When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Topeng dances - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topeng_dances

    Betawi mask dance or tari topeng Betawi is a theatrical form of dance-drama of the Betawi people in Jakarta, Indonesia. [9] This dance-drama encompasses dance, music, bebodoran (comedy) and lakon (drama). [10] The Betawi mask dance demonstrates the theme of Betawi society life which is represented in the form of dance and drama. It is called ...

  3. Betawi mask dance - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betawi_mask_dance

    This dance-drama encompasses dance, music, bebodoran (comedy) and lakon (drama). [2] The Betawi mask dance demonstrates the theme of Betawi society life which is represented in the form of dance and drama. It is called mask dance because the dancers use topeng (mask) during dancing and Betawi people believed that the topeng has magical powers. [3]

  4. Dance in Indonesia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_in_Indonesia

    The notable topeng dances are topeng Cirebon dance, Sundanese topeng Priangan dance and topeng Bali dance. The Panji tales, telling the romance between Prince Panji Inu of the ancient Javanese kingdom of Jenggala with Princess Galuh Chandra Kirana of the neighboring kingdom of Kediri , continues to be a source of inspiration in both Javanese ...

  5. Ireng mask dance - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireng_mask_dance

    Ireng mask dance also known as Topeng Ireng or Dayakan (Javanese: ꦠꦺꦴꦥꦺꦁꦲꦶꦉꦁ) is a traditional Javanese art that developed in Magelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. The main attraction of the Ireng mask art lies in the costumes of the dancers, which are almost similar to the Indian tribes in America or the Dayak tribes ...

  6. List of Indonesian dances - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indonesian_dances

    Topeng dance (Banten, Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan and Bali), a type of dramatic form of dance in which one or more mask-wearing, ornately costumed performers interpret traditional narratives concerning fabled kings, heroes and myths, accompanied by gamelan music. This dance ...

  7. Banjar mask dance - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjar_mask_dance

    Banjar Mask Dance (Indonesian: Tari Topeng Banjar) is a local indigenous art form of Banjar in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is called mask dance because the dancers use masks when dancing. This dance is usually played for sacred ceremonies, such as the manyanggar ceremony. The ceremony is a ritual to clean inherited equipment, treat ...

  8. Cirebonese mask dance - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirebonese_mask_dance

    Cirebonese mask dance (Indonesian: Tari Topeng Cirebon; Cirebonese: beksan topéng Cerbon) is a local indigenous art form of Cirebon in Java, including Indramayu and Jatibarang, West Java and Brebes, Central Java. It is called mask dance because the dancers use masks when dancing.

  9. Theatre of Indonesia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_Indonesia

    Topeng (Indonesian for "mask") is a dramatic form of Indonesian dance theatre in which one or more mask-wearing. Indonesian masked dance predates Hindu-Buddhist influences. Native Indonesian tribes still perform traditional masked-dances to represent nature, as the Hudoq dance of the Dayak people of Kalimantan, or to represent ancestor spirits.