In this case, it appears when the magical side is in the trance condition this trance can be performed.Ĭultural Javanese Kuda kepang Trance a Case report.Ĭopyright: © 2019 Thomas Hendriko, Elmeida Effendy. The traditional performance of kuda kepang is a change and innovation that characterises the traditional art world where kuda kepang performances are truly sacred events and now become extraordinary and can be performed. During the performance, practitionerswhile in a state of trancewithstand the force of.
Whips are a common sight at Kuda Kepang (‘Flat Horse’ in English) performances. He was one of the music players in the arts. Iswandiarjo is the fifth-generation leader of Kesenian Tedja Timur, or ‘Rainbow of Arts from the East’, one of Singapore’s earliest professional Kuda Kepang groups.
This is a case of the direct interview with the kuda kepang player, SI (30 years old), and HO (54 years old) both were the Javanese tribe as the owner of the kuda kepang art group called 'Kesenian Tunas Baru' in Sukaraya Village, Kutalimbaru District. In the International Classification of Disease Edition (ICD-10), it is called trance and possession disorders and in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders five editions (DSM-5) it is included into Other Specified Dissociative Disorder. In the kuda kepang dance, the trance process takes place through the calling of the spirit or called endang through the songs that are played. Kuda kepang or also called kuda lumping or jathilan. None of the historical records explains the origin of this dance. One of the works of Javanese culture is the kuda kepang.
