Bambangan Cakil

Bambangan Cakil (Javanese: ꧋ꦧꦩ꧀ꦧꦔꦤ꧀ꦕꦏꦶꦭ꧀) is a classical dance-drama of Javanese people in—particularly—Central Java, Indonesia. This dance-drama is demonstrates wayang performance due to the movement is adopted from one of the scenes in wayang kulit performance, that is the Perang Kembang scene. The Perang Kembang told about war between kesatria against raksasa. The kesatria has soft and gentle-characters, while the raksasa described as character who is rough and violent.

Bambangan Cakil
Bambangan Cakil performance
Native name꧋ꦧꦩ꧀ꦧꦔꦤ꧀ꦕꦏꦶꦭ꧀ (Javanese)
Tari Klasik Bambangan Cakil (Indonesian)
Instrument(s)Gamelan
InventorJavanese
OriginIndonesia
Bambangan Cakil
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The dance-drama war between kesatria (Bambangan) against raksasa (Cakil) could also be used as a place for a dalang's judgment in moving a puppet.

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