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Kuda Lumping Horse

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Kuda Lumping is Tradisional Art from Indonesia. kuda lumping horse or Jathilan braid is a traditional Javanese dance show was a group of soldiers on horseback. This dance is to use a horse made of wicker and bamboo which is cut like the shape of a horse. Matting the horse is decorated with colorful paint and fabric. Lumping horse dance usually only contain scenes of soldiers on horses, but some also presents the appearance of horses lumping attraction possessed, immune, and magical powers, like eating glass and attractions immunity against flogging whip. Jaran braid is part of reog dance performances. Although this dance originated from Java, Indonesia, this dance is also inherited by the Javanese who settled in North Sumatra and in some areas outside of Indonesia as in Malaysia.

Dance Art

Lumping horse is a dance art that plays with the properties of artificial horses, made of woven bamboo or braid. None of the historical record to explain the origin of this dance, just a verbal history passed down from one generation to the next.

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History

lumping horse dance is a form of appreciation and support of the commoners against the cavalry Diponegoro in the face of the Dutch colonizers. There is also a version that says, that lumping horse dance depicting the struggle of Broken Raden, who is assisted by Sunan Kalijaga, against the Dutch colonialists. Another version states that, the dance tells about war Mataram troops led the lane I, King of Mataram, to face the Dutch troops.

Regardless of the origin and historical value, lumping horse dance reflects the spirit of heroism and military aspects of a cavalry or cavalry. It is seen from the rhythmic movements, dynamic, and aggressive, with the flick of woven bamboo, mimicking the movement like a horse in the midst of war.

Often in lumping horse dance performances, the show also featured attraction magical smell supernatural powers, such attractions chew glass, slashed the arm with a machete, burn away, walking on broken glass, and others. Perhaps, this attraction reflects a supernatural power in the ancient kingdom of the environment developed in Java, and is a non-military aspects that are used to fight the Dutch troops.