KLANA MASK

This is a Klana mask style of Yogyakarta, the colour is red and it’s made of wooden. We can find it in a Wayang Gedhog performance or Klana Topeng dance. This mask is a figure of Prabu Klana Sewandana, a Big King from Pudhak Payung Kingdom.

PENTHUL MASK

This is a Penthul mask, the colour is white and it’s made of wooden. This character usually in a Jathilan folk dance in the villages of Java islands. The characteristic of that mask are with a little bit longer of the nose and has only 2 teeth. In a Jathilan performance this figure always sings many of Javanese songs with his couple Bejer.

THE MOVEMENTS OF HANDS

The center of hands movements is wrist, arms and elbows to follow only. There are 4 position of hand.

THE SRIMPI DANCE

The Srimpi danced by 4 dancers. At the beginning (long time ago) Srimpi use costume like bride of Yogyakarta style, that are Dodotan and Gelung Bokor but in it development doesn’t use Dodotan and Gelung Bokor and changed with Seredan, blouse without arms and special headdress (called Jamang) with some feathers of Kasuari bird and Gelung with flowers (called Ceplok Jebehan). The Srimpi Dance to wear creese for fighting.

THE BEDHAYA DANCE

The Bedhaya Dance was older, more magic and more unique than Srimpi Dance. The dancers are 9 persons, this is a symbol of perfection. This dance tells about meeting between Panembahan Senopati (King of Mataram) with Ratu Kidul(Queen of southsea). There is mythology that when The Bedhaya danced Ratu Kidul will come.

KLANA ALUS

Klana is The Big Figure of Wanderer and Alus means medium character. This dancing is personification of The Big King Figure of Wanderer who has falling in love.

KLANA TOPENG

Klana is The Big Figure of Wanderer and Topeng is mask. So Klana Topeng is a dance with a mask (usually red mask). This dancing is personification of Prabu Klana Sewandana who has falling in love to Dewi Sekartaji. There is a specific movement in this dance, it’s called Sepak Wiron (kick Cloth) and Ogek Lambung (movement of waist). The dancer has freedom to express the mask to be dynamic and the mask look like life.