HISTORY OF SANG HYANG GANDRUNG IN SIDATAPA
Sang Hyang Gandrung Dance is a sacred dance performed every 3 years, for 42 days, held every Balinese, Month / Sasih date around August to September.
Regarding the history of
Sanghyang Gandrung Dance there is no history in particular, but Sanghyang Gandrung Dance is a dance created by an artist, which where the artist is also not known by the resource person because the lontar which stated about Sanghyang Gandrung Dance has been lost brought by the previous village apparatus.
Sanghyang Dance was created to eliminate calamities or epidemics in Balinya language called Mrana. While Gandrung Dance was created as a dance offerings to the gods for the grace given in the form of an abundant harvest to humans. And in the first staging in the tug is
Gandrung Dance and then followed by Sanghyang Dance.
Sanghyang Gandrung Dance is an art that has been included in a Sacred Art. If viewed from the point of art, Sanghyang Gandrung dance has artistic value in terms of dance moves, gong accompaniment and accompaniment of songs that can entertain and provide guidance for people who watch it. And Sanghyang
Gandrung Dance also has sacred value seen from the start of its staging preparation which uses banten tubungan (canang sheet), the performance is staged in the temple area (jaba side) and its performances every three years and Sanghyang gandrung dance has a function and meaning that is very important for local community.
For things related specifically about Sanghyang Gandrung Dance mainly seen from the cost of dancers here costumes used by dancers is very simple. It is said that the costumes are simple because they do not use the typical dance pakean that we often see, but the dancers wear the clothes that they have their own and sober. As for clothes for the female dancers (Sanghyang dancers), they wear kamen, belt wrap (bebet), angkin, rembang shawl, and headdress in the form of gold flowers. And for male dancers (Gandrung dancers) his clothes are not much different from the sanghyang dancer, which distinguishes them only in headdresses. Gandrung dancers use a headdress in the form of a rejang button ornament but added with tassels from a plastic rope.
In particular use is not guided by special colors and which is highlighted here is the use of the fan.
A. Understanding Dance Sang Hyang Gandrung
Sang Hyang Dance performed by two female dancers who are still single or more, which is symbolic of the dancers of heaven (Dedari). Gandrung dance performed by two male dancers who are still bachelors or more, which is symbolic of the spirits (Butakala) in accordance with its name Gandrung which means loved by Gandaruwo / Buta kala. By stopping this dance all the evil spirits of a negative nature feel comforted to witness the performance of this dance, the Blind Kala enjoy watching this performance.
Sanghyang Gandrung ceremony is a sacred dance performed once every 3 years, for 42 days, held every lunar calendar / soba karo-third, around August to September. The main purpose of holding a Sanghyang Gandrung ceremony is to repel reinforcements where spirits such as blindness are given the offerings of caru in the form of a colorful cone (panca warna) placed under a sanggah cucuk dedicated to the Blind Kala. White cone as much as 2 pieces placed on sanggah cucuk dedicated to God the ruler / controller of the Blind Kala.
B. The series of Sanghyang Gandrung ceremonies from the beginning are as follows:
1. Beginning with nguduhang urak (run the directions) by bringing lontar written about the implementation of the ceremony and inform the village kerama to pay urunan and ngaturang papeson accordance with the assigned each kerama desa
2. Next 3 (three) days after Urak walking, newly held piuning ceremony and ceremony, held in the north of the village celagi this ceremony is an initial ceremony to offer offerings to the ruler of the sea (Betara Segara) aim to neutralize nyomya spirits. The intruder who came from the seas (sea) for 3 days accompanied by the execution of percussion, night was staged sanghyang gandrung dance.
3. The next ceremony is the same as above held in bencingah pura puseh village bale agung aim to dedicate to the ruler who is in the pura puseh of the village bale agung and neutralize the spirits that are negative.
4. Next the same ceremony as above is held in pemedal Pura Dalem (pemangkala) to offer offerings to the ruler who is in Pura Dalem aim to neutralize for spirits that are negative from the grave nature.
