The dance known as
Reog Ponorogo is an
awfully spectacular dance with a
fantastic mysteri behind the
mask. Several dancers wearing bright colorful costumes accompanied by merry
gamelan music.
Reog Ponorogo is always played in the open terrain, such as in a square, street, etc. This dance which always draws a lot of spectators is a traditional art dance combined with magical show or a trance dance. The story is related with the legend in
Ponorogo Kingdom (
East Java ). Nowadays
Reog Ponorogo dance groups can be found also in other regions of
Solo,
Yogya, other town in
East Java,
Kalimantan,
Jakarta, even in
Suriname. One of the famous group is
Reog Ponorogo Prambanan in the border of
Yogyakarta -
Solo.
History of Reog Ponorogo
The powerful
King Kelono Sewandono of
Ponorogo Kingdom was famous with his fighting skills and magical power, accompanied by his
Patih (
Prime Minister )
Bujanganom and his strong soldiers were attacked by
King Singabarong, The
King of
Lions of
Kediri Jungle, supported by his army, consisted of
Lions and
Peacocks.
At the time the
Ponorogo's group were on the way to The Kingdom of Kediri guarding
King Kelono Sewandono to marry
Dewi Ragil Kuning, a princess of Kediri Kingdom.
There was a big fight between mighty warriors having magical power. The peacocks flew up and down flapping their wings to support The Lions - Singabarong.
Bujanganom with his magic whip, supported by some
Waroks in black traditional dress defeated The King Lion with all his followers.
The King of
Ponorogo and his soldiers merrily continued their way to Kediri on horse back. Singabarong joint the procession. The peacocks kept close to Singabarong opened their tail feathers which looked like beautiful fan.
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