Ludruk

Ludruk is the art of traditional dramas of East Java. Ludruk is a traditional drama that was exhibited by a group of art which in gelarkan disebuah stage by taking the stories of everyday people's lives, stories of struggle and others are interspersed with jokes and accompanied by gamelan as a musical. Dialogue / monologue in ludruk are entertaining and make the audience laugh, using language typical of Surabaya, although there are occasional guest stars from other areas such as Jombang, Malang, Madura, Madiun with a different accent. Straightforward language that is used in ludruk, making him easily absorbed by the non-intellect (pedicab driver, prowl, public transport drivers, etc). A performance usually begins with a dance ludruk Remo and interspersed with the staging of a figure who memerakan "Mr. Sakera", a master of Madura. Kartolo is a legendary comedian ludruk from Surabaya, East Java. He has more than 40 years of living in the art world ludruk. Kartolo name and distinctive voice, the jokes are innocent and intelligent, is known almost all over East Java, even to Central Java. Ludruk differ ketoprak from Central Java. Ketoprak stories are often drawn from the ancient story (history and fairy tales), and is delivering a particular message. While ludruk tells the story of everyday life (usually) among the underprivileged.