Monday, May 2, 2011

Sarasahan Budaya dan Pentas Tayub Bambu plus Beras Kencur

Sanggar Seni Sekar Jagad menyelenggarakan:
Sarasehan Budaya bertema ‘Peran Paguyuban Seni dalam Ketahanan Budaya’ pada 7 Mei 2011, pk.10.00 – 16.00 wib
dan
pentas “Tayub Bambu plus Beras Kencur” pada 7 Mei 2011, pk. 19.00 - selesai,

bertempat di:
Sanggar Seni Sekar Jagad
Dukuh Kotakan RT.04/RW.06, Kel.Bakalan,
Kec. Polokarto, Kab. Sukoharjo, Jawa Tengah
Email: senisekarjagad@gmail.com

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Bandung Wayang Festival 2011

Bandung Wayang Festival
22 – 30 April 2011

presents:

  • 40  Contemporary Wayang Performings, Indonesian and Worldwide Tradition.
  • Gamelan & Contemporary Concert.
  • Video Art – Animation – Workshop – Seminar & Wayang Lover Discussion
  • Illustration and Comics Exhibition, Paper Toys & Action, Figure, Batik Wayang –Wayang Collection

FREE TICKET

Venue:
  • Kotabaru Parahyangan, 22 – 24 April 2011
  • Institut Teknologi Nasional, 27 – 30 April 2011
  • Bandung Indah Plaza, 24 – 30 April 2011
  • Universitas Pajajaran (UNPAD Dipatiukur), 25 April 2011
  • Toko You, 23 – 30 April 2011
  • Museum Barli, 23 – 30 April 2011
  • Jabar Craft Center, 23 – 30 April 2011

Contact:
Facebook: bandung wayang festival
Twitter: @bdgwayangfestival

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Gamelan Maker Festival 2009

Sanggar Seni Sekarjad  (Sekar Jagad Arts Space) has held Gamelan Maker  Festival on  November 29. 2009,
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Kentongan

Kenthongan is a wooden or bamboo tools used in social communication in Javanese villages, developed as music instruments by the villagers at present. You can watch these video to know how the kentongan music performing of Sekarjagad group below.


Lesung Video

Please, watch this lesung video:

Lesung

Lesung is a wooden-made tools used to pound rice in the past Javanese culture of agricultural society in post-harvesting session. But it has changed nowadays, it is to be a sort of Javanese music piece in the present Javanese society. It exists at Sanggar Seni Sekarjagad at Kotakan village, Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. Mostly the old women of Kotakan villagers play it and some children practice it to preserve.

Profile

Sanggar Seni Sekar Jagad

It is a cultural nonprofit organization founded in 2005 by Joko Ngadimin, focusing to preserve and develop Javanese intangible heritage such as playing gamelan, lesung and kenthongan music, ketoprak, Javanese chant. It is situated at Kotakan village, Polokarto subdistrict, Sukoharjo Regency.  Mostly the members of this organization are the Kotakan villagers and some people surrounding.

Vision

Towards the creative and innovative  society to respond local-global dialectic.

Mission

  1. To support the growing creative villagers to care  and love their own local genius of living cultural heritage.
  2. To grow villagers collective awareness to appreciate and love their local history.

Activities
Playing gamelan and kenthongan  music, ketoprak, and Javanese chant.