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Indonesian Reggae (part 1)

Posted on August 28, 2012
Rastafarian elements into Indonesia via the medium of music, Reggae music for the Rastafarian music is considered a spriritual. One of the musisinya is the Bob Marley, which is an important actor in terms of the spread of the Rastafarian not only in indonesia but also in the world. It is related to the influence of communication media such as television, which also support the process within its range. So indirectly communication media form a culture which went on to become a commodity society especially in adolescents who tend to look at a form of consumption and away from the Pack out of existence or appearance

Dreadlock Hair Style

Concentration With Harmonie

Dance of Mind

Transvestites Parade

Posted on July 29, 2012
The First Anthropology of Brawijaya Field School with My Nokia E51 Camera (part 6e). Transvestites parade at Gondanglegi Southern Malang. Transvestite or Drag Queen is one of the community known as the lifestyle and unusual behavior. They are actually men, yet behave and dress up like women. Life as it is affected by two reasons: biological and social. Because biological heredity and genetic. Social factors occur due to environmental influences that participate in make a man become a woman for example live in a civil majority women and frustrating overload.

Dancing behind truck...

...salone salon..

...arrival...

...guide of parade..

..traditional dress...

The First Anthropology of Brawijaya Field School with My Nokia E51 Camera (part 6d)

Posted on July 18, 2012
Make sure has been installed properly
Gondanglegi wetan village not only have one dance of Sakera group. There are several groups of different dance costumes but in one movement and the desire to preserve cultural heritage, ancestors.

trumpet departure
the identity of the bearer
pliable dance

moves with dance   

the guard

The First Anthropology of Brawijaya Field School with My Nokia E51 Camera (part 6c)



Carnival event held for the first time in the village of gondanglegi, East. This event has attracted a lot of visitors and participants from both the community village until outsiders including students.

Children and youth

a symbol of status and prestige village chief

 big motorcycle parade
gold and wife the village chief

The First Anthropology of Brawijaya Field School with My Nokia E51 Camera (part 6b)

Bantengan (Leang Leong) is one of the famous folk art in the region of Gondanglegi. Art combines three Chinese Dragon culture i.e. in giant and Java on a bull and other animals (Tiger and monkey)). Performing Arts presents the mystical atmosphere  that is strong and many who have possessed soul (trance).

boy and the bull's head
Sound system that runs

Composing the bull's body 

the process of pasting a familiar spirit

Early trance 

The First Anthropology of Brawijaya Field School with My Nokia E51 Camera (part 6a)

The sixth day, July 7, 2012
We do accompaniment for a special event conducted by the village. This event is done to welcome Ramadan and seek blessings for prosperity always smoothly. There are various performances and the Arts in the Carnival, ranging from traditional dance, drum bands and transvestites contest.


Preparation 
Leang Leong art performance 

Dance and Aerobic Team

Mask from village Wates

Other Contingent

The First Anthropology of Brawijaya Field School with My Nokia E51 Camera (part 5)

Posted on July 17, 2012
Fifth day, July 6, 2012
The Fifth day is the day of religion, because we conducted research with a focus on religious activities in addition to conducting interviews and intensive observation.

Decorative balloon seller 

Front of Great Mosque (Masjid Besar Gondanglegi) 

With beautiful ornaments and colored

Other perspective