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  2. Javanese dance - Wikipedia

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    Javanese dance movement is controlled, deliberate, and refined. Javanese art often displays finesse, and, at the same time, a serene composure which is elevated far above everything mundane. [1] Javanese dance is usually associated with courtly, refined, and sophisticated culture of the Javanese kratons, such as the bedhaya and srimpi dance.

  3. Wayang kulit - Wikipedia

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    The technical design, the style, and the composition of the Javanese play grew from the worship of ancestors. [citation needed] Kats [who?] argues that the technical terms come from Java and that wayang was born without the help of India. Before the 9th century, it belonged to the Javanese.

  4. Wayang - Wikipedia

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    The technical design, the style, and the composition of the Javanese plays grew from the worship of ancestors. [ citation needed ] J. Kats argues that the technical terms come from Java and that wayang was born without the help of India. [ 17 ]

  5. Theatre of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Noh is one of the four major types of Japanese theatre.. Traditional Japanese theatre is among the oldest theatre traditions in the world. Traditional theatre includes Noh, a spiritual drama, and its comic accompaniment kyōgen; kabuki, a dance and music theatrical tradition; bunraku, puppetry; and yose, a spoken drama.

  6. Kuda Lumping - Wikipedia

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    Kuda Lumping (Javanese: ꦗꦫꦤ꧀ꦏꦺꦥꦁ, Jaran Kepang or Jathilan, Indonesian: Kuda Lumping or Kuda Kepang, English: Flat Horse) is a traditional Javanese dance originated from Ponorogo, East Java, Indonesia depicting a group of horsemen. Dancers "ride" horses made from woven bamboo and decorated with colorful paints and cloth.

  7. Sulukan - Wikipedia

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    Most modern Javanese wayang audiences do not "understand" the texts of sulukan in the normal sense - although there are differences in levels of comprehension as there would be for an English-speaking audience at a Shakespeare play, for instance - but few see it as a problem, feeling that the archaic and obscurantist nature of the texts is ...

  8. Cirebonese mask dance - Wikipedia

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    It is called mask dance because the dancers use masks when dancing. There is a lot of variety in Javanese mask dance, both in terms of the dance style and the stories to be conveyed. This mask dance can be performed by solo dancers, or performed by several people.

  9. Javanese culture - Wikipedia

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    Javanese culture (Javanese: ꦏꦧꦸꦢꦪꦤ꧀ꦗꦮ, romanized: Kabudayan Jawa) is the culture of the Javanese people. Javanese culture is centered in the provinces of Central Java , Yogyakarta and East Java in Indonesia .