Wayang Golek (Sunda)

Wayang Golek is an art of wayang puppets made of wood, which is particularly popular in the Land of Pasundan. These performances began in the Land popularized by Java Festival.Wayang is a form of folk theater is very popular. People often connect the word "puppet" with a "shadow", as seen from the Wayang Kulit show put on screen, where images appear.In West Java, in addition to Wayang Kulit , the most popular is theWayang Golek . With regard to the puppet show, of which there are two kinds of flat Wayang Golek (cropped) and Wayang Golek prototype in the Sunda region. Except Wayang Golek , of all Wayang's played by a puppeteer as a leader who once sang suluk show, voicing Antawacana, set the gamelan set of songs and others.

As generally puppets storyline, the performances Wayang Golek also usually have a good play-play and carangan strain derived from the Ramayana and Mahabharata with Sundanese Sundanese gamelan accompaniment (salendro), which consists of two saron, a Pekinese, a selentem , a set of boning, boning rincik one device, one device kenong, a pair of gongs (kempul and goong), coupled with a set of drums (a drum and three kulanter Goon), xylophone and fiddle.

 
Since the 1920s, during a performance accompanied by sinden Wayang Golek doll. Sinden popularity at that time was so high that beat the mastermind behind the popularity of the puppet show itself, especially when his time Upit Sarimanah and Titim Patimah around the 1960's.Wayang Golek  in the show, the usual story is the play was performed carangan. Only an occasional strain of the play was performed. It was as a measure of intelligence the puppeteers create a good story and interesting carangan. Some of them famous puppeteer Tarkim Wayang Golek , RU Partasuanda, Abeng Sunarya, either Tirayana, Apek, Asep Sunandar Sunarya, Cecelia Supriadi etc..

Wayang Golek  pengadegan pattern is as follows: 1) Tatalu, puppeteer and sinden on stage, gending row / kawit, version murwa, Nayndra, mysticism / kakawen, and biantara; 2) Round unjal, paseban, and bebegalan; 3) Nagara sejen; 4) Patepah; 5) The war failed; 6) Panakawan / goro-goro: 7) War of flowers; 8) The war racket, and 9) Tutug.

One of the Wayang function in society is ngaruat, the cleaning of the accident (distress). Some people who diruwat (Sukerta), among others: 1) Wunggal (only child); 2) bear Bugang (a sister whose brother passed away); 3) Suramba (four sons); 4) Surambi (four daughters); 5) the Pandavas (five sons); 6) Pandawi (five daughters); 7) Talaga Date Kausak (a son dihapit daughter); 8) Ocean hapit Sindang (a daughter dihapit two sons), and so forth.

Wayang Golek  is currently more dominant as folk art performances, which have functions that are relevant to the needs of the society, both spiritual and material needs. This way we can see from some of the activities in the community such as when there is celebration, a good celebration (party festivity) in order circumcisions, weddings and other gigs sometimes in the accompanying with Wayang Golek

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