tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-322495089807704752024-03-13T22:37:32.984-07:00gamelan mulya larasHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00315397869125327886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32249508980770475.post-61944316348311072512012-03-31T23:51:00.000-07:002012-04-01T19:58:17.610-07:00KARATON SURAKARTA HADININGRAT<div align="justify">
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The king sat on his royal wagon, Kyai Grudo escorted by high ranking officials, troops, regalia carriers, bringing the pusakas (heirlooms) and other important things to be used in his new palace. The convoy includes also the sacred gamelan, waringin (Banyan) trees, horses, elephants and a special chamber Bangsal Pengrawit. Upon arrival at the new karaton, he announced that starting from today the capital city of the kingdom was Surokarto Hadiningrat (suro : brave, valiant - karto : prosperous - Hadi : great, precious - rat : state).</div>
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Coming from the north side of Jalan Slamet Riyadi through a thoroughfare (gladak), a visitor arrives in the North Square (alun-alun Lor). In the center of Alun-alun, there are two waringins (Banyan) trees symbolizing protection and justice. </div>
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The throne hall Sasono Semowo or Pagelaran faces the square. In the old days, it was from this hall, the Susuhunan or king delivered his massage and received report from his government read by his Patih (chief minister). Further south, several steps up, there is the Siti Hinggil (high ground) where the GAREBEG ceremonies started (in separate article: garabeg in Solo and Jogya). </div>
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Passing through the main gate or kori of Brajanala (braja: ray - Nala: feeling) one enters the fort Baluwerti on Kemandungan square. Enter to Sri Manganti, where one has to wait for audience with the king. And there is the main location called KADATON. In the center is the main throne hall Sasono Sewoko, where the king received obedience from his court family and subordinates. It is also a place he practiced meditation (samadi). There is a small Pendopo (hall) called Pringgitan, where leather puppet (wayang kulit) performs from time to time. Next to Sasono Sewoko is Sasono Handorowino where royal banquets are given. </div>
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Leaving Kadaton to south, there is the Magangan court, where the court dignitaries entered the sanctum along this route. There is a pavilion of meditation for princes. There is a sacred meteorite on the rear bank of the pool. From here southward, passing the gate or kori of South Brojonolo, then Sitinggil Kidul, one arrives in the South Square (Alun-Alun Kidul) The Palace's elephants and buffaloes grazed here in the old days. Due to the existence of the elephants with its ivory trunks, this place is popularly known as GADING (Ivory). </div>
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Taking lessons from Kartosuro Palace, which were easy to be attacked by enemies, the new Surakarta Palace fortified itself. </div>
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So, the Alun-Alun was also meant to be a battleground to resist any attack. Several batteries of soldiers were installed in Pagelaran and in front of it (GELAR= formation of troops; Pagelaran = a place where battle tactics are decided). The routes encircling the Alun-Alun are called Supit Urang (Supit-pincers; Urang = crab), symbolizing a tactic to defeat the intruders. </div>
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The reserves (of soldiers) were held in the square of Kamandungan, Sri Manganti was a rest place. </div>
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In Baluarti, there were rice - barns, arsenal and ammunition depot, and stables for horses of the cavalry and the special garrison of the king's guard (Tamtomo). The palace is also a place of high spiritual meaning of old Javanese faith. As there are seven stairs and seven gates at Candi Borobudur, there are also seven squares at Solo Palace : </div>
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1. Pamuraan Njawi<br />2. Pamuraan Nglebet<br />3. Alun-Alun Lor <br />4. Sitinggil <br />5. Kamandungan<br />6. Sri Manganti <br />7. Plataran </div>
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And Seven Gates (Gapuros) : </div>
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1. Gladag<br />2. Gapuro Pamuraan<br />3. Kori Wijil<br />4. Kori Brojonolo<br />5. Kori Kamandungaan<br />6. Kori Mangun<br />7. Kori Manganti</div>
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XX_8yaoVKIU/T3f5ZtLSgxI/AAAAAAAAADg/vR2v2iBrjgw/s1600-h/PBXII_SOLO_copy_1%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img align="right" alt="PBXII_SOLO_copy_1" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jAZhxHpVAwU/T3f5c0ORSZI/AAAAAAAAADo/PWNm3ZNJ_Is/PBXII_SOLO_copy_1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 7px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="PBXII_SOLO_copy_1" width="164" /></a>There is Panggung Songgobuwono (panggung-tower ; songgo-to support ; Buwono the world) in Baluarti, a tower with octagonal form. Some believe that it is a place where Sri Sunan (a popular name for the king) continued the tradition of his ancestors to meet with the Goddess of South Seas (Kanjeng Ratu Kidul) at least at the anniversary of his coronation. </div>
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West of Kedaton, there is a place called Mantenan, where there was bandengan, a fishpond with gurameh fishes and turtles (symbols of long age of life). In the old days, Sri Sunan delivered the teaching of life philosophy and cleaned his heirlooms. In the high ground he did meditations and there is a mosque - Pudyosono (a place to worship). </div>
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Karaton Surakarta as one of the stronghold of Javanese culture is opened daily to be adored by visitors. It has a museum and art galery where some precious collections are exhibited, such as keris (daggers), masks, leather puppets, etc. </div>
