“KRINGET GENDONG GUNUNG” SHOW IN TAMAN BUDAYA SURAKARTA

Dozens of women held showing Kringet Gendhong Gunung in Taman Budaya Surakarta.


Show of theatre dance directed on this Saturday (11/7), time for duration is around 1,5 hours by 70 women artists, supported by 20 musicians. Theme that raised, gender issue as reminder about violence that often happen to women, especially in the life of the household.

Women are still become issue and interesting stories, especially it’s about gender issue. Women who live through with hard problem,we try to describe on this work, said director, Murthi Waskitho, on the final prepare go to concert, in Magelang.

Dozens of women held showing Kringet Gendhong Gunung in Taman Budaya Surakarta.


Show of theatre dance directed on this Saturday (11/7), time for duration is around 1,5 hours by 70 women artists, supported by 20 musicians. Theme that raised, gender issue as reminder about violence that often happen to women, especially in the life of the household.

Women are still become issue and interesting stories, especially it’s about gender issue. Women who live through with hard problem,we try to describe on this work, said director, Murthi Waskitho, on the final prepare go to concert, in Magelang.

Arrangement process illustration of the music, by ethnic music composers as a leader, Suwandi. With performing ethnic and modern music instrument, including gamelan, violin, cello, flute and tambourine.

Many of the communities that support it, such as ABBAL ( Atas Bumi Bawah Langit) community from Muntilan, Fatma Culture Magelang city, Friends of Women, and Farner and Artists Gejayan studio.

Waskitho said, why our take gender as theme, after looking the phenomenon of women who leave on each day to work as pickaback labour ( Indonesianese call it is Buruh Gendong) in traditional market.

They are brave women that find subsistance for their families. How heavy life they are, until after the home should take their childrens, waskito said, he also as dance teacher in STKW Surabaya.

He said that the phenomenon is not only seen in village, but also in major cities. Not to mention, almost all of them faced with household violence problem.

Showing Kringet Gendong Mountain, among others, marked with three repertory contemporary dance with Wenti as choreographer, she’s also dance teacher in faculty of art in Yogjakarta State University that is Solah Kiprah, describing about courage women, Kenyo Mendes, to describe feminism of women, and Kipas Mega, describing about dynamic female energy.

The main property of stage, said Wenti, using mattress idiom, as a symbol of family relationship. Order the mattress on stage become main tools of performance to expression struggle of women in the form of dance movement with accompaniment Geguritan song by two women victims of violence and two sinden ( name for singer on these show).

Session of fashion show by the dancers from several group of women in magelang as housewife, student, and worker from Non Government Organization is also done above the mattress carpet.

“They will also perform on fashion show with using a variety of clothing such as farmers clothes, wedding clothes, lectures clothes, various dance clothes, running on top of the mattress,” she said.

She hopes that performance will build awareness about how important to respect the dignity of women.

“awareness of this communal will knock the perpetrators of violence towards women. And finally women will get their rights is not always be suppressed,” she said.