Mask Dance Cisalak

Incense smoke was still rising at between nayaga when a ronggeng (dancer) woman dressed in toka-toka, apok, kebaya, sinjang and ampreng with bright colors of yellow, green and red half-bowed in greeting signs emerged from behind the curtain. One step and then started doing the hand movements with a developed and a half feet back and forth.

A few basic movements such as the opening dance nindak meetings, meetings grace, pakbang and blongter doing very well. Sometimes a graceful swing of his smile accompanied the nayaga appropriate temptation to be behind the curtain. A moment later the dancer turns his back to the audience by not stopping to shake the hips. He picked up a white mask as a mask dance opener of the three dances that will be played in Single mask dance.

Ten musicians accompanied by fiddle, kecrek, kulanter, percussion, drums, Goong, Bende, follows a sinden and three dancers who were waiting to appear. They joined the Society of Traditional Arts Group Cisalak Mask Son of the leadership's excuse kinang Jioen, one of approximately eight Mask Cisalak community who still survive in Depok.

After a while you rock - nimang with his left hand, wearing the white mask. Panji Mask symbolizing gentleness is brought through the dances are the meek. That said, the softness of the mask dances as well as dance to greet the audience every pegelaran Cisalak mask or mask dance from Betawi. After wearing a mask of Panji, the dancers were back turned my back to the audience. He put the mask and wearing a pink mask (mask Sanggah). Movement of the dancers look more attractive and aggressive.

Likewise with the nayaga play music accompaniment by the increasingly rising intonation and rising. Violent and rude attitude when the masks worn bright red (orange mask) patterned with giant entourage Gonjing song. Hand movements changed menepal tapering pointed upward, while the movement of his legs open up to put the horses back music and dancers drifted back behind the curtain was replaced three other dancers who play dance dance Ajeng in connection Lipet bodoran Gandes and closed.

Witnessed a series of performances Cisalak no different than watching Mask Mask Mask Banjer from Bekasi, Karawang, or so-called Mask of Betawi. Generally, they started the show with three stages include the phases of preparation, execution and closure.

In Cisalak Mask performances, tehapan first started by doing the installation of banners and curtains Signed group identity that will hold performances. While on stage been reorganized waditra (musical instrument) under the stage number of dancers and self berias lakin event. The second stage is the implementation phase begins with the ngukus and offerings are done in front of the Bende waditra after the evening call to prayer rang out. Offerings that are provided in the form of incense and cigar to burn, seven kinds of drinks (like tea, coffee, mineral water), seven kinds of flowers, rujakan, rice, perawanten, rice and chicken bakakak.

In the procession waditra fiddle, drum and Goong dikukusi in the hope the show goes smoothly. While waditra Bende in specially treated with water given seven kinds of flowers.
Usually at this event many traders and residents who provide water to get the blessing along to provide some rudimentary money. Traders generally expect the gains to trade abundant at night. While some residents are generally used for the purpose of drinking water to children with the intention of gnats fast road, talking or smart.

The next stage is the implementation that begins with hitting Goong appropriate staging day. For Goong Saturday beaten nine times, six times Friday, Thursday 8 times, Wednesday 7 times, Tuesday 3 times, Monday four times and five times Sunday in the form of games all followed tatalu waditra without rhythm.
Then connected songs / kawih bubuka which is usually a carbon-carbon which are connected with single Mask Dance played ronggeng mask. Gades Lipet jointed dance, dance mask with a pair of dancers ronggeng bodor bodoran continued with the event as part of the cover.

Rationalization is said Jioen Cisalak one of the characters are still alive Mask, formerly much remains to nanggap, Mask Cisalak leader bin Dorak Jioen parents often traveled in the area of Jakarta, Bekasi, Bogor and Tangerang, sometimes even up to Donegal.

"Usually in times of famine going around the township does not want us to just nyari money." Excuse sisela between pegelaranTopeng Cisalak, Saturday last week in Cimanggis Depok.

Name Cisalak own mask based on where their parents were settled and the arts developed when the mask was in Kampung Cisalak, Cimanggis Depok West Java.
Whereas first appeared in 1918 called the mask Mask Cisalak kinang by two pioneer Djioen and Mak kinang.

Because the background is a pioneer player Ubrug Mask, the Mask Mask Ubrug Cisalak much influenced. Ubrug mask itself is a separation of the Mask Blantek which means a mask that does not irregular or not identical to the original masks.

Cimanggis district administratively located in the territory east of Depok. The total area of 12,111,596 hectares, Kec. Cimanggis divided into 13 wards which Cilangkap Village, Tugu, Cisalak Market, Sukatani, Cimpaeun, Leuwinanggung, South Mountain Sand, Teak Parallelograms, Tapos, New Sukamaju, Mekar Sari, Harja Mukti and Curug.

But in fact it is often referred to as Cisalak Mask Mask Mandra Betawi as it is said, Ibeng, Mastur and a number of sons and Rationalization Bokir which is a third generation Cisalak Mask. This can not be denied if the mask Cisalak included in the scope of the Betawi culture.

"Although the songs and the original used waditra Sundanese dialect but played more Betawinya and also Tionghoa or Betawi Ora (Betawi Fringe) where the art of developing a mask," said excuse. In Batavia itself at that time there were three types of mask art, namely Ubrug Mask, Mask and Mask Blantek.

Ubrug mask is a mask art theater featuring traditional Betawi waditra accompanied by trumpet, drums, prickly (large tambourine) and kempul. The whole pemainannya is a man who presents dancing, singing, jokes, acrobatics and magic. While art is a traditional Betawi Mask periphery containing elements of dance, music and fine arts. This art developed in the region Gandaria, featuring a white mask, yellow and orange.
While the mask is a development of the Mask Blantek founded by Naim's first son Djioen. Blantek mask has the meaning irregular, not accomplished mimic the original mask.

Current conditions Mask artists increasingly worrisome. In addition to the next generation will be less interest in traditional arts of their ancestors also did not get support from the government. "Strangely abroad if we are really flattered, really in their own country until only seen one eye may not even at all," said excuse. A condition that absolutely appalling.