Lengger-Calung

Traditional art-calung Lengger grow and develop this region. As the name implies, the dance-calung Lengger consists of Lengger (dancer) and calung (bamboo gamelan), dance movements are very dynamic and lively rhythm calung. Among the typical dance movements include movement Lengger geyol, gedheg and throw Sampur.

Dance Lengger
Formerly a dancer Lengger is a man who dressed as a woman, now the dancers are generally pretty woman while her male dancers as a clown is just a complement that serves to enliven the atmosphere, clowns usually comes in mid-performance.

Number of dancers Lengger between 2 to 4 people, they have to dress up in such a way that looks very attractive, hair bun head, neck upper chest is usually opened, or scarf usually worn around Sampur , wearing a cloth / jarit and Stagen. Lengger dance to the rhythm typical of the lively and dynamic Banyumasan to be dominated by hip movement so it looks very adorable. Equipment calung gamelan consists of xylophone barung, xylophone successor, dhendhem, kenong and gongs which are all made of bamboo wulung (black), while the drum or drum the same as regular drums. In a presentation accompanied vocalist calung better known as sinden. One group calung require a minimum 7 members consisting of gamelan and dancers / Lengger.
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Laisan

Laisan is the kind of art that was attached to the art ebeg. Laisan done by a player who was “mendem” (trance man), his body crushed with a mortar continues to put in a cage, usually chicken cages, in cages that Laisan dress up like women. After first-“mantra -dimantra”, the confinement opened, and coming the man dressed as a woman complete. Laisan appear in the middle of the show ebeg. In commercial ebeg show, one of the players usually do that Thole Thole-dancing around the arena holding a winnowing to get donations. Laisan also known in other areas (wetan) and they used to call Sintren.

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