Sintren is the art of Javanese traditional
dance, especially in the town of Pekalongan.Art
is famous on the
north coast of Central Java
and West Java,
among others in
Pemalang, Pekalongan, Brebes, Banyumas, Kuningan,
Cirebon, Indramayu, and Jatibarang. Sintren also known as lais. Arts Sintren
known as the dance
with the scent of mystical magic that
comes from love story Sulasih
with Sulandono.
Sintren
is traditional dance from Cirebon and known arround that city like Indramayu, Majalengka,
Kuningan, Brebes, and Tegal. This dance is a mistic dance which the dancer is a
virgin girl. That girl bundled and then put inside to rooster cage with wraped
by sarong. Then the matermind walk arround that cage while spell an abracadabra
to call the soul of princess Dewi Lanjar. If this successfull, and the cage was
opened by someone, the girl free of bundled and has a beauty make up, and
dancing with sound of gending. When the music stop, the girl stop dancing and
sleep. Remember, she is not dancing with her soul, but soul of princess Dewi
Lanjar and her body was sleep until the performance done.
Sintren played
by a girl who is
still sacred, assisted by the
handler to the accompaniment
of gising 6 people. In the
development of dance as an entertainment culture Sintren, then equipped with a dancer companion and bodor (comedy).
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