Monday, February 18, 2008

Read message from nirvana at temple gampingan



Not all has pretty relief special because usually only is decorated by statue and general relief found almost at all temples. one other has pretty relief special that temple gampingan, a temple that found bot intentionally by brick worker at village gampingan, piyungan, bantul in the year 1995. although little the size and not intact again, temple gampingan will still rich bewitch relief.
One of [the] pretty relief that can be met at this temple animal relief exist in temple foot. animal relief at gampingan so natural up to can be known animal kind that described. enough seldom temple that has relief such, at least only temple prambanan and mendut that known has similar relief. all that reliefs is decorated with surface sulur-suluran, that is padmamula (lotus plants root) that believed as life source.
Moment yogyes go around, appear animal kind that dominate bird. found appear crow relief has big beak, steady body, wing developings to on and fan formed tail. there also woodpecker bird relief that described has tuft above head, beak longish and pointed with wing doesn't developing. besides, there also cock that has breast membusung and wing developings downwards.

Bird relief maker in number many at this temple is related society confidence moment that is towards strength transedental bird. believed, bird is realization gods all at once message porter from nature gods or nirvana. also related to that human absolute freedom after success leaves worldly life, human soul symbol gets the body.
Animal relief other also many described frog. society moment that believe that has mysterious strength that can to import rain, so that also trusted to can to increase productivity, because rainwater that imported frog can increase harvest result. frog often appear from also symbolize life renewal and resurrection aims direction better.

Up to now, that relief stills menyisa question, what a fable (animal story mendongengkan in children) as in temple mendut or animal description expressly made to show certain purpose. that question appears because animal description as in temple gampingan not found in book that hold fable, like jataka, sukasaptati, pancatantra and the descendant version.

Temple gampingan that estimated built between year 730 - 850 m believed to be god altar jambhala (portion god, god child siwa). that thing provided by statue invention jambhala when does digging. jambhala being described in a state of meditation, the body sits temporary the eye is closed. the body part is decorated by element ikonografis (asana) shaped lotus that has leaf numbers 8 sheet as disc symbols in human body.

Figure jambhala at this temple differs from exist in another temple. usually, jambhala at temple other described with wide eye that stares up at the worshiper is espoused with various decoration that symbolize welfare and luxury. believed, depiction differ this provided by adoration motivation, not to request welfare but guidance so that can achieve true happiness.

Visit temple gampingan will bring us will ponder to return about road that we have goed to aim happiness and welfare. relief that dominated animal form alive at vinicity nature possible be local society wisdom form in those days in represent a message from nirvana: for prosperous alive and escaped from disaster, human should watch over compatibility with nature.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Mitoni

Mitoni differ from ngidoni. One happy event will greet born it a human child, other spit at with humiliation towards fellow being.
Ceremony mitoni or ceremonial meal that mark seven that pregnancy age months so beautiful interestings and contain one thousand meanings. the event always blossomed all at once stirring, because not long again, a pair husb soon will be mother and father, a pair mother father soon will be grand mother grandfather. Mbah kakung daughter soon will be grandparent buyut and further

Java custom
Javanese or that javanese is creative and clever interpret all a certain it. this ear is say ear, interpretted as stiff something that stiff, stiff something that and stiff. cengkir or young coconut translateds as clever or hard determination. Sugarcane is interpretted as antebing heart. Pretty banana will be symbolized as hope life order tentrem kerta rahayu, beautiful life, happy, happy and prosperous. Heroes is called kusuma nation or nation flower, temporary grafters is stamped as kusuma nation. Single daughter graceful is allegorized lumakune like tiger hungry, walk calm like hungry tiger, temporary daughter that with a child old being said to like bulus angrem, is like turtle is brooding.
So that imagination power broadness is so that gives many kind loaded custom ceremony order with symbolic meaning,that is mark human life cycle since time pre birth. one of them ceremony to commemorate pregnancy age seven months usually called" mitoni"

Javanese call pregnancy age seven that months is sapta kawasa teak. Sapta-seven, kawasa-authority, Jati-real. The explanation, if lord wishes for, can in seventh baby born to well and perfect. Baby that born seven months has been assumed ripe alias not premature. But when in seventh that unborn baby, so parents candidate or the grandparent will make ceremony mitoni, that is ceremony slametan or welfare request and accomodation to lord so that all ambulatory fluent, so that baby insides pregnancy alongs with permanent the mother is given well-being with welfare.

