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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.

kolintang


Kolintang or special instrument kulintangadalah Minahasa, North Sulawesi. Kolintang made from local wood, but strong light such as eggs, bandaran, arbitrary, kakinik cempaka wood, and which has a parallel fiber construction.

Kolintang name comes from her voice: a barrel (low tone), ting (high tone) and pliers (normal tone). In the local language, the invitation "Let us do TING TANG TONG" is: "Mangemo kumolintang". This invitation was eventually turned into kolintang said.

Some of the group known as Kadoodan, Tamporok, which already exist Mawenang more than 35 tahun.Pembuat kolintang spread in Minahasa and on the island of Java, one of the famous maker Peter kolintang Kaseke

kecapi


Kacapi a Sundanese musical instrument that is played as the main instrument in the Sunda or Mamaos Tembang Cianjuran and kacapi flute.

Kacapi said in Sundanese also refers to the plant Sentul, who believed the wood used to make musical instruments kacapi.

Kacapi Parahu is a resonance box of the bottom hole resonance given to allow the sound out. The sides of this kacapi formed in such a way that resembles a boat. In the past, this kacapi made directly from a carved wooden blocks.

Siter is Kacapi resonance box with a parallel flat field. Kacapi Parahu Similarly, the hole is placed at the bottom. Side of the top and bottom form a trapezoid.

For both types of these kacapi, each of the strings attached to a small screw on the right side of the box. They can be tuned in a variety of systems: pelog, sorog / madenda, or Salendro.

Currently, kacapi resonance box made by gluing the side-sis six wooden areas.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Dodol Garut


Dodol Garut is typical food from Garut city of West Java province. This includes the Dodol snack food because it tastes sweet.
There are lots of shops or stalls that serve as jualannya lunkhead. Along the streets of Garut many sellers who offer garut lunkhead, especially on the roads as a gateway to other areas around the town of Garut.

The crowds who like lunkhead Garut because it is typical, that distinguishes the lunkhead-lunkhead from other regions in Indonesia.

Saman dance


Saman danceis a tribal dance display Gayo usual to celebrate important events in the customs. Saman dance poem uses the Arabic and Gayo. Besides this dance usually also displayed to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad. Dance name "Saman" derived from one of great scholars of NAD, Syech Saman.
Saman dance is one of the media for the achievement of the message (Da'wah). This dance reflects the Educational, Religious, manners, heroism, solidarity and togetherness.

Before the start of a warrant opening, appears a wise old man or a traditional leaders to represent the local community (keketar) or advice that is useful to the players and spectators.

Songs and poems together disclosure and continuous, the players consist of men who are still young by wearing traditional clothes. Presentation of the dance can also be staged, the group dipertandingkan guests with sepangkalan group (two groups). Ditititk assessment focus on the ability of each group in following the movements, dance and song (poetry) presented by the parties lawan.Pada general, Saman Dance performed by a dozen or dozens of men, but the amount must ganjil.opinion Others say this dance is danced not more than 10 people, with details of 8 dancers and 2 as cue givers while singing.Namun, the developments in the modern era that demands that a dance will be more lively when danced by dancers with higher numbers. To adjust the various movements ditunjuklah a leader called sheikh. In addition to regulate the movement of the dancers, Sheikh also served sing songs, poems warrant.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Wingko


Wingko or often called Wingko is a traditional food of Indonesia. Wingko is a kind of cake made from coconut and other ingredients. Wingko very popular in the north coast of Java island. These cakes are often sold at railway stations, bus stations or also in the cake shops. On the island of Java, Wingko also often presents for the family, who made this famous cake.

Wingko usually circular and somewhat harsh and unusual circumstances presented in a warm and diced. Wingko be sold in the form of large round or also a little cakes wrapped in paper. The combination of sugar and coconut to make this delicious cake. The price of this cake may vary depending on the place and sell this wingko brand.

The most famous Wingko made in Semarang. This causes a lot of people who think that wingko also come from this city. However, wingko tripe Tripe actually comes from. This is a small area in Lamongan, East Java. Tripe is near Bojonegoro, East Java, which is famous for its wood and because of newly discovered oil resources in this area.

In Tripe, which is a small town compared to Semarang, Wingko has an important role for economic growth in this area. There are many companies that employ wingko producing a lot of people. Coconut is used for this wingko material taken from areas around this place.

Currently wingko is famous in food Tripe and Semarang with different brands and the big sale. Many Wingko currently still using the name Tionghoa.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Dance Serimpi


The dance is a dance Serimpi mystical nuance that comes from Yogyakarta. The dance is accompanied by Javanese gamelan. This dance is played by two female dancers. Hand movements slow and graceful, is characteristic of the dance Serimpi. Dance Pakubuwono srimpi IX sangopati this work, is actually a dance work Pakubuwono IV who ruled the Kingdom of Surakarta Sultanate in 1788-1820 with a Srimpi sangopati itself sangapati word comes from the word 'the apathy "of a candidate replacement term for king. This dance symbolizes the provision to the death (of the meaning Sangopati) allocated to the Dutch.

