Yogyakarta Exotic Baron Beach

Row the southern coast of Yogyakarta does have its own beauty. The beaches stretches from east to west. One of the beaches is Baron beach. This beach located in Kemadang village, Tanjungsari, Gunung Kidul regency. It is about 40 kilometers from Yogyakarta city.

Visitors will be spoiled with the beauty of the wind and the magnitude of the waves making out with sand. The beach which has brown sand is meeting between sea water and fresh water sourced from flow river that empties in to the corner of the Baron beach. Other than as a tourist attraction, Baron beach also as dock for fishermen to and from sea. Then visitors can see the result of marine resources such as lobster, pomfret, and snapper. Visitors can buy fresh fish directly from fishermen or fish that has been cooked and ready to eat in the restaurant around this beach.

Baron beach which is a bay flanked by two hills provides a special moment namely Sedekah Laut ceremony (ceremony for sea). This ceremony held by local fishermen for offerings and as fisherman's gratitude for abundance of substance. Sedekah Laut ceremony held on Suro month (Javanese calender). Indeed a very attractive tourist. For visitors who visit to this beach, Baron beach charge a entrance ticket for visitors about Rp 5.000

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The Balinese Wayang Puppet Shadow Performances

The wayang puppet show is perhaps the most famous show in Balinese theater, albeit the most difficult to understand. Basically an epic narrative, it is the key to Bali's unique world of myths, symbol and religious beliefs. The puppet master, or dalang, tells his story by projecting the shadows of the puppets he manipulates behind a white screen and a large lamp. He plays several characters at once, shifting from Old-Javanese to High-Balinese, singing and hitting a box to mark the rhythm. A good dalang is a one-show, being in turns smart, funny and melancholic.

the dalang borrows the frame of his narrative from the great epics of the Ind-Javanese tradition, the Mahabarata and the Ramayana, although other stories may sometimes be used. He the creates his own episodes, usually concerning a hero's quest for a magical weapon, heavenly secret or partner. The Hero, accompanied by buffoons, succeeds eventually after tortuous adventure in the wilderness and fights with evil giants. The two sets of puppets - the heroes on the right, villains on the left - symbolist the eternal struggle between good and evil. But for the audience, the dalang's ability to poke fun at everyone through the mouths of the buffoons in no less important that the narrative.

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See also other Balinese Dances: Balinese Kecak Dances  Balinese Barong Dances Balinese Pendet&Panyembrama Dances Balinese Kebyar Duduk Dances Balinese Joged Bumbung Dances  Balinese Topeng Dances Balinese Legong Keraton Dances Balinese Gambuh Dances Balinese Wayang Dances  Balinese Shadow Puppet Dances

The Balinese Joged Bumbung Dance

 The Joget Bumbung is one of few exclusively secular dance of Bali in which the brightly-dressed dancer invites men form the crowd to dance with her in a pretense of seduction. the music is made with bumbung (bamboo) instruments. This dance is very popular with tourists. The dance begins with a long opening sequence by the female dance. Then, long shawl in her hand, she selects a man from the audience by either pointing with her fan or touching his waist. He (the pengibing) come on stage to hots from the audience, and expected to be as adept at teasing as the women dancer. The better he is, the louder the cheers and roars from the crowd. He may try to pinch her, dance hip yo hip with her, or even behave like an angry lover and try to hit her.Gendrainayu cemetery, to present offerings of dead flesh to Durga, the goddess of death. Durga agrees to the destruction, although she warns the witch not to enter the city of Dana.

But thewitch does not heed Durga's advice and the kingdom is soon hit by grubug (a plague) and the villages

quickly become cemeteries, people dying even before they can bury their dead. corpses are scattered everywhere and the stench is unbearable. The only person who can defeat the witch is Mpu Baradah. At the king's request, Bharadah sends his disciple Bahula pretends to ask for Ratna Manggali's hand in marriage, and while the witch is away, Bahula steals the magic weapon with the help of Ratna Manggali. Then he gives the stolen weapon to teacher Bharadah. The weapon turns out to be a manuscript containing the key to ultimate release (moksa) which has been used upside-down by Calonarang.

Bharadah goes to Dana to challenge the witch. With the help of the Barong, she is defeated. Before being killed, she asks to be released from her curse and purified.

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See also other Balinese Dances: Balinese Kecak Dances  Balinese Barong Dances Balinese Pendet&Panyembrama Dances Balinese Kebyar Duduk Dances Balinese Joged Bumbung Dances  Balinese Topeng Dances Balinese Legong Keraton Dances Balinese Gambuh Dances Balinese Wayang Dances  Balinese Shadow Puppet Dances