Thursday 25 November 2010

Wayang Klitik


Hello my name is Alitia.  My group's goal is to promote Indonesia’s Cultural Heritage so people, especially my generation will learn to appreciate it more and our Indonesian traditional culture will not die out.
Now my personal goal is to promote Wayang Klitik. Why do I choose this traditional art? Because it is my cultural heritage.  I am from Baturaden, Central Java and that’s where Wayang Klitik is from. Wayang Klitik is dying out because not many people knows about Wayang Klitik. Do you know what  Wayang Klitik is? I bet not.  Why don't many people know about Wayang Klitik?  Because there is not enough support from the government for Wayang Klitik.  I have not been able to find anywhere here in this city that shows a Wayang Klitik performance. Even in a famous Wayang museum I went to, the person I interviewed said that Wayang Klitik is no longer performed in public.
Wayang Klitik is different and unique than other traditional Wayang because it is made from wood.  Here are the examples of wayang Klitik.


Why is it called Wayang Klitik?
When the Wayang Klitik puppet moves it makes a clicking sound  "klitik klitik klitik"
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Friday 19 November 2010

Debus Banten

Hello my name is Nima Ivens. My father’s family comes from Banten.
I wanted to understand more about the Banten side of my family.
One of Banten's cultural heritage I am interested about is Debus because this traditional performance is dying out, but it is also a bit creepy so I decided to spend some more time understanding debus.

Debus is a form of martial art, that is performed spiritually sometimes with weapons such as this photo
This image shows a kid eating a burning stick.

Debus started in 16th century.
Before 16th century it wasn’t called Debus but it already existed in many forms and regions.
Debus was used to fight against the Dutch during the colonial era
Debus was specially created for martial art.
I found it very difficult to find a Debus performance to watch. If you would like to see a Debus performance and know more about my cultural heriutage you can go to Kampung Wisata Anyer.
Debus is dying out because the government is not giving our cultural heritage enough support to survive. Please SIGN OUR PETITION and follow our twitter account @IndonesiArt

Batik Solo


Hi I’m Jasmine. My issue is about Batik Solo.  I'm concerned because Batik Solo is dying out from the social wearing and when I did my survey of 30 people, more than 50% percent from the people I interviewed didn't know anything about Batik Solo. Batik Solo is the most classic batik because of it’s color.  A few centuries ago Batik Solo was only worn by royalties, wearing Batik Solo those days shows your level of richness. 
There are many motifs of Batik Solo like Parang, Sido Mulyo and many others but the most popular is Batik Parang.  I am still in the middle of finding out more information about different kinds of Batik Solo, keep visiting our blog because I will update.
So my goal through this blog is to tell you that Batik Solo is beautiful and its from our ancestors, we must love Batik like we love Indonesia.