[Javanologi Explore] Javanese Puppet: Wayang Purwa

by javanologi | Nov 4, 2022 | #JavaneseTradition, #JavanologiExploreEN, Uncategorized

Friends of Javanology, wayang is a form of traditional performance presented by a storyteller or commonly called a puppeteer, using puppets and the like as a staging medium. Puppet is a native Indonesian performing art that is growing rapidly on the islands of Java...

[Javanologi Explore] Javanese Fashion: Beskap

by javanologi | Nov 3, 2022 | #JavaneseTradition, #JavanologiExploreEN

Central Java has a very thick Javanese cultural diversity. This is because this area was previously incorporated in the Islamic Mataram Kingdom as the center of Javanese civilization. Therefore, it is not surprising that Central Java has inspired many other areas in...

[Javanologi Explore] Javanese Tradition: Sekaten

by javanologi | Oct 17, 2022 | #JavaneseTradition, #JavanologiExploreEN

Javanese people especially under the auspices of Keraton Surakarta and Keraton Yogyakarta have their own way to celebrate Maulid of Prophet Muhammad SAW. The ceremony is called Sekaten. Most librarians agree that the name “Sekaten” comes from the adaptation from an...

[Javanologi Explore] Javanese Tradition: Wayang Orang

by javanologi | Oct 17, 2022 | #JavaneseTradition, #JavanologiExploreEN

Wayang orang or wayang wong (in Javanese language), as the name implies this wayang is played by using people as characters in the wayang story. Wayang wong created by Sri Susuhunan Hamangkurat I in 1731 on Mataram Kingdom. Usually play a story that is lifted based on...

[Javanologi Explore] Javanese Tradition: Weton

by javanologi | Oct 17, 2022 | #JavaneseTradition, #JavanologiExploreEN

Weton Javanese people are well-known for their unique and peculiar way to calculate one’s fortune, including future mate, luck, character, and many more. It is covered in the Javanese Book of primbon which also contains Javanese calendar calculation (weton). The word...

[Javanologi Explore] Javanese Tradition: Malam Selikuran

by javanologi | Apr 20, 2022 | #JavaneseTradition, #JavanologiExploreEN

In the month of Ramadan, Muslims are given the opportunity to pray even more by fasting and tarawih prayers. The privilege that may be familiar and much awaited by Muslims is the event of the arrival of the night of Lailatul Qadar. The night which is nobler than a...