Arts and Culture of East Java
Arts
East Java has a number of distinctive artistry. Ludruk is one Timuran Javanese art is quite well known, namely the art of the stage that generally all players are male. Unlike ketoprak which tells the life of the palace, ludruk told the daily life of common people, who are often spiced with humor and social criticism, and generally opened with Dance Remo and parikan. Currently, traditional ludruk groups can be found in the area of Surabaya, Mojokerto, and Jombang, although its presence increasingly defeated by modernization.
Reog who had claimed to be the dance of Malaysia is a typical artistic Ponorogo a patented since 2001, reog now also become icons East Javanese art. Staging reog accompanied by lesson braid (kuda lumping), accompanied supernatural elements. Other well-known art of East Java, among others, Java-style shadow puppets purwa Timuran, mask mastermind in Madura, and besutan. In areas Mataraman, Middle Javanese arts such as wayang kulit ketoprak and quite popular. Famous legend from East Java, among others Damarwulan, Angling Darma, and Sarip Pond-Oso.
Traditional dances in East Java in general can be grouped in the middle of Java style, style Timuran Java, Javanese dance styles Osing, and Madura-style queue. The art of classical dance such as dance gambyong, Srimpi dance, dance bondan, and wanderer.
Culture and customs
Culture and customs of the Javanese in the western part of East Java received a lot of influence from the Middle Java, so the area is known as Mataraman; indicates that the area was once the domain of the Sultanate of Mataram. The area includes the ex-Residency Madison (Madison, Ngawi, Magetan, Ponorogo, Pacitan), ex-residency of Kediri (Kediri, Tulungagung, Blitar, Psychology) and partially Bojonegoro. Just as in Central Java, wayang kulit and ketoprak quite popular in this region.
Western coastal area of East Java is heavily influenced by Islamic culture. This area covers an area of Tuban, Lamongan, and Gresik. Formerly the north coast of East Java is the entry area and a center of Islamic religious development. Five of the nine members of the Walisongo buried in this area.
In the area of ex-Residency Surabaya (including Sidoarjo, Mojokerto, and Jombang) and Malang, has little cultural influence Mataraman, considering the area is quite far from the cultural center of Java: Surakarta and Yogyakarta.
Mores in the horseshoe region is heavily influenced by the culture of Madura, considering the large population of Madura tribe in the region. Osing community mores is a cultural blend of Java, Madura, and Bali. While the Tengger tribe customs heavily influenced by Hindu culture.
Villagers in East Java, as well as in Central Java, has ties based on friendship and territorial. Various ceremonies are held, among others: tingkepan (ceremony seven months of gestation for the first child), babaran (ceremony before the birth of the baby), sepasaran (ceremony after the baby was five days), pitonan (ceremony after seven-month old baby), circumcision, fiance.
Population of East Java generally monogamous mating embrace. Before application, the men do show nako'ake (asking if the girl already has a prospective husband), after it is done peningsetan (application). Marriage ceremony was preceded by gathering or kepanggih. Communities on the west coast: Tuban, Lamongan, Gresik, Bojonegoro even has a habit of women applying for family ordinary men, different from the usual practice elsewhere in Indonesia, where the man applying for a woman. And generally the next guy will get into the woman's family.
To pray for people who have died, usually the family did send donga/"do'a" on day 1, the 3rd, 7th, 40th, 100th, 1 year and 3 years after death.
