Dance Mask, this art is original art Cirebon area, including Indramayu and Jatibarang. Mask dance is one of the dances in the Tatar Parahyangan. Mask dance called because the dancers use masks when dancing. This mask dance yourself a lot of variety, and experienced growth in terms of movement, as well as stories to be conveyed. Sometimes the mask dance performed by dancers indecent dance solo, or can also be played by several people.
One other type of mask dance is a mask dance wungu rover golden mask is a series of dance styles that tell the queen Kencana Parahyangan wungu who was being chased by a king who fancied Minakjingga fancied him. Basically, each representing the masks each character describes the human disposition. Kencana Wungu, with a blue mask, representing the character swiftly but gracefully. Minakjingga (also called a rover), with a red mask represents a hot-tempered character, tempramental and impatient. This dance work Soeradiredja Nugraha.
Hand and body movements are graceful, and musical accompaniment is dominated by the drum and fiddle, is another hallmark of the mask dance.
Mask Dance Arts was studied in the studio still exists-that there is a dance studio, and is still often performed on special occasions local official, or in other areas of traditional moments.
One is a mask dance maestro Rasinah Mimi, an active dance and teaches studio art at the Mask Dance Mask Dance Mimi Rasinah Pekandangan located in the village, Indramayu. Since 2006, Mimi Rasinah suffer paralysis, but he was still excited to performing, dancing and teaching until his death mask dance, Mimi Rasinah died in August 2010 at the age of 80 years.
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