Plate dance


Plate dance is a dance art owned by the Minangkabau people from West Sumatra. He is one of the art of dance is still obliged to Minangkabau people of Negeri Sembilan Minangkabau descent. This dance has a movement that resembles the movement bercucuk farmers during planting, harvesting and making work so forth. This dance also symbolizes joy and gratitude with the results of their crops. This dance is a jig with the dancers holding the plate in their palm, accompanied by a song played by Talempong and Saluang. Sometimes, the dishes will dilontar into the air or slammed to the ground and dipijak by these dancers.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Lemper


Lemper is a sort of hors d'oeuvre made from glutinous rice and usually contains suwiran abon or chicken meat, and wrapped in banana leaves.

This confectionary known throughout Indonesia as the booster stage of the stomach before entering the big meal. Making lemper includes preparation mengetim chicken and sticky rice (with coconut milk can). Furthermore, meat disuwir chicken wrapped in sticky rice, and glutinous rice is wrapped with banana leaves, then steamed.

There are variations of lemper, which uses a banana leaf wrappers but not the crepe (crepe) which is known as Semar mendem. People familiar with arem-arem also use rice instead of sticky rice.

Remo Dance


Remo dance is one of the dances to welcome the great guest, which displayed either by one or more dancers. This dance originated from East Java Province.
Remo Dance comes from Jombang, East Java. This dance is a dance originally used as an introduction to the show ludruk. However, the development of this dance is often danced separately as a state reception for guests, danced in state ceremonies, as well as in local arts festivals. This dance tells of the struggle actually a prince in the battlefield. However, in the development of this dance more often danced by women, that raises other dance styles: Remo Remo Dance Princess or female styles.
Remo dancer clothing from a variety of styles, including: Style "Sawunggaling", "Surabayan", misfortune, and "Jombangan". In addition there is also a unique fashion wear for stylish women Remo Dance Music Dance accompanying Remo is gamelan, which usually consist of "bonang barung / babok", "bonang successor", saron, xylophone, gender, slentem siter, flute, kethuk, kenong, kempul , and gongs. The type of rhythm that is often brought to accompany the Dance Remo is Jula-July and "Tropongan", but can also be "gising Walangkekek", "Gedok Rancak", "Krucilan or gising-gising" new creations. In ludruk performances, dancers usually insert a song in the middle of the dance.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Ludruk


Ludruk is the traditional art of drama in East Java. Ludruk is a traditional drama performed by an arts group in gelarkan disebuah stage by taking the story of the lives of everyday people, stories of struggle and so are interspersed with jokes and accompanied by gamelan as a musical.

Dialogue / monologue in ludruk are entertaining and make the audience laugh, using language typical of Surabaya, although sometimes there are guest stars from other regions such as Jombang, Malang, Madura, Madiun with a different accent.A regular ludruk performances began with Remo Dance performances interspersed with a character who memerakan "Mr. Sakera", a master of Madura.

Kartolo was a legendary comedian ludruk from Surabaya, East Java. He has more than 40 years of living in a world of art ludruk. Kartolo name and distinctive voice, the jokes are innocent and intelligent, is known almost all over East Java, Central Java even.

Different Ludruk ketoprak from Central Java. Ketoprak stories are often taken from ancient story (history or fairy tales), and are particular message. While ludruk tells the story of everyday life (usually) the "grassroots".

Ketoprak


Ketoprak is one kind of Indonesian traditional foods using a simple diamond found. Usually diamond sold using the stroller on the streets or on the sidewalk.

Its main component is known, rice noodles, cucumber, bean sprouts and can also use hard-boiled egg with peanut sauce, soy sauce, and a sprinkling of fried onions. Can also be served with crackers or emping additional melinjo. There are several versions that include tempeh as a component.

Lumpia


Lumpia is a kind of food containing rollade bamboo shoots, eggs, and chicken or shrimp.

Lumpia Semarang flavor is a combination think Tionghoa and Indonesia, because it is orangTionghoa Semarang inventor who is married to an Indonesian.

It is served and sold in Semarang is known at the time of the Games GANEFO during the reign of President Sukarno.

Conceited (congklak)


Conceited is a traditional game known by various names throughout Indonesia. Usually in the game, a kind of shell used as a seed Congkak and if not, is sometimes also used seeds from the plants.
In Malaysia, this game is better known as arrogant and this term is also known in some areas in Sumatra with cultures. In Java, the game is better known as arrogant, dakon, dhakon or dhakonan. Also in Lampung this game is better known as slow thump while in Sulawesi this game is better known as Mokaotan, Maggaleceng, Aggalacang and Nogarata. In English, this game called Mancala.
Games cocky done by two people. In their game board called arrogant and 98 boards (14 x 7) fruit seeds called arrogant or fruit seeds arrogant. Typically arrogant board made of wood and plastic, while the seeds are made of shells, seeds, rocks, marbles, or plastic. On board there are 16 fruit cocky aperture of 14 small holes at each other and 2 big holes on both sides. Each 7 small holes on the side of players and large holes in the side of kananya regarded as the player.