Century Jegog Bertalu in Jembrana

By Cokorda Yudhisthira

Roar is heard from the pages of complex Gedung Kesenian Dr Ir Soekarno, City State, Jembrana, Saturday (4/8) afternoon. The sound was coming from dozens of musical instruments at the bamboo ditabuh vigorously. Gaunt music echoing far away from the heart to the edge of the city.

Rumble it's coloring mebarung, peak performance of jegog festival, which was centred on the jegog complex Gedung Kesenian Dr. Ir. Soekarno, Jembrana. Mebarung means to fight so fight jegog jegog mebarung meaningful by involving two groups of art (sekaa) jegog, or more than two sekaa, simultaneously.

Hubbub is certainly due to the festival in Jembrana jegog day 73 of groups nationwide followed Jembrana. Even the boisterous atmosphere low when jegog dance ngibing ditabuh for en masse.

Among the groups that follow the 73 jegog jegog festival there are two the whole penabuhnya sekaa jegog women. Two women's groups jegog each Sekaa Werdhi Swari Jegog Ayu Woman and Woman Kusuma Sekaa Jegog Widya Ayu.

Both women came from sekaa jegog Village Poh Mendoyo, Santen, Jembrana. The appearance of a group of women that was riveting jegog audience. "It doesn't have to be monopolized Berkesenian man," said Ni Luh Sitiani, leader of the Jegog Woman Kusuma Sekaa Widya Ayu, Poh, Mendoyo Village, Jembrana Santen.

Senada Sitiani, Pioneer Woman Ayu Sekaa Werdhi Jegog Swari Village Poh Santen, Ni Nyoman pure, stating, those women in Poh Mendoyo, Santen, boasted about being able to preserve and develop the traditional arts. "We also supported my husband," said pure.

A century

Jegog is a traditional art of Jembrana. Art music tetabuhan, which the entire instrument from bamboo and is expected to be assembled is a century old. Jegog developed Kiyang, a farmer from Geliduh village of Dangin Tukadaya, Jembrana, circa 1912.

It is unclear who the true creator of the jegog because banging bamboo as a tool bebunyian is believed to have long life in the local community, the majority are farmers. However, it is certain that, until recently, still flourish in communities jegog the farming community is similar to a makepung, or buffalo racing, in Jembrana.

"As with any traditional Balinese art, anonymous, he attended jegog in the farming community who is also a traditional artists," said I Ketut Suwentra, artists from the village Of Cage, Jembrana, who is also leader Of Jembrana Sekaa Jegog Flare.

Bamboo is a plant that is closely associated with rural communities in Bali. Many bamboo functioned as everyday equipment, including in religious ceremonies. Local farmers also get to know the community and play a musical instrument, tingklik jegog but not as big in size and use bamboo jegog is split.

In addition to the device made from bamboo, has additional features, jegog i.e. the barrel not the pelog or titi slendro as do music or musical tradition, but the barrel is jegog titi on between the two.

Suwentra referred to it as a four-barreled tone jegog titi. "There is one tone that only exists on the jegog, i.e. ndaing. This makes the tone is able to collaborate with jegog music whatsoever, "said artist displays an avid Jembrana jegog domestically and abroad.

The voice is melodious with domination and boisterous jegog is when ditabuh mebarung, but could also be soft and mellifluous as ditabuh teruntungan, was worldwide, ranging from Asia to Europe.

Some tourists from Japan to watch concert jegog looks mebarung. "I love the jegog. His voice is distinctive as pervasive to the soul, "said Yoshiko, tourists from Kobe, Japan, when witnessing jegog in Jembrana.

This is a series of Festival jegog Art Festival 2012, which held Jembrana Regency Government a joint Ministry of tourism and Jembrana district Economy Creative RI since Friday (3/8) until Sunday (5/8). Jembrana district Arts Festival 2012 opened Resource Development Agency Heads tourism and Creative Economy Ministry of tourism and Creative Economy I Gde Pitana, RI last Friday.

Jegog is soul society Jembrana. Art music is already a century old this contention almost throughout the banjar in Jembrana. The uniqueness of the jegog, tetabuhan typical bamboo, it encouraged the Government of Jembrana local to propose to the list of cultural heritage of the jegog world.