pedagang kaki lima.

Nama 'onde-onde' mengacu pada sekelompok makanan yang terbuat dari tepung terigu ataupun tepung ketan yang digoreng dan permukaannya ditaburi/dibalur dengan biji wijen. Variasi ada beberapa. Yang paling dikenal adalah onde-onde yang terbuat dari tepung ketan dan di dalamnya diisi pasta kacang hijau. Variasi lain dibuat dari tepung terigu, dikenal sebagai onde-onde gandum, yang merupakan onde-onde khas dari kota Solo.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Dance Gambyong


Dance Gambyong is typical of Central Java. Dance Gambyong allegedly created by the name of a street dancer named Gambyong. Dancers with the beautiful face of life in the days of Pakubuwono Sinuhun IV in 1788 until 1820.

Because of her beauty and dancing keahlianya in it, no wonder he became famous. In line with berjalanya time, finally bringing the dance that is known Gambyong with Gambyong Dance.

This dance is a dance about teenage girls growing up. This was revealed Yunita Sulistiowati (24 years), dancers on the show Gambyong Traditional Art Fairs at State Islamic University of Yogyakarta (28/03/2009).

"In this dance tells of teenage girls growing up who was adorned themselves", added Yunita.

Dance Gambyong played some players, can be two or four players. At each performance, dance is always Gambyong gising opened with pickaxe. Gamelan is used usually include gender, gender successor, kenong, kempul, gongs and drums. But in accordance with the progress of time, dance accompanist currently gambyong digital form (cassette or CD).

Dance that requires flexibility of a dancer is practically in perkembanganya very rapidly. Dance dance Gambyong is enough public interest. is typical of Central Java. Dance Gambyong allegedly created by the name of a street dancer named Gambyong. Dancers with the beautiful face of life in the days of Pakubuwono Sinuhun IV in 1788 until 1820.

Because of her beauty and dancing keahlianya in it, no wonder he became famous. In line with berjalanya time, finally bringing the dance that is known Gambyong with Gambyong Dance.

This dance is a dance about teenage girls growing up. This was revealed Yunita Sulistiowati (24 years), dancers on the show Gambyong Traditional Art Fairs at State Islamic University of Yogyakarta (28/03/2009).

"In this dance tells of teenage girls growing up who was adorned themselves", added Yunita.

Dance Gambyong played some players, can be two or four players. At each performance, dance is always Gambyong gising opened with pickaxe. Gamelan is used usually include gender, gender successor, kenong, kempul, gongs and drums. But in accordance with the progress of time, dance accompanist currently gambyong digital form (cassette or CD).

Dance that requires flexibility of a dancer is practically in perkembanganya very rapidly. Dance dance Gambyong is enough public interest.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Mask dance


Of the Cirebon mask dance, is one of the dances in tatar Parahyangan. Mask dance called, because the dancers use masks while dancing. This mask myself a lot of variety, and experience in the development of the movement, and stories to tell. Sometimes the mask dance performed by dancers dance solo obscene, or it could be played by several people.

One other type of mask is a mask dance wungu rover golden mask is a series which tells the story of Parahyangan style queen who wungu Kencana pursued by king-Menakjingga the craziest thing about him. Basically, each representing the masks each character describes the human disposition. Kencana Wungu, with blue mask, representing a lively character but elegant. Menakjingga (also called wanderer), with a red mask represents a tempered character, tempramental and impatient. This dance work Soeradiredja Nugraha.

Hand and body movements are graceful, and musical accompaniment is dominated by drums and fiddle, is another characteristic of the mask.

Friday, December 25, 2009

Papeda


Papeda or sago, a staple food of the people of Maluku and Papua. These foods are found in almost all areas in Maluku and Papua.

Papeda made from sago flour. The maker of the population in the interior of Papua. Sago flour is made by pound sago trunk. Trees are good for the trees sago is made between the ages of three to five years.

First cut sago subject. Then squeezed to extract cob patinya out. From this quintessence of pure sago flour obtained ready prepared. Sago flour and then stored in a device called Tumang.

Papeda usually eaten with yellow sauce, made with tuna or spiced fish mubara and turmeric and lime.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

animism


Animism (from the Latin anima or "soul") is the belief in supernatural beings and the spirit is the principle of religious beliefs that first appeared among primitive people. Wordpress animism believe every thing on this Earth, (such as certain areas, caves, points, or boulder), has a soul that must be respected so that it does not interfere with the spirit of man, even helping them with the spirit and spirits and also in their day lives.

It is estimated that in West Kalimantan province, there are still 7.5 million people belonging to Dayak adherents of animism.

Other than the soul and spirit that inhabits the places listed above, animism Wordpress also believe the spirits of the dead could enter the bodies of animals, such as Nias tribe believe that a mouse in and out of the house is a spirit than a woman who had died childless. The spirits of the dead could also enter the body or the tiger and the pig is believed to be revenge who become bitter enemies during his lifetime. This belief is different from the belief in reincarnation as found in Hinduism and Buddhism, where in reincarnation, the soul does not move directly into the body of another living animal, but born again in another life form. In Hinduism and Buddhism are also a different concept of karma with this animism.

Friday, December 11, 2009

calung


Calung is a Sundanese musical instrument is a prototype (prototype) of angklung. Unlike the angklung played by shaken, how to beat calung is mepukul stem (wilahan, bar) of segments (bamboo tube), composed by titi barrel (scales) pentatonic (da-mi-na-ti-la) . Types of bamboo for making most of awi calung wulung (black bamboo), but some are made from awi temen (white bamboo).

Understanding calung than as a musical instrument is also attached with the term performance art. There are two forms of Sundanese calung known, namely calung calung chain and portable.

seruling


The flute is a musical instrument from the family of wood wind instruments. Characterized by a soft voice and the flute can be combined with other instruments well.

Modern flute for experts generally made of silver, gold or a mixture of both. While the flute for students generally made of nickel-silver, or silver coated metal.

Ditalakan standard concert flute in C and has a range of 3 octaves tone starts from middle C. However, in some flute to the experts there are additional key to achieving the tone B below middle C. This means that the flute is one of the orchestra instruments are high, only the higher piccolo more than a flute. Piccolo is a small ditalakan flute an octave higher than the standard concert flute. Piccolo is also commonly used in the orchestra.

The modern concert flute has many choices. Thumb B-flat key (invented and pioneered by Briccialdi) standard. B foot joint, however, is an extra option for middle to upper models and professional.

Open-holed flute, also called French Flute (where some keys have a hole in the middle so the player must close it with a finger) on the general concert-level players. But some flute players (especially the students, and even some of the experts) chose plateau closed-hole keys. Students generally use temporary cover to cover the hole until they had mastered the finger placement is appropriate.

Some people believe that the open-hole keys are able to produce louder and more clearly in low tones.

Concert flute called Boehm flute, or flute alone.