The UNESA PUI Arts and Culture team performed the lerok lelono dance, taking the concept of garap from the origins of the ludruk art of East Java which depicts the joy, resilience and struggle of farmers in fulfilling their daily lives.
Unesa. AC ID. BANGKOK–The Center for Excellence and Science and Technology (PUI) for Arts and Culture at Surabaya State University (UNESA) will once again appear at the Indonesian Cultural Night or ICN performance in Bangkok on Sunday evening, 15 September 2024.
This is PUI Arts' second participation UNESA culture in activities organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia (KBRI) in Bangkok, Thailand.
Rachmat Budiman, Indonesian Ambassador to Thailand, expressed his gratitude because the 'Home of Champions' campus was willing to participate and support ICN activities for the second time.
The aim of holding this performance is to introduce and promote the beauty and uniqueness of Indonesian arts and culture to the international community.
The Prawira Wengker dance presented by the UNESA PUI Arts and Culture team at ICN. This dance depicts brave soldiers from the Wengker Kingdom.
At the performance This ICN 2024, UNESA presents the lerok lelono dance and the prawira wengker dance which are forms of developing traditional East Javanese dance.
The lerok lelono dance takes the concept of working on the origins of East Javanese ludruk art which depicts joy, resilience and struggle farmers in fulfilling their daily lives.
Farmers are willing to wander around from one place to another during their farming time, busking, putting make-up on their faces to make them look cute and make it difficult to recognize their true faces.
With a spirit of togetherness and respect for the values of hard work and a spirit of never giving up and armed with the skills of dancing, singing and drumming, the farmers put on an art performance known as lerok. Later in its development it became known as 'besutan' until finally it became known as ludruk.
The Prawira Wengker dance is a dance that depicts brave soldiers from the Wengker Kingdom who are visualized by the figures Bujang Ganong and Jathilan.
UNESA PUI Arts and Culture Team together with FBS and KUI leaders at the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok.
Bujang's Courage Ganong and Jathilan from the Wengker Kingdom fought the leader of the Lodaya Kingdom, namely Prabu Singo Barong. "The Wengker Kingdom has now become an area called Ponorogo," said Trisakti, Head of UNESA PUI Arts and Culture Sub-Directorate.
Most of these performances were performed by students from the Sendratasik Undergraduate Study Program, including choreographers from Lerok Lelono, Trisakti and Oby Amadenta Dance. Meanwhile, the choreographers for the Prawira Wengker Dance are Oby Amadenta and Gymnastiar Valen Nurhabib.
The dancers are Gymnastiar, Oby Amadenta, Aura Lailatul, Suci Sekar, Melly Ayu, Risma Adit. Meanwhile, the music arrangers are Joko Winarko and Ramza Sulistya Atmaja. Meanwhile the musicians; Joko Winarko, Ramza, Anugrah, Dhea Ahmanda, Renanda, Trisakti, Warih H, Maha Kalyana.
The Head of PUI Sub-Directorate for Arts and Culture, UNESA, feels proud to be able to contribute to efforts to introduce Indonesian arts and culture on the international stage through this ICN performance.
"We hope that through this activity the world community will get to know and appreciate the richness of Indonesian arts and culture as well as introduce the Unesa Arts and Culture PUI to the world community," he concluded. This activity was opened by the Indonesian Ambassador to Thailand. The speech was delivered by the chairman of the Thai DPR which was attended by ministers and diplomats from friendly countries. []
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Reporter: Fatimah Najmus Shofa (FBS)
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Photo: Subdirectorate Team PUI Arts and Culture
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