APSARAS CLASSICAL DANCE OF KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA AND JAVANESE DANCE OF INDONESIA

 APSARAS CLASSICAL DANCE OF KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA🇰🇭  AND JAVANESE DANCE OF INDONESIA 🇮🇩 🤝❤️🇰🇭

HISTORY OF APSARAS CLASSICAL DANCE OF CAMBODIA🇰🇭 :

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Involving a fragment of the Ramayana “the ancient Indian epic”, the Apsara Dance has had its roots in Hindu animism since the 1st century.

During the Angkor era (the reigns of Cambodian King Jayavarman II to VII), this dance took on its own unique form, graceful movements, and deep meaning. By the 13th century, it was the typical Cambodian(Khmer) than the Indian. The images of wanton dancers, adorned with gold headdresses and silken tunics and skirts, were carved on the walls of Angkor Temple and many other temples. Three of of Apsara images were found on the walls of the 12th-century court of King Jayavarman VII.

Over the centuries, classical Khmer dancing lent its influence to the classical ballet of the neighboring countries. Some of its postures and movements are similar to other Southeast Asian dancing. However, Princess Bopha Devi said, “The Khmer kingdom started its cultural tradition in the 6 th century,700 years before Thailand"

Base on Khmer mythology on base -relief on the walls of the ANGKOR Wat temple,all of APSARAS dancers "heavenly beings" and Assura (demons) churned the ocean of milk with the gigantic Naga in search for the exlixir of immorality.      

This dance portrays mera dressed in white for purity, dancing in her garden. She is accompanied by her handmaidens "Apsaras" they all produce flowers expressing great love of the people and the country.

The APSARAS dance Is deemed to a main part of the Royal Ballet of CAMBODIA.

BEAUTIFUL JAVANESE DANCE ,INDONESIA 🇮🇩

HISTORY JAVANESE DANCE :

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The island of Java is one of the islands of the Indonesian archipelago. From 1945 it is part of the independent "Republic of Indonesia".

There are many different dance styles in Java. The main styles are the Pasundan or Sunda style, Javanese and Eastern Javanese style. From the fusion of indigenous ancient and pre- Indian cultures arose a Hindu - Javanese civilization.

In the current Javanese dance we find Hindu influences, such as the beautiful hand postures. In this Hindu - Javanese period there were mainly dance dramas with masks at the courts.

JavaansedansDances were designed by order of a prince with the intent to capture a particular event.

In the 17th century, at the time of the principality Mataram belief was general Islamic (Moslem). Only then the dancing began to look as we know it now. Mataram splited into four principalities, who settled in Surakarta (Solo) and Yogyakarta (Yogya). Therefore there were now two different dance styles, Surakarta and Yogyakarta.

In classical Javanese dance, there are women and men dancing. One distinguishes in the men dance forms: Gagahan: lofty and powerful, and Halusan: noble and refined.

In Surakarta style go in the Gagahan the movements smoother and more fluent in each other than in the Yogyakarta style. That seems rather angular and broken. Also in the sophisticated men dance the Surakarta - style it is smoother. In the female dance is the sophisticated nature of both styles equally. The difference is in the movements, which are typically Surakarta or Yogyakarta style.

The classical Javanese dance borrows many stories to the Hindu period. They have roots in India. The dances pictures generally Ramayana or Mahabharata stories and characters that appear in legends and the history of Java.

In the early history of Java, there were already 'wayang' performances. The word is derived from 'bayangan’which means portrayal. "Wayan " is a visual depiction and veneration of ancestors. The 'wayang kulit' shadow is a performance in which the ancestors are portrayed with leather puppets. With a lamp, the shadows of the puppets are projected on a screen. The puppeteer or ‘dalang' tells the story.

Besides the religious dances and dance dramas there are dances, such as the ronggeng dance, a woman dance to entertain king and nobles. Outside the palace walls, this dance was called the 'tledek’.