Beksan Bedaya, Symbol Power Java Kings

backpacker indonesia :Mataram, an empire whose story is etched in the pages of history of the nation's long .At the time, the influence of the imperial culture of the kingdom includes the island of Java and Madura. Although ultimately doomed, but the trail tread and his greatness can still be seen from the continued existence of four palaces heirs; Kasunanan Surakarta and Puro Mangkunegaran in Solo, central Java, and Yogyakarta Sultanate and Puro Pakualaman in DIY. In the journey, the four later became sombol, images, and source of Javanese culture.

Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist and renowned philosopher, says that culture is not rooted in sex drive. Culture of Java, Indonesia in general, show a more humane encouragement. Traces show the pattern of its expression in the direction of spiritual encouragement. Puppets, dance, song, or other cultural elements, indicates that spiritual patterns.

Examples of cultural patterns on the deeper spiritual aspects is bedaya art, classical Javanese dance the valuable, delicate, and noble. Bedaya revolves around the legend, chronicle, or history. This dance is also a symbol of human life. He interpreted as a symbol of the eyes of the wind direction, the direction of the position of planets in the universe's life, and the symbol of air holes in the human body as a women's life complete.

Fourth palace of Mataram successor was bound to have a variety of dance choreography bedaya great. Every king or ruler who reigned must create Beksan bedaya. For dance or Beksan bedaya reflect the character of each of the palace and become an important symbol of power or of a king.

Sacred and elegant, majestic and magislah nature. Symbol of spiritual life is shown from every contortion movements. Because of the sacred and magical, there is also a prerequisite if enacting some form of regulation or bedaya.
That's at least. Bedaya was not just any dance. Not everyone may and can memeraninya. But everyone can learn and take lessons with him / her life.

Dance Bedaya Semang considered the oldest and most sacred, in fact save many stories of history. After so long was never performed, and then reconstructed by the maestro of dance, Therese Suharti, newly staged back in 2002.

Spirit Expression Perupa Jogja

As culture town, Jogja becomes life with creative process always present. Jogja Sketsa Vaganza tries clarifies spirit Jogja as cultural town and the pencinta art.

Sketch is essential part of process kreasi done by most all people if coming into contact with art like artist, pematung, architect, or a desainer. Swan song performed in the form of sketch masterpieces appearance from a number of professions coming into contact with creation job(activity of art to be able to see a number of various sketch in materialization, media, the role and function and also position from its(the creator actor. " Yogyakarta increasingly explains its(the position as town growing with all its(the characteristics," said Dyan Anggraini Rais, Head Of Culture Garden Yogyakarta. This is one reason of Taman Budaya Yogyakarta performs exhibition having coronet Jogja Sketsa Vaganza.

Jogja Sketsa Vaganza performed in Taman Budaya Yogyakarta by 9-20 Decembers 2006 then followed by 57 good kreator of that is architect, desainer furniture ( furniture), desainer batik or textile, desainer ornament, mode designer, fotografer, artistic orderer, and podium. This exhibition also becomes spirit expression place to all perupa Jogja.

This exhibition gets attention of 3 people curator; Suwarno Wisetrotomo, M Agus Burhan and Anusapati. Meanwhile, one of curator, M. Agus Burhan, lays open, sketch in this legible exhibition as mode to see a number of possibility that potency, character, function of around line, in consequence this exhibition designedly enlivened by the kreator which has not is chummy in fine arts podium like the desainer and architect.

Acting Mayor Jogja, Haryadi Suyuti, tells, Jogja is special town, from this town has many borne [by] big actor as well as on file as of art potency warehouse, so that the role of inseparable actor from town dynamics Jogja. Existence of the actors would increasingly tightens nuance and situation Jogja as cultural town and the very potential actors to increase tourism sector.

Suwarno Wisetrotomo sees Jogja Sketsa Vaganza can be made starting points for periodic activity in coming. Of course by the way of sharply its(the legible theme as mode documents something about development of urban planning, heritage, and social change by the way of simple and direct with sketch. Yogyakarta as culture town still have not shown real spirit in managing properties of its(the culture. " I see a lot that there are still neglected; museum which is dirty, social un-orderliness, and others. Jogja Sketsa Vaganza at least memcahkan can some problems is concerning town Yogyakarta," he said.

This exhibition at the same time to accommodate and representation to wide public about development of understanding, form, and a real having immeasurable exploration from a number of artists, pematung, pegrafis, pedesain, as well as perupa. On display sketch masterpieces from Fadjar Sidik, Widayat, Edhi Sunarso ( Alm), Sun Ardi, Suwaji, Edi Sunaryo, Nasirun, Alex Luthfi R, Suatmadji, Ivan Sagita, Dyan Anggraini, Agus Suwage, Afif Syakur, Nita Azhar. Other masterpieces is presented [by] Ugo Untoro, Samuel Indratma, Nindityo Adi Purnomo, Mella Jaarsma, Titarubi, and Yamyuli Dwi Iman.

" Problem of our fine arts simply still also interesting even only talks the problem of point, the problem of line, also rancang-merancang, even everyday problem. Exposes x'self to event of this exhibition, I think will make life is more life," says the Kurator.

Theresia Andayani; Photograph: Kindness Prast