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Gatotgaca Nyungging of the Purjadi
Yesterday (twenty two December) from the invite from Purjadi, my friend and you may previous secretary, We went out to help you Desa Leuwilaja (Kecamatan Sindangwangi, Kabupaten Majalengka), a tiny village merely outside the town of Jatitujuh, that was remembering its annual Sedekah Bumi service. Somebody from Bandung possibly make an effective detour by this city so you’re able to liking the local delicacies, together with head highway out of Cirebon to help you Jatitujuh is actually layered which have fruits really stands.
Sedekah Bumi when you look at the Majalengka are famous in vogue, and therefore was not an exception. Not only try truth be told there an impressive variety of gantungan dangling out-of the phase roof, along with locally-designed several pots that will be distributed one of several musicians and artists within the end of the fresh tell you, the performance and additionally checked the two hottest sinden on the Cirebon area, Itih and you can Iwi, who putting on complimentary eco-friendly outfits and you can sat to the numerous layers out of cushions from show, such as for example queens on the thrones.
The fresh track requests been almost the moment Iti and you may Iwi arrived on stage and were constant until We left, satisfied into the medleys out of 4 or 5 music. New enjoy, Purjadi warned myself in advance, carry out simply take next spot to the latest music attraction at this juncture. The brand new Bupati, exactly who regarded throughout the close kecamatan out of Ligung, in which Javanese is additionally spoken and you will wayang kulit preferred, was planned to go to, however, cancelled during the last-minute as he was required to appear till the governor. The audience are really attentive throughout the – Purjadi commented to a single of the writers and singers if it wasn’t on reality it actually was so dark we possibly may find an excellent ocean regarding confronts in the stage. There are in addition to a beneficial selection of manufacturers offering noodle soups, batagor, tahu goreng, bapao and stuff like that.
Because the Purjadi predict, you will find not much crisis with the monitor last night. The brand new gamble are Gatotgaca Nyungging (Gatotgaca Portrayed), a vintage department facts. Within the Purjadi’s advising an ogre king’s child try wanted by many suitors and a good sayembara otherwise contest is established – anybody who is overcome this new king’s minister tend to obtain the girl give. Through to the contest has actually ended, although not, the newest little princess tells their father to-name it off since there is special someone within her lives. This lady dad the latest king asks exactly what their name is and you can she claims she will not understand having she simply had glimpsed your an effective fantasy. She brings the guy regarding the woman fantasy (pick photographs above) as well as the king says he will currently have to help you institute a good this new contest – anyone who results in that it guy on courtroom will have a great specific award. The fantasy man, as label means, is actually Gatotgaca, that is in addition to the object from almost every other wishes – specifically an effective descendent from Naga Percona who tries revenge getting his killing. At the time I left within 1.15am, the battle within descendent off Naga Percona and you can Gatotgaca and you will the new punakawan clown servants searched going to initiate.
Purjadi, as always, performed a superb jobs in vocal sulukan plus the puppet sounds, and his puppet dancing keeps enhanced more lately, which have tight dexterity on the kendang player. Battle moments was indeed formulaic, yet not, so there is actually notably less topical reviews than normal. The guy appeared less than driven. Possibly he thought that somebody just weren’t thinking about your but at the brand new sinden. I happened to be fatigued and you can restless, and although I liked having fun with my personal ipad and demonstrating photos I became bringing on the writers and singers, sinden and you will spectators, eventually I remaining from the approximately step one.fifteen am, more than 2 hours up until the end of reveal.
There are nonetheless lighting on in the fresh durian really stands toward fundamental street close, and i was inclined to stop by and attempt certain. But I went back back at my hotel as an alternative.
