Kuda Lumping is
awfully trance attraction fantastic of
crazy horse.
Kuda Lumping also called "
Jaran Kepang " is a traditional
Javanese (
Central Java and
East Java) dance depicting in a group of horsemen.
The dance employs a horse made from woven bamboo and decorated with colorful paints and cloth is performed with
gamelan instruments like ;
gong,
kenong,
kendang, and
slompret. This performance obviously could amuse the audience. The original
Kuda Lumping traditional dancer is usually performed by girls dressed like soldiers. Nowaday
Kuda Lumping dance is mostly performed by boys. Common
Kuda Lumping dance only performed the dance of the troops riding horses, however another type of
Kuda Lumping performance also incorporated
trance and magic trick.
When the "possessed" dancer is performing the dance in
trance conditions, they can display unusual abilities, such as eating glass and resistance of whipping.
Kuda Lumping (
Jaran Kepang ) is also a part of
Reog dance performance. Although this dance is native to
Java,
Indonesia.
Kuda Lumping dance is a folk dance that still performed until today in many societies of
Nusantara Indonesia. This formless folk dance is still existed and enjoyed especially in
Centra Java and
East Java, since the ancient's kingdoms time. Initially, according to history,
Kuda Lumping was as a symbol of the ability of the populace to fight against the enemy or against the army of the kingdom's elite. Besides, it was also as the media to comfort the populace with a cheap entertaining performance.
Source: Indonesia Heritage Culture Performance by Ministry of Culture and Tourism Republic of Indonesia
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