serimpi dance

Dance Pakubuwono srimpi IX sangopati this work, is actually a dance work Pakubuwono IV who ruled the Kingdom of Surakarta Sultanate in 1788-1820 with a Srimpi sangopati itself sangapati word comes from the word 'the apathy "of a candidate replacement term for king.


When Pakubuwono IX of Surakarta Sultanate courts ruled in 1861-1893, he was concerned to Sangapati rename Sangupati.

This is related to an incident that occurred in his reign the Dutch colonial government forced to Pakubuwono IX in order to submit a coastal land to the Dutch island of Java. While meeting these problems Pakubuwono negotiations IX Dutch entertain the guests with dances srimpi sangopati

Indeed srimpi dance presentation is not only used as a mere entertainment, but the actual presentation was intended as a preparation for death of Dutch, because it means sangopati said provision to die. Therefore, the pistols are actually used for dancing filled with real bullets. This meant if the failure, then the penaripun was ready to sacrifice his soul. So this is evident in the use of "sampir" which means white color purity and IX ketulusan.Pakubuwono known as the king is very courageous in the Dutch colonial government opposed the ruler of Indonesia at the time.

Actually dare to oppose the Dutch attitude is based on the events that caused the death of his father is Pakubuwono VI (Indonesian national hero) who died from shot to death while serving his sentence Dutch expelled the island of Java when Pakubuwono VI died Pakubuwono IX which should replace the king as it still is in GKR Prameswari content Ageng mother is still in the womb due to the age of 3 months, then after Pakubuwono to VI died of a king is the uncle Pakubuwono Pakubuwono VII IX VII died when Pakubuwono which replace the king's uncle as Pakubuwono Pakubuwono VII IX. Only after Pakubuwono VIII IX died Pakubuwono menuruskan throne of his father continued Pakubuwono VI as king when he was 31 years old.

After Pakubuwono IX died in 1893 at the age of 64 years he was succeeded by his son Pakubuwono X at the pleasure of this dance Pakubuwono X Srimpi Sangupati has replaced Pakubuwono's father's name by a srimpi Sangapati IX, with the intention that all acts or human behavior should always be shown to create and maintain safety and welfare for life. This is seen reflected in the symbolic meaning of the dance srimpi describe real sangopati by defeating lust man who always accompany each other and trying to win control of man himself.

One property of Surakarta Palace is in the midst Kasunanan conservation effort are the various types of dances that often decorate and entertain at various events held in the palace environment. Of the various types of dance known until now is Serimpi Sangupati dance. Sangupati own naming it is one form of strategy in defeating the enemy.

This dance deliberately in traction as one form of politics to derail an agreement that will be held with the Dutch at that time. This is done to anticipate that the court does not need to let go of the northern coastal areas and some existing teak forests, if the agreement is intended to be defeated.

Serimpi Sangaupati dance itself is a dance performed and 4 female dancers in the midst of the four dancers dance with them with expertise and providing liquor to the Dutch by using gelek inuman.

Tactics proved highly effective as, at least can lead to the Dutch side did not realize that he was deceived. Because already seduced by the beauty of dance combined with the increasing number of liquor or wine that they ditegak (Netherlands) and then drunk. Tail, which was originally an agreement will be finally successfully thwarted. With the failure of these agreements so some areas mentioned above can be saved.

However, that should be recognized in this dance is the courage of the warrior princess which in this case represented by the dancer's serimpi. Because if the strategy was detected by the Dutch, then that will be their first tumbal dancers are.

You could say they were soldiers in the front row of the determinant of whether the mission succeeded and thwart the agreement. So to obscure the real mission is in the dance the dance's name was called Serimpi Sangaupati sangu defined as starch.

Currently Serimpi Sangaupati still danced, but only serves as a dance entertainment. And the wine scene in the dance that is still there but only a symbol done; alone, not with real wine.

Agreement between the Keraton Surakarta Kasunanan with the Dutch side that happened around the 1870s.

source: http://kotalamakita.blogspot.com/2008/12/tari-serimpi.html