Execution
Mitoni come from word pitu that number seven. Base creative, that number word is then is worn by javanese as simbol that represent verb. Pitu be pitulungan (accomodation), have a meaning accomodation blessing request from lord.
The execution stage in a series, start from splash of water, brojolan and latest clothing use. very fit carried out in the evening, ngiras bathe afternoon. and attended by every relative sometimes, neighbours with friends.

Splash of water
Pour mean to bathe. splash of water means to bathe. meant to clean with sanctified mother to be and baby that being contained, born also mind. Splash of water is done in place that prepared peculiarly and mendekor beautiful, called krobongan. or can also be done at bathroom.
Appropriate theme, number total seven or pitu then worn as simbol. Water that used taken from seven sources, or can also from mineral water various brand, accommodated in vase, that is of a kind pail not plastical but made from akota or brass and dredged flower setaman or sritaman that is rose, jasmine, kantil with kenanga. various this flower symbolizes purity. seven fathers and model mother is chosen for task bathes. likely without competitor, definitive chosen grandfather candidate and the grand mother.
Without decoration unimportant things likes anting, and or talisman bracelet, and only wear coil jarit (batik cloth), mother to be is guided to aim to place swimming pool by guide or woman witch-doctor that watch over.
Splash of water is preced by grandfather candidate, next grand mother candidate, continued by the other. done by unbottle or splash that blossomed water to mother to be body by using dipper that is made from batok coconut that still coconut meat or still there the meat.
Flowers cling on body is cleaned with latest water from within jug. That jug is then is throwed kelantai by mother to be up to broken. all that present to watch closely. if stuck or jug beak stills seen to point upward, audience will bawl: " guy! man! gamecock! harno! " and comments other that describe the child later future born guy. but if jug breaks, trusted the child later future girl.
This programme can go on very noisy. guests crowds to want to see and crowded commented, temporary the mc glowingly funnel message around sight.
Splash of water finished, the soaking wet mother to be from hair end up to foot end soon dehydrated with towel and hair dryer so that unnecessary kero, catch a cold.

Brojolan
Mother to be now dress cloth jarit that tied spacious with letrek that is of a kind thread ruddles white and black. red symbolize mother to be affection, white symbolize father candidate responsibility or bokap for the family welfare later. black colour has symbolized lord power that unified to love the old person second affection. there is no letrek, young coconut leaf even also so.
Grand mother candidate puts tropong (textile tool) into cloth coil jarit then dropped down. this meant as expectation so that process birth it later, so that the baby can mbrojol born at ease. there is no tropong, chicken's egg even also so.
Continued with programme membrojol or break through two tusk coconuts that menggambari via cloth coil jarit that worn by mother to be. a pair tusk coconut can menato picture kamajaya and goddess ratih or harjuna and sembadra or love banner gets up and galuh moon kirana. we live to choose. selebriti perwayangan known berwajah pretty and handsome. the hope so that child that born later can impressive like them. coconut mbrojol caught by one of the mother to later given to father candidate.
Father candidate haved to cut letrek mother to be that a while ago with kris the end has been pacified with coverred turmeric, or can also use machete that decorated jasmine series. this symbolize husband duty to decide all hindrance in family life.

Afterwards father candidate break one of [the] coconut fruit tattoo a while ago with machete, once cut down. when does apart coconut fruit be two, so audience will bawl: " woman! " when not apart, audience may bawl: " man! " and when does coconut loose from strike, because excessive roll before executed for example, so scene may be repeated.

Clothing use
Finished brojolan, mother to be is guided room other to hitted batik cloth clothing or jarit various motive, motive sido noble, sido asih, sido mukti, gondo suli, king cement, babon angrem and latest cloth lurik motive lasem. cloth lurik motive lasem symbolize to love affection between father and the mother. cloths seven motives worn by turns massage one by one.
Every change up to cloth to six, guide will ask to audience suitable or not yet, and audience will answer together: " not yet! " when does cloth to seven or latest worn, that is cloth lurik motive lasem, then audience has answered. suitable and properly.

