Jan 29, 2014


INTRODUCTION

Kuda Kepang



•Kuda Kepang Dance is a common phenomenon found in southeast asian countries especially by Indonesia and Malaysia.

• This dance has a spiritual element to the principle of mind over matter. This can be seen in dance Kuda Kepang found in Johor, Malaysia. The history of the origins of dance Kuda Kepang still obscure.

•There are a number of theories put forward in connection there with there is through oral stories that 
are spoken from generation to generation based on history. The first theory states 
this dance originated from Arabia and Persia as stated in.

 HISTORY KUDA KEPANG

There are various opinions of the origins of this dance

There are opinions that relate to the origin of "Wali Songo " living in the land of Java in the 15th.

He got the idea of ​​dancing while horseback riding. In the transition period, the horses  changed with animal skins or bamboo to replace real horse

There is also an associate dance with Saidina Ali, to mimic army steps Saidina Ali then born dance called Kuda Kepang.

Another opinion links the origin with natural air. A horse named horse heaven said Sembrani down to Java to find his friend missing, after seeing them dancing pleasure.

According to some beliefs Kuda Kepang dominated by a kind of supernatural being. 

Therefore, a special ritual to do before playing. If they fail to do maybe something unforeseen will happen.  Essential dancers and the audience

The ceremony began with the ceremonial worship of spirits

The dancers refractive consists of men only and Dance created by the teachers themselves.

Dance is always presented sola shawl dance, pack farming, bamboo shoots, fighting, self-defense and so on.

One interesting thing in this dance is because often times there are some dancers will
 take Naik Sheikh (drunk) after the show ends. Those who Naik Sheikh can do strange gesture 
that will surely be sane . Similar, jump as high as six or seven feet, moved on noticing a smooth 
bamboo or wood or a piece of string and peel the coconut with his teeth.

It is believed that apart from entertainment, dancing horses braid can also be used to cure rare
 diseases such as possessed by ghosts, spirits of the dead were infiltrated and If placed at 
arbitrary places, the spirits will Kuda Kepang and destructive rampage upcoming shows

 TABOO KUDA KEPANG


                  

The purpose of the prohibition or the prohibition of doing things and in the event restrictions or prohibitions are not followed will bring bad consequences.

Taboos kuda kepang seen various aspects before starting the dance, the dancers, players of musical instruments,
 to kuda kepang and to the audience.

seeks to ensure the uniqueness of the dance can be maintained kuda kepang.

need to hardener, hardener consists of several items intended kemeyan place burning embers kemeyan, mixed rice
 with chicken dish with vegetables, raw water kettle, some of the most important cake danyang sum of RM2.25 
delivered by the host or organizer to tok bomoh presentation and not less than RM200.

Players were not allowed to predominate saw or see the glass as players who rose sheikh can do extraordinary deeds
 and in the event they saw glass, feared they would eat the glass.


RING KUDA KEPANG

    Braid horse does not have a special ring to do the    show.  This is because dance can be 
worshiped  anywhere that has  a large area of ​​land. Normally  courts kuda kepang is 40m x 60m.


FUNCTION KUDA KEPANG


 •This is just a normal game as ' Sepak Raga '. Yet the response from local residents cause it
 grew from a village to other villages. In present times, this dance is demonstrated in refractive 
gatherings to enliven the at mosphere during a VIP welcome, celebrate weddings and on festiv
days.


NUMBER OF PLAYERS

Games predominate need at least 25 people as follows :
Dancers - 9 people
Music Player - 5 people
Shaman Reformers - 2 people
The Guardian - 9 to 15 people


However, in a society , the number of members was
40 
One of the dancers is acting as a leader called "
Danyang " . 
Players usually uniform .
         


COSTUME KUDA KEPANG

KETOPANG JAVA

                                                                  
USING MALAY TANJAK 

  ANGKLUNG

 Is a musical instrument made ​​of bamboo in katogori  
   idiophones



BONANG
          
   Musical instrument to resonate (idiophon) used in gamelan performances
  .This tool is also known as the keromong gong placed horizontally on a rope and a
   wooden box. Shape of Bonang caklempong shaped like a bowl or small pitcher
   bercembul. There are ten or twelve seeds Bonang arranged in two rows of wooden
   boxes and placed in each respectively. A line Bonang has a high gamut, while a line
   of low gamut.


   
                       GENDANG JAWA

    The instrument has a wooden frame and covered with belululang on both surfaces.
    Drums is a device that played membraphon tabuh. This tool is used to show kuda
    kepangPlayed by hitting directly by hand.           



GONGS

 Gong is an instrument 'idiophone' originating from South East Asia. Made of bronze,
 circular, melengkong sides down, in and cembul hollow in the middle of the local
 surface.Gong have 'rims Shallow' and 'small boss. The melody produced is to signal
 the beginning and end of a 

     JIDUR

 Jidur made ​​from hollowed coconut trunk and the two surfaces are the same circumference measuring close with cowhide or sheepskin. Jidur shaped bins approximately 16 inches tall. Jidur used to braid a horse show and struck using two sticks to play it.


                         
            SARON PEKIN

  This tool was a new addition to tools for Malay gamelan ensemble. Perdam techniques  are applied in the context of the application and it has the highest octave saron family  and able to produce loud and high-pitched voice.


           SCORE MUSIC KUDA KEPANG




Horse Head Kuda Kepang Black Habit



Differents Kuda Kepang Female And Male

Mare-Round in the buttocks back

        Stallion-No tail in the back.
               

      

Significance of study


Doing a research about Kuda Kepang Dance might be a bit difficult for me in cause of lack of information.

I’m doing a Kuda kepang dance because I’m  want to know about Kuda Kepang Dance and how to use artificial Kuda
 Kepang in making dance.

I might find a lot of interesting history or information about Kuda Kepang Dance.

I’m excited to do research and I’m proud to be one and would like to study and learn more about Kuda Kepang Dance.

I’m hoping that I will find out more interesting facts about the Kuda Kepang Dance.



 Statement Of Problem 

There are not enough information and promotions delivered.

An interest of the society to Kuda Kepang Dance has changed due to technology development.

The lack of interest in Kuda Kepang Dance because people nowadays more prefer to watch
  television.



Aim And Objective

To find out about the Kuda Kepang Dance and how to use Kuda Kepang
         Learn the history of the Kuda Kepang Dance

To know how Kuda Kepang Dance is created using their own story telling

To study their history

To dig more information about the Kuda Kepang Dance

To study on interactive multimedia websites as a vehicle to convey information about Kuda
  Kepang Dance

To create pamphlet design refer to my research