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| Art and Karawitan Performance by ESTE UMM (Photo: Special) |
Around a hundred students are wearing traditional costumes at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM). It was a part of the Seni and Karawitan event organized by the Elementary School Teacher Education Study Program (ESTE) on January 18th. The event entitled Pagelaran Sandya Widangga attracts a lot of attention and displays tens of arts.
Speaking about the event, Delora Jantung Amelia, M.Pd. one of the lecturers of ESTE explained that the main purpose is to generate creativity among the students. Several outcomes are expected, such as training students to be creative in exploring the local wisdom of their respective regions.
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"We chose the theme of local wisdom as a way for them to think and find out about each other's traditions. It also introduces the distinctiveness of various regions," she added.
This annual performance is a