REOG PONOROGO
Reog Ponorogo has been designated as Indonesian Cultural Heritage with number: 201300028 in 2013, while the recording of Reog Ponorogo has been carried out since 2010 then updated in 2022 by the Youth Tourism and Sports Cultural Office of Regency, Ponorogo, East Java
A Brief History of Reog Ponorogo has been the pride of the people of Ponorogo Regency since ancient times until now. Reog Ponorogo is more than 2 centuries old. This can be seen from the manuscript of Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Anom Amengkunagara III Ing Surakarta, Pupuh di Serat Centini. However, according to legend, the existence of reog art has existed since the time of the Kediri Kingdom of the XI century. This is related to the story of Prabu Kelanasewandana's proposal procession from Wengker Kingdom to Dewi Sanggalangit from Kediri Kingdom. This legend is considered the oldest historical version of reog. Until now, the story of the legend of Prabu Kelanasewandana is still used as one of the storylines of reog performance art in Ponorogo. This storyline became known as the legendary version of the Bantarangin reog art show.
Reog Ponorogo was initially practiced and developed in Somoroto Village, Ponorogo Regency, East Java Province, then spread to all districts and villages in the Ponorogo Regency area. In addition, reog is also developing and spread in most provinces in Indonesia such as: East Java, Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Lampung, Riau, East Kalimantan, Bengkulu, Jambi, Papua, West Papua, South Sulawesi, Central Java, Special Region of Yogyakarta, West Java, Banten, Bali, Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, and West Nusa Tenggara. Reog Ponorogo is also known to develop in several countries such as America, the Netherlands, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.
Reog Ponorogo covers the domain of Tradition and Oral Expression; Performing Arts; Social Practices, RItus, and Celebrations; Knowledge and Practice of Alama and the Universe; and Traditional Proficiency.
Description Reog Ponorogo is a communal dance form and is packaged as a ballet performance consisting of mask dancers resembling large tigers decorated with peacock tail feathers (dadak merak) and several other dancers in costumes of kings, warlords, knights, and warriors riding horses. This performance art involves several dancers who have a role in the storyline presented, such as warok dancers, jatil, bujangganong (pujanggaanom), kelanasewandana, and barongan. The dancer who became the icon of the Reog Ponorogo performance is a rider who dances while carrying a peacock chest by biting with his mouth. Dadak merak is the main prop decorated with a head resembling a tiger's head and peacocks with peacock tail feathers as a very beautiful decoration. There are two legends that are often used as storylines in Reog Ponorogo performances, namely the legend of Suryongalam (Ki Ageng Kutu) and the legend of Bantarangin. The reog storyline of the legend of Suryongalam (Ki Ageng Kutu) contains political satire carried out by Demang Suryongalam (Ki Ageng Kutu) from Wengker against the reign of King Brawijaya V who was considered weak because he was too driven by his consort (Putri Campa). As for the storyline of the Bantarangin legend version of Reog, it focuses more on the story of Prabu Kelanasewandana's proposal procession from the Bantarangin kingdom to Princess Sanggalangit from the Kediri Kingdom. Reog Ponorogo music consists of a set of reog musical instruments consisting of kendang, kempul / gong, kethuk-kenong (a type of bonang), slompret, tipung (small kendang), angklung, penembang (pengrawit), and penyenggak.