final project (reading assignment again and again)

Name  : Rahmawati

NIM     : 115311024

Class    : IG- 1A

Sintren, the Origin Mystic Art from Cirebon

I choose the art of Cirebon as a topic for my final project. I come from Cirebon, so I want to introduce the traditional art from my city which different from other. In Cirebon, there is a traditional dance which called as the origin mystic dance. It is Sintren.

Sintren is one of the long traditions of coastal people of the North Coast (coast) of West Java. This art has become a rare performances even in areas Sintren own birth. Sintren in development now, at best can only be enjoyed once a year on the ceremonies than nadran marine, or at a celebration-a celebration of people gedean (rich). Based on information from various sources cirebon tradition among artists, Sintren becoming known in the early 1940s, the name itself is not clear Sintren come from nowhere, but he said Sintren is the name of the girl dancers who are still to be staring in this performance. Sintren is the habit of the mother and son and daughter who were waiting for their husbands / fathers came home from fishing at sea. "Rather than sleep in the afternoon, the fishermen are not out catching fish, better make an interesting game," said Juju. Sintren game that continues almost every afternoon and become an integral part of their life, then gradually turned into a game Sintren sacred fishermen waiting to go home. Until now even Sintren become a noble heritage that needs to be preserved. In further developments, Sintren played by the fishermen around the village for a gig anywhere, and it turns out from the circumference of the money they get a pretty good saweran. From the beginning just to add money kitchen, Sintren be the object of making a living to live.

Why Sintren is called as the origin mystic dance? Because in the midst of performance, Sintren tied with ropes from neck to toe, so that it is impossible to untangle these Sintren in quick time. Then Sintren incorporated into a carangan (confinement), which closed cloth, having previously given replacement clothing supplies. When it is asked at the dancer (Sintren) after the show, pleaded not unconscious of what he was doing on stage, although occasionally there was also throwing his body with small objects. This mystery has not yet been revealed, is it true under a Sintren consciousness or just to be optimized in this rare performance. A former Sintren who declined to be named said he had so Sintren and really realize what he was doing on stage, but because the demands of the show then he should do a scene fainted.

If I want to compare Sintren with another traditional dance from West Java, it’s really different. Some people said that Sintren is origin mystical arts from Cirebon, although another traditional dance from West Java like Jaipong also has beautifulness itself. Jaipong, is a musical performance genre of the Sundanese people in the Sundanese language of West Java, Indonesia. Jaipongan includes revived indigenous arts, like gamelan, but it also did not ignore Western music completely despite the ban on rock and roll. It used its sensuality and the sensuality found in a traditional village music and dance, ketuk tilu. However, many believe it is something purely Indonesian or Sundanese in origin and style.

Arts Sintren coastal folk tradition is a legacy that must be maintained, given the cultural values strong in it, regardless of whether there majis influence in it or not. Sintren adds a long list of cultural treasures of wealth as a legacy of traditions of our ancestors. On the other hand, this certainly is a good development, but on the other hand this also challenge for the heir Sintren to maintain this tradition.

(Sources: http://visitindonesia-paradise.blogspot.com/2011/02/sintren-origin-mystical-arts-of-cirebon.html; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipongan )