Cisalak Mask Dance

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Smoke of censer still puffs among nayaga when a ronggeng (dancer) woman wears toka-toka, apok, kebaya, sinjang and ampreng with bright color turned yellow and green of half is bowing forerunner saluting emergence from curtain back. A step then starts to do movement by hand developed and foot semi backward advance. Some openers dance bases movement for example meetings nindak, tolerant of meeting, pakbang and blongter do her is excellently. Sometimes the accompanied by supple body oscillation is obsession simper of nayaga are correct residing in curtains back. As of strike then of the dancer invert the body overshadows audience without stopping her shake down part of the hips. Take the of white chromatic mask as opener mask dance out of three dance which will play her in Single Mask dance.

Ten musician accompany with rebab, manacle, kulanter, knocked, drum, goong, bende, following a sinden and three dancer awaiting innings coming up. They are merged into Society of Traditional Artistries of Masks Cisalak Group Kinang Putra leader of Equivocation Jioen, one of thinking eight society of Mask Cisalak which still stays in Depok.

After a few moments craddle by her left hand, she wearing white chromatic mask. Pennon mask symbolizing the mildness is bringing by her by giving a gentle dance. It is said, the mildness of mask dance at the same time as dance for greeting audience every mask dance title Cisalak and also Mask Betawi. After wearing Pennon mask, the dancers even also return to return to overshadow audience. Put off the mask and wear her young rose colored mask (Sanggah Mask). Dancer movement has seen more attractive and aggressive.

That way the things of nayaga play attendants music with intonations which more and more going up and ascending. Harsh and wild attitude time of rose colored worn mask blazed (mask jingga) giant motif with the attendant song Gonjing. Curve gesticulating hand change grasping raised hand to the above, while the foot movement opened to install easel until music to heave and dancer return to curtain back is changed three other dancer playing dance Ajeng in joining dance Lipet Gandes and closed by bodoran. Seeing a bunch of performance of Mask Cisalak is same as seeing Mask Banjer from Karawang or Mask Bekasi ordinary called as Mask Betawi.

Name of Mask Cisalak itself given by the old fellow based on place fixed and artistry of mask grow that moment in Kampong Cisalak Cimanggis Depok Jawa Barat. Though first time emerge year 1918 Mask Cisalak so called mask Kinang by two the exponent Djioen and Mother Kinang.

Because reasoning of the exponent is Mask player Ubrug, hence Mask Cisalak many influenced by is Mask Ubrug. Mask Ubrug itself is dissociation with Mask Blantek with the meaning unegual or irregular mask precisely with the original mask.

Mask Ubrug is artistic of mask presenting traditional legitimate stage Betawi by accompanied by waditra trumpet, kendang, biang (big rebana) and kempul. The entire player is man presenting dance, hymn, and comedian, acrobatic and jiggered. Meanwhile artistry of Mask is traditional artistry Betawi boundary containing element dancing, fine arts and music. This artistry grows in area of Gandaria, what presenting white mask, yellow and jingga.

While Mask Blantek is development from Mask build by Naim first son of Djioen. Mask Blantek have irregular meaning, not until imitating the original mask.
Now condition of Masks actors progressively worry. Besides less the enthusiasm of router generation would be artistic neither their ancestor’s tradition nor get support from governmental sides. “Surprisingly if beyond the sea our really exalted, why in our country this only seen side eye even might not at all,” say Dalih. A condition which really concerning.