Dongkrek Art from Madiun City east java Indonesia

dongkrek you know what it is? I suspect many of you who dont know dongkrek, same as I was too hehe. but the tail of bloggers who I know he knows dongkrek = Anton. Alhamdulillah, yesterday we had what it dongkrek clay, live.
catetan: seniman2 dongkrek of Madison began perform exactly at 19:00 (+0700), dated 10 November 2007, the festival durasim cak. probably not important, but I respect bener2 the timeliness of their performances. dg different story guangzhou art ensemble first, haha ​​... never mind.
dung crick
so, what is it dongkrek? dongkrek name inspired by the sound of musical instruments who accompanied him. the sound of 'dung' comes from the drum, and a "crick" comes from a musical instrument which is called a match. if ya same bedugnya dg bedug2 banality we see in the mosque (cuman probably smaller). interesting that a match, a match is not no counterpart in the other arts, is in dongkrek cuman. so typical of the art dongkrek. just click the image to enlarge.
dongkrek musical instruments: drum, lighters, kentongan, kenong, iron gong, gong kempul, drums. dongkrek mask equipment: mask of the parent, daughter mask, mask gendruwo / Buto, as well as public mask and sling.
dongkrek is folk art, which can be played by anak2. dongkrek has a philosophy to drive pegeblug or pestilential plagues society, as well as for starting reinforcements, as well as reduce the ugliness.
Historically, dongkrek first popularized in 1910 by R. Prawirodipura Lo Bei, a bar (?) In the caruban. dongkrek has many versions: from Madison south, from takeran, up from ngawi also exist. all versions of it for good, right philosophy for starting reinforcements, to reduce the ugliness.
1973, dongkrek explored and developed by the department of Education and Madison counties and the department of P and K in East Java province. working on dance was held in 1980 by Mr. Suwondo, head of district culture madison sexy. but the longer this dongkrek the sink, so it would not famous. dongkrek beginning of 2002 brought the art of "Condro Budoyo" follow festival2 out of Madison, including the cak durasim festival, Surabaya. sampek even appear in the court of all.