Ebeg Dance

Ebeg Dance

Ebeg an art form of dance that uses puppets Banyumas horse made of woven bamboo.Ebeg dance in Banyumas describe warriors who were riding a horse. Dance movement which describes the bravery exhibited by players Ebeg. It is estimated that this Ebeg art has existed since ancient times exactly when humans began to embrace the flow of animism and dynamism. One of the corroborating evidence in the ranks Ebeg old art is the existence of the forms in trance (trance) or wuru. Forms like this is characteristic of art that was born in the days of animism and dynamism.

Attraction
In a dish Ebeg going through a unique scene that usually placed in the middle of the show.Attractions such as are known in terms mendhem Banyumasan language (in trance).Players will start doing trance and unique attractions. Form of attractions such as: eating Beling or broken glass, eat immature leaves, eating chicken meat that is still alive, act like monkeys, snakes, and others.

Musical instrument
Equipment used for accompaniment gendhing include drums, saron, kenong, gongs and trumpets .. To accompany this dance is always used songs like rhythm Banyumasan ricik-ricik, gudril, blendrong, lung gadung, aware, mindful, (crebonan), and others. A unique, while performances, while trance (trance / mendem) of the players used to eat broken glass (glass) or other sharp items, peeled coconut with teeth, eat rice from the stalk, dhedek (bran), embers, In the show, accompanied ebeg by gamelan, commonly called bendhe.

Recent Developments
Due to cultural development in Banyumas and orentasi an art show also that in the early stages is a means of ritual has bergesear on the performing arts business, improvement in Ebeg was immediately performed. Structuring the Ebeg which may include forms of accompaniment, refining the movement of dance, costume or properties is mostly done by the artist Banyumas.