Reog Sunda The Traditional Dance in Sunda Indonesia

History

Reog in West Java is the name for a form of Sundanese arts. In Indonesia, reog this type was introduced nationally by BKAK Reog Group, a group of Police (formerly: Police Force). The performers are Udi Mang, Mang Diman, Mang and Mang Dudung Day. Or about the year 1967 appears bevy Reog Emen Women with the character Mr. and Mrs. Anah and possibilities in the area of ​​emerging art lainyapun reog simply not recorded clearly.

Characteristic

Arts reog using dogdog (drum) is played, accompanied by a funny dance and comedy by the players. Usually the messages conveyed by social and religious. Arts reog played by four people, which is a puppeteer who controls the game, his deputy and supplemented by two others as servants. Mastermind played measuring 20 cm dogdog called dogdog Tilingtingtit. Representatives held a 25-cm dogdog called Panempas, the third player to use the size of 30-35 cm dogdog called Bangbrang and the fourth player to hold the size of 45 cm dogdog called Badublag.

Old game ranged from one to one and a half hours. For the songs there are also musicians with equipment such waditra two saron, drums, fiddle, goong, xylophone, etc.. which serves as a companion of his songs as a distraction or a complement.

Reog now reog really different to the old days, little has been developed can be seen from the number of personnel and instruments used. Musical instruments are in use on Reog Reog or there is a reference to dogdog or ogel consisting of Dalang, Vice, Beungbreung, Gudubrag, and Kecrek (Markis), musical accompaniment Reog usually drums, goong, torompet and DAMAS. In Reog development usually results in adding a musical instrument keyboard and guitar.

The current situation

Reog art is liked by the public, especially people in rural and small urban communities because they contain elements of entertainment and attraction rhythm of drums. But now the players and the organization increasingly difficult to find. If anything they were usually from the older generation. Pertunjukannyapun are increasingly rare because there is no or very lack of demand for the show.

Although already marginalized, many citizens expect that the mass media such as TVRI and private television stations broadcast the kinds of art like this reog. Lastly, the Government held a festival Reog Bandung Bandung se followed about 32 groups and this indicates the persistence of the arts in communities Reog Sunda especially in Bandung. Certainly in the area lainyapun there just because of the absence of a coordinating or absence of such a festival meeting their cause does not appear or they just play in the surrounding environment.