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um Sar
iDanceSt
udi
oFounder(
Dar
a)andI
nter
viewer(
Stnj
)

Stnj
:Assalamu'
alaikum every
one, comebackagai nwi t
hme, si
tinurjanah, explor
eculturewith
NJ.Todaywewi l
l discussoneoft hecultur
est hatexistinBant en.I
nBant en,therearemany
i
nterest
ingthi
ngst odiscuss,suchast hetradit
ions,tri
bes,specialfoods, clothesandt r
adit
ional
houses,andmuchmor e.Wel
l,todaywewi l
l onl
ydi scussoneoft heculturest hatexi
stinBant en,
namelytheRampakBedugDance.Because, Iam cur r
entl
yatt heHar um Sar i
DanceSt udio,
in
PandeglangBant
en, wi
t hi
tsf
ounder ,
Mr s.Damar atiRaksaAl if
a.GoodAf ternoonMadam.

Dar
a:Goodaf
ter
noon

St
nj:
Howar
eyoumom?

Dar
a:Al
hamdul
i
ll
ah,
I'
mfi
ne.

Stnj:Pr
eviousl
y,I
,aswellasthev i
ewersofexpl
orecult
urewithNJ,wouldli
ketoaskquestions
aboutoneoft hecult
uresinBanten,namelyt
heRampakBedugdance, toMrs.astheFounderof
theHarum SariDanceStudio,whoteachesBantenregi
onaldances,oneofwhichisRampak
Bedug.Wel l
,whatisthehist
oryofthisRampakBedugdance, whatareit
sfuncti
ons,andt
he
uniquenessinthi
sdance.Pleasemot her
.

Dara:Ini
ti
al l
y,RampakBedugwasest ablishedi nPandegl angDi stri
ct .Thent hisartspr eadtot he
surroundi
ngar eas.In1960- 1970Ar t
istHaj iI
lencr eatedacr eativedancei nt hear tofdr um drum.
Rampakdr um wasl aterdevelopedbyt hear ti
stsHaj iIlen,Burhata, Juju,andRahmat .ThusHaj i
Il
enandhi st hreefriendscanbesai dtobeRampakdr um artfigures.I twasf rom t hefourof
them thatthear tofr ampakdr um spread.Thewor d"Rampak"means" si
mul taneously".So
"RampakBedug"i sthear tofdanceanddr umst hatar eplayed" si
mul taneousl y"soast o
produceadi st i
ncti
ver hyt
hm thatispleasi ngt otheear .Rampakdr um wasf irstintendedt o
welcomet hehol ymont hofRamadanandEi dal-Fi t
r.Butbecausei ti sageni usar tcreationand
attr
actstheat t
enti
onoft heaudience, thent hear tofr ampakdr um hast urnedi ntoanar tthatis
worthselli
ng, justli
keot hercommer ci almusi car ts.Initi
all
y,t
hedr um r ampakpl ayersconsisted
ofonlymen.Butnowi ti
sthesamewi t hmanyot herar tsconsisti
ngofmenandwomen.
Becauset hear tofRampakdr um showsdancest hatlookbeaut if
ul whenper f ormedbywomen.
Thenumberofpl ayer sisabout10peopl e, 5menand5women.Thef unct
ionofeachpl ayeri
s
themal eplay erasadr um anddr um drummerwhi lethef emalepl ay erasadr um dr ummer ,both
maleandf emal eplay ersaswellasdancer s.
Thef unctionoft hedrum Rampak: Asareli
giousval
ue,whichistocelebratethehol
ymont hof
Ramadanwi t
ht oolsdesignedbythescholar
softheheirsoftheProphet.Apar tf
rom cel
ebrat
ing
Tarawi han,i
tisal soanaccompani mentforTakbi
ranandMar habaan.
Recreat i
onal/entert
ainmentv al
ue.Asaneconomicv al
ue,becausethi
si sawor kofartthati
s
worthsel l
ing.Peopl eareusedtoinvi
ti
ngRampakdr um arti
ststoenli
vent hei
revent
s.Suchas
weddi ngs,cir
cumci sions,andother
s.

Stnj
:Wow, thedevel
opmentofthi
sRampakBedugdancei sextraordinar
y,andalsounique.
Becauseitusesadrum thatweoft
enencounterwhenappr oachingthecalltoprayer
,namely
thedist
inct
ivesoundofthedrum.I
naddit
ion,
inthemusi calaccompani menttuckedinthe
notesofprayer
,whichfurt
hermakest
hisdancedif
ferentfrom theothers.

Dar
a:Yes,t
hat'
sri
ght,becausethi
sdancepri
ori
ti
zesrel
igi
ouselements,
andwhatmakesi
tev
en
moreuni
queisthatther
ear esomemov ement
sthataredeli
ber
atel
ytakenf
rom Si
l
at
movements.AndSil
atit
selfisoneofBant
en'
scult
ures.

Stnj
:Yes,loy
alviewers,explore.Itisveryint
erest
ingthatthisdanceisnotoneoft hecul
turesof
Banten.Besi
deshav ingar el
igiousmeani ng,thi
sdanceal socontainsel
ement sofoneofthe
cult
uresofBanten,namel ySilat.Andt heaccompani mentofthedanceusest heBedugtool.So
fr
iends,l
et'
scontinuetopr eserveourcul t
ure,sothatitwil
lconti
nuet othenextgener
ati
onand
al
sobecomemor efamousandwor l
dwide.Thanky ouforwatchingtoday'
sepisodeofExplore
cult
urewithNJ,seey ousoon, i
nt henextepisodes.