Based on folklore: A dancer portraying Warok during the performance in Kampung Parit Bugis. — Bernama MUAR: In Kampung Parit Bugis, located about 32km from here, family members of early Javanese ...

Dozens of women dressed in traditional Javanese attire were lining up inside Balai Sarwono multi-function hall in Kemang in South Jakarta recently. All members of the Purwakanthi community were ...

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Members of Surya Kirana dance group wearing face shields practice Javanese traditional dance amid the COVID-19 outbreak at Desa Seni in Beautiful Indonesia Miniature Park (TMII), Jakarta, Indonesia, ...

In the olden days, the barongan dance was performed at royal courts. --fotoBERNAMA (2021) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED -The barongan dance narrates the tale of Perabu and Warok who both want to marry the same ...

For years, Buffalo’s own Nusantara Arts has been curating exceptional Indonesian shadow puppet and Javanese dance performances, set to traditional gamelan music. Leave your traditional idea of what a ...

'An explosive mixture of formal Javanese dance and wild movement' (New York Times), Diponegoro is a dance theater work depicting the 19th century Javanese prince and Muslim mystic who led a rebellion ...

Kesenian Tedja Timur performers practising their moves before a full-dress rehearsal on Jan 18. - The Straits Times/ANN SINGAPORE: Practitioners of kuda kepang, the traditional hobby horse dance, are ...

On Sunday, April 23, Buffalo’s Nusantara Arts will treat us to a spectacular Sunday afternoon of Javanese shadow puppetry unlike anything that we could have possibly imagined. These Javanese Wayang ...