Sixth another cloth improper wear that then made covering sits the mother father candidate. occupation style likes this called angreman, is not describing father but is describe chicken that is clutching the egg.
Before sunset, before chicken asleeps, entire this ceremonies series can finish, complete, bag.

Yayang

As modern as whatever contemporary later bloom, feeling when shall we expect to present it a grandchild certain not change. likely certain permanent stirring. how not, because momentarily, a pair support and will shamp this will incarnate to be a pair grandfather and grand mother. grandparent degree soon will cling. this mean us musti guard behaviour, can not and can not again neko. and unavoidably that future happen, around two months again after ceremony mitoni.

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Friday, February 8, 2008

In a flash sekaten

in a flash sekaten

in the year 1939 caka or 1477 bc, raden broken as regency duke demak petty officer with support guardians builds mosque demak. furthermore based on meeting result guardians, held activity syiar islam continuously during 7 days approach prophet birthday muhammad s. a. w. so that activity interesting people attention, jangled two wares gamelan literary work sunan giri present creation javanese musicals guardians, especially sunan kalijaga.
after follow activity, society that want to embrace islamic religion is guided to say two creed sentences (syahadatain). from word syahadatain that's then appear term sekaten as pronunciation change consequence. sekaten then bloom and held routinely per annum along bloom it kingdom demak be islam kingdom.
such also at the (time) of shift it islam kingdom to mataram with when does islam kingdom mataram divided two (kasultanan ngayogyakarta and kasunanan surakarta) sekaten permanent spreaded out routinely per annum as islam culture inheritance.
at kasultana ngayogyakarta, celebration sekaten then bloom from year to year basically found three main kernel among others:
1. Jangled two wares gamelan (kanjeng priest nagawilaga and kanjeng honey thunder priest) at kagungan dalem pagongan great mosque yogyakarta during 7 successive days, except thursday evening until friday day.
2. Big prophet birthday warning muhammad may Allah bless him and give him peace on 11 mulud evening, at veranda kagungan dalem great mosque, with prophet story reading by slave dalem kasultanan, families, official, and people.
3. Alms gift ngarsa dalem sampean dalem ingkang sinuwun kanjeng sultan, shaped hajad dalem gunungan in ceremony garebeg as top ceremony sekaten.
Supporter activity event menyelenggarakannya market malem celebration sekaten during 39 days, event this be fascination for society jogja also outside jogja.

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Java Tribe

Java tribe, biggest tribe in indonesia. the total may be there around 90 million. they come from java and especially found at provinsi central java and east java. but at provinsi west java, banten and of course jakarta they are many mengetemukan. besides standard java tribe found subsu osing and perch.
Language
Java tribe a large part use javanese in say everyday. in a polling that held time magazine in the early decade 1990-an, approximately only 12% javanese that use indonesian as everyday, around 18% usejavanese and indonesia according to mix and rest especially javanese.
lineage in java society is demoted via father and mother
study java is language very polite and appreciate one who at invite to speak especially for one who older and also very has vast meaning.
Belief
Javanese a large part bominally profess islamic religion. but that profess christian; protestant and katholik also many. they also found at rural district region. buddhism religion follower and also found also between java society. there also java tribe belief religion that called as religion kejawen. this belief is especially based on animism belief with influence hindu-buddha strong. boted for java society the belief syncretism character. all cultures outside absorbed and interpretted to follow java values so that somebody belief kadangkala be blurred

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Monday, February 4, 2008

REOG


Reog one of [the] culture artistry that come javanese east part barat-laut and ponorogo assumed as origin city reog actually. city gate ponorogo decorated by figure warok and gemblak, two figures that come along to come up at the (time) of reog demonstrated [1. reog one of [the] region culture proof in indonesia that still very thick with matters that smell mystical and strong spiritualism.

History reog ponorogo
Basically there five popular story versions that blooms at society about genealogy reog and warok [2, but one of [the] story famousest story about rebellion ki ageng flea, a kingdom slave in bra time kertabumi, king majapahit latest in century ke-15. ki ageng angry flea strong influence from the king china friend side in government and prila corrupt king, he even also will see that kingdom power majapahit end. he is then leave the king and establish where does he teach self-defence art young children, self invulnerability science, and fullness science on the chance of that this young children will be seed from resurrection again kingdom majapahit later. aware that undersize the troop to oppose kingdom troop so political message ki ageng flea is submitted to pass to show art reog, be" teasing allusion" to bra king kertabumi and the kingdom. performance reog be manner ki ageng flea builds local society opposition uses vogue reog.

In the theatre of reog displayed lion head formed mask that is known as" lion barong" , lord of jungle, be simbol to kertabumi, and mengatasnya implanted peacock plume up to resemble giant fan that symbolize strong influence the china friends that regulates from on all the gesture. jatilan, memperankan by dancer group gemblak menunggangi ride pickaback to be kingdom troop strength simbol majapahit that be contrast comparison with strength warok, present to turned red clown mask that is simbol to ki ageng flea, alone and underpin heavy mask singabarong that achieve more than 50kg only by using the tooth [3. the popular reog ki ageng flea final causes kertabumi take steps and assault the institution, rebellion by warok swiftly overcome, and institution will be be forbidden to will continue instruction warok. but pupils ki ageng permanent flea continue it on the quiet. although so, artistry reog self still to permitted to mempentaskan because be to show popular between society, but has new channel where is added characters from folklore ponorogo that is kelono sewondono, goddess songgolangit, and sri genthayu.
Plot authorized version reog ponorogo now story about king ponorogo that intend to apply daughter kediri, yellow youngest goddess, but intermediate his trip is intercepted by king singabarong from kediri. king troop singabarong consist of peacock and lion, while from kingdom side ponorogo king kelono and the deputy bujanganom, guarded by warok (man dresses black in the dance), and warok this has lethal black science. entire the dances is war dance between kingdom kediri and kingdom ponorogo, and mengadu black science between both, dancers in a state of 'possesed by a spirit' moment stage the dance

Up to now society ponorogo only follow what be their ancestor inheritance as culture inheritance very rich. in art the experience reog be to create human creation formed existing belief current existence according to heredityly and awake. the ceremony even also use terms not easy for civilian to fulfil it without clear lineage existence. they profess lineage parental and customary law that still operative.

Art staging reog
Reog modern usually mempentaskan in a few event likes wedding, circumcision and national red-letter day. art reog ponorogo consist of several series 2 until 3 opening dances. first dance usually is brought by 6-8 heroic man with clothes completely black, with face is polished to ruddle. this dancers describes lion figure daredevil. next dance that brought by 6-8 girl that climb horse. in reog tradisionil, this dancer is usually memperankan by man dancer that dresses woman. this dance is called braid horse dance, must be discriminated with dance art other that is horse dance lumping. another opening dance if there usually shaped dance by moppet that present funny scene.
After opening dance finished, new displayed kernel scene its contents depends on where is art reog displayed. if relate to wedding so that displayed love affairs scene. to hajatan circumcision or sunatan, usually swordsman story,
Scene in art reog usually doesn't follow that scenario. here always there interaction between player and mastermind (usually group leader) and sometimes with onlooker. sometimes a player that stage can be replaced by player other when does player exhaustion. more mempentingkan in art staging reog give satisfaction to the onlooker.
Latest scene lion barong, where does executant wear lion head formed mask with crown made from peacock plumage. heavy this mask can achieve 50-60 kg. this heavy mask is brought by the dancer with tooth. ability to present this mask besides is got with heavy practice, also trusted memproleh with practice spiritual like fasting and tapa

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Saturday, February 2, 2008

Bali Island

Balinese island first occupant is estimated to come in 3000-2500 sm bermigrasi from asia. stone device survival from time found at village strangles located in part west island. prehistory period then end in indian hindu ones incoming in 100 sm.
Balinese culture then gets indians culture strong influence, the process faster after century first bc. name balidwipa (balinese island) begin found at various inscription, mengantaranya inscription blanjong that taked by sri kesari warmadewa in 913 m and mention word walidwipa. estimated around time here's irrigation system subak for rice planting begins developed. several religious traditions and also begin to bloom during the period culture. kingdom majapahit (1293–1500 ad) that have a religion hindu and berpusat at java, ever establish subordinate kingdom at balinese around year 1343 m. moment that is almost entire archipelagoes haves hindu, but along islam incoming stands islam kingdoms at archipelago among others causes collapse majapahit. many nobles, priest, artist, and another hindu society at the time give way from java to balinese.
time first european finds balinese cornelis de houtman from dutch in 1597, although a previous portuguese ship ever washed ashore near hill cape, jimbaran, in 1585. dutch via voc even also begin to carry out the colonial at balinese soil, but then get opposition so that to the last their position the power at balinese is not sekokoh their position is at java or moluccas. start from area north balinese, since 1840-an dutch presence has haved permanent, initially done with mengadu-domba various balinese administrator mutual doesn't trust one another. dutch does big attack via sea and land towards region sanur, and followed with region denpasar. balinese side that loses in number also weaponry doesn't want to experience shy because capitulate, so that causes the happening of war until die or puputan, involve entire also woman belongs the king. estimated as much as 4.000 killed person in event, although dutch has commanded them to capitulate. furthermore, only a little give the influence at this island, so that local control towards religion and culture usually doesn't change.
japanese occupy balinese during world war ii, and moment that is a military officer nameds me the ngurah rai form independence 'warrior balinese troop. follow to capitulate it japanese at pacific in august 1945, dutch soon return to indonesia (belongs balinese) to maintained to return the colonial government within reason prewar conditon. this matter is defied by balinese opposition troop moment that uses japanese weapon.
in 20 novembers 1940, broken battle puputan margarana that at clan village, regency tabanan, balinese middle. my colonel is the ngurah rai, aged 29 year, lead the army from area east balinese to do attack until die in complete armed dutch troop. entire balinese battalion members killed all, and make it as balinese military opposition last.
in the year 1946 dutches makes balinese as one of the 13 part areas from indonesia country east bew is proclaimed, that is as one of [the] competitor country for republic of indonesia that proclaimed and headed by sukarno and hatta. balinese then also putted into into when does dutch admit indonesia independence in 29 decembers 1949. year 1950, officially balinese leave the alliances with dutch and judicially be a province from republic of indonesia.
great mount explosion that at year 1963, sempat jolty people economics and causes many balinese citizens transmigrates to various area other in indonesia.
year 1965, along with fail it coup d'etat by g30s towards national government at jakarta, at balinese and many another regions roger subjection towards member and indonesia communist party sympathizer. at balinese, estimated more than 100.000 person is killed or lost. bevertheless, events at bew order early days up to in this time not yet success unfolded judicially.
terrorist attack has happened in 12 octobers 2002, shaped balinese bomb attack 2002 at tourism area kuta, causes as much as 202 person killed and 209 anothers dispute. balinese bomb attack 2005 also happen three year then at kuta and coast jimbaran. events get international cover vast because a large part the victim foreign tourist, and causes balinese tourism industrial faces heavy challenge this latest some years

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Java Island

Java name a island in indonesia. this island is biggest thirteenth island at this world. vast this island is 138.793,6 km2 with people around 124 million soul (density 979 souls per km2). with such citizen total, java is island with lot citizen at world and also one of [the] compact island at world. java islander a large part java tribe and sundanese tribe. sundanese tribe especially lives beside west java, temporary java tribe lives at half middle and east. at westside java there also many java tribes communities pockets or tribe that speak java. while in the middle of java there also found kantun-kantong sundanese tribe communities or tribe that speak sundanese, especially at regency brebes and regency cilacap. besides there also tribe madura, and balinese tribe at east java and tribe betawi at westside java at city jakarta and vinicity.
administratively java is divided to be six my level regions:
" capital special district jakarta
" provinsi banten
" provinsi west java
" provinsi central java
" provinsi east java
" special region yogyakarta
This island is part from big sundanese archipelago group and sundanese explanation, which is on time before ice melts to be end south east asian continent

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