Ancak-ancak Alis - Traditional Games

Ancak-ancak Alis - Traditional Games

One more Javanese traditional game is often played by children without the need for fixed equipment, which is indifferent eyebrows. In the old days, before the independence of Indonesia, the game is accompanied by songs Dolanan is famous in many rural areas in the agricultural community of Java. Dolanan is usually played by young boys and girls of primary school age. But sometimes children also greater in ancient times still likes to play this Dolanan. Moonlit night to their favorite time to play, especially if fitted holiday. But sometimes also played in the morning or late afternoon, according to the spare time of which is owned by the children. In school, children play at recess time.

Jethungan - Traditional Games

Jethungan - Traditional Games

Cheerful village children had also frequently seen of the game jethungan. There are many places in Java Dolanan child who knows the type of traditional Javanese society, although with somewhat different names, such as jethungan, jelungan, dhelikan, or seek. But the same principle of the game, ie players winners

hiding, while the player loses or dadi trying to find other players without having to leave too much base as a place to play.

The term has also been recorded in jethungan Baoesastra (Dictionary) Djawa essay WJS Porwadarminto published in 1939. On page 84, noting that the dictionary is a type Dolanan jethungan children. In the dictionary, too, mentioned that another name is jelungan and jembelungan jethungan. Of terms in the dictionary shows that the traditional game of this type has been known before in 1939 by the children of the Java community.

Sobyung - Traditional Games

Sobyung - Traditional Games

For children today who have never heard the name of this traditional game certainly feels strange and foreign. But not so for children of Javanese society has ever heard of or even play it. That's the name of the game is quite simple. Often played by girls in the past among the Java community that has now been somewhat rarely played anymore. Although sometimes performed by young boys or a mix of male and female.

Jeg-Jegan - Traditional Games

Jeg-jegan - Traditional Games

For a game that one child is more often played by boys than girls. However, sometimes also played by girls only or mixed, ie, boys and girls. Games jeg-jegan requires running speed and physical strength, so it is more widely played by boys than girls. Elsewhere, the game is also called betengan, because it does take place bersinggah or headquarters for both sides of the player.

Jaranan - Traditonal Games

Jaranan - Traditional Games

Perhaps inspired by animal horse (Javanese: horse) as an animal mounts, then the children in the Java community to create a child Dolanan called jaranan piggy back . Shapes, images, and ornaments are made to resemble horses. Finally, it is commonly called jaranan toy. Almost in every region in the Java Dolanan recognize this characteristic. Until now there's also Dolanan this model in various parts of Java, especially if there is a night market, puppet show, traditional markets, cembengan, sekaten, or other traditional performances at the celebration Merti dhusun (nyadran). Javanese traditional arts are even wearing jaranan as one tool to show, for example Jathilan. Only, the shape and size is larger, according to the posture of an adult.

Cublak-Cublak Suweng - Traditional Games

Cublak-Suweng - Traditional Games

Javanese traditional children's games this one is how to play is also quite simple, namely Cublak-Cublak Suweng. Presumably giving the name of the game is also inspired by the tools used to play a kind of suweng (Earring) who did the horn, commonly called uwer. The tool is usually grasped by the children who play cublak-cublak suweng. If there is no similar objects, it can be replaced with gravel or other objects of pearls, and artificial objects were considered as suweng. However, although the tool used is not suitable early-first, but the game is still called

Benthik - Traditional Games

Benthik - Traditonal Games

Boys in the Java community who were born before the 1970's, would have been familiar with a game called benthic. They certainly will rememberall kinds of tools and how to play the game. Indeed, this game is also one type of traditional games often played by boys in communities past. Possible for children born in the year 2000 upwards, especially among urban, this game is no longer known, because it's not a day longer.In the past 70 years, this traditional game was already known by the Java community.Evidently, the term of this game has been recorded in Baoesastra (Dictionary) Java works WJS Poerwadarminta published in 1939 in Weltevreden Batavia (Jakarta).

Enggrang - Traditional games

Enggrang - Traditional Games

This one is a traditional game tools already familiar to the children in the Java community, because almost certainly be found easily in many places in remote rural and urban, in the past. Dolanan stilts including children, because this game has emerged since at least once before the independence of the Republic of Indonesia, during the Dutch colonization.It was as recorded in Baoesastra (Dictionary) Java WJS article Poerwadarminto issue 1939 page 113, mentioned the word-egrangan stilts Dolanan interpreted by using a tool called stilts. While the stilts themselves given meaning given bamboo or wood footing (for legs) to move freely walking legs.

Dhakonan - Traditional Games

Dhakonan - Traditional Games

For the Javanese, particularly for the girls period in the 1970s and earlier, dhakon game may already be familiar. This traditional game is to play their part in the world, especially in rural areas. Dhakon wood with carvings were also encountered, especially among the palace owned by the nobility and aristocracy of Java. Indeed, this dhakon toys became one of the daughter's favorite toy from among the nobility and the royal palace. But unfortunately, the game slowly began to no longer recognized by the new generation along with the times.However, it does not mean there is no dhakon tool in the present. There's also a dhakon in the Java community today.

Gobak Sodor (Go Back Trough The Door)-Traditional game

Go Back Trough The Door - Traditional Games

Traditional Game gobag Sodor is certainly familiar to the children of Javanese society is now aged 30 years and over. Familiar game among children in the 1970s is often played by boys or adults sometimes by the Java community in times of leisure time, especially when the full moon night. One of the activities to fill a full moon usually by playing the traditional form of Dolanan gobag Dolanan Sodor. This game was also already recorded in Baoesastra (dictionary) Java in 1939 written by WJSPoerwadarminto publications J.B. Wolters' Uitgevers Maatschappij, N.V. Groningen, Batavia. In the dictionary it is listed on page 158, mentioned

Traditional Musical Instrument

Gamelan - Traditional musical instrument

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Traditional Batik

Kinds of Batik

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Wayang Kulit - Art of Puppet Skin

Wayang Kulit - Kind of Puppet Skin

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