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At present, the King of Surakarta is Sri Susuhunan Pakubuwono XII. </div>gamelan mulya larashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17450635363840294192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32249508980770475.post-70036123599953633542012-03-31T03:58:00.001-07:002012-04-01T04:52:28.684-07:00History of gamelan music<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The gamelan predates the Hindu-Buddhist culture that dominated Indonesia in its earliest records and instead represents a native art form. The instruments developed into their current form during the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majapahit_Empire" title="Majapahit Empire">Majapahit Empire</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan#cite_note-0"></a></sup> In contrast to the heavy Indian influence in other art forms, the only obvious <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_India" title="Music of India">Indian influence</a> in gamelan music is in the Javanese style of singing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan#cite_note-1"></a></sup></span></div><div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">In Javanese mythology, the gamelan was created by Sang Hyang Guru in Saka era 167 (c. AD 230), the god who ruled as king of all Java from a palace on the Maendra mountains in Medangkamulan (now <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lawu" title="Mount Lawu">Mount Lawu</a>). He needed a signal to summon the gods and thus invented the gong. For more complex messages, he invented two other Gongs, thus forming the original gamelan set.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan#cite_note-2"></a></sup></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The earliest image of a musical ensemble is found on the 8th century <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur" title="Borobudur">Borobudur</a> temple, Central Java. Musical instruments such as the bamboo flute, bells, drums in various sizes, lute, and bowed and plucked string instruments were identified in this image. However it lacks metallophones and xylophones. Nevertheless, the image of this musical ensemble is suggested to be the ancient form of the gamelan.</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the palaces of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a> are the oldest known ensembles, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munggang" title="Munggang">Munggang</a> and Kodokngorek gamelans, apparently from the 12th century. These formed the basis of a "loud style". A different, "soft style" developed out of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemanak" title="Kemanak">kemanak</a> tradition and is related to the traditions of singing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javanese_poetry" title="Javanese poetry">Javanese poetry</a>, in a manner which is often believed to be similar to performance of modern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedhaya" title="Bedhaya">bedhaya</a> dance. In the 17th century, these loud and soft styles mixed, and to a large extent the variety of modern gamelan styles of Bali, Java, and Sunda resulted from different ways of mixing these elements. Thus, despite the seeming diversity of styles, many of the same theoretical concepts, instruments, and techniques are shared between the styles.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5UvStMfM_bk/T3Bwv5D_IeI/AAAAAAAAAAc/VrW1iqRF0ZE/s1600/1set+gong+motif+sungging.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5UvStMfM_bk/T3Bwv5D_IeI/AAAAAAAAAAc/VrW1iqRF0ZE/s320/1set+gong+motif+sungging.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The term refers more to the set of instruments than to the players of those instruments. A gamelan is a set of instruments as a distinct entity, built and tuned to stay together – instruments from different gamelan are generally not interchangeable.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The word <i>gamelan</i> comes from the Javanese word <i>gamels</i>, meaning "to strike or hammer", and the suffix <i>an</i>, which makes the root a collective noun.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">In</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">Bali</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">and</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">Lombok</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">today,</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">and</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">in Java</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">through</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">the 18th century</span>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">the term</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">is considered</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">synonymous</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">with the</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">gong</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">more</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">gamelan</span><span class="">.</span></span></span> </div>gamelan mulya larashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17450635363840294192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32249508980770475.post-7475158362449376912012-03-25T10:54:00.006-07:002012-03-31T22:49:04.326-07:00MULYA LARAS<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-07QN2QD8zCQ/T3BxnCAoFnI/AAAAAAAAABE/BIiRxoFUvnM/s1600/IMG00816-20120322-1804.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-07QN2QD8zCQ/T3BxnCAoFnI/AAAAAAAAABE/BIiRxoFUvnM/s320/IMG00816-20120322-1804.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">We are <a href="http://gamelanmulyalaras.blogspot.com/">MULYA LARAS</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">,<span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="hps">a</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">home</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">industry that</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">makes</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">traditional</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps"><i>gamelan</i> </span><span class="hps">instruments. Mulya laras</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">located</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">in</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">Surakarta</span>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">Central Java</span>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">Indonesia</span><span class="">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="hps"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><i><span class="hps">gamelan</span></i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">that we produce</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">are made of</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">iron</span>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">brass</span>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">and</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">bronze</span><span class="">. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="hps">In addition to</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">producing</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class=""> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="hps">we also</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">serve the</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">improvement of</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps">the <i>gamelan</i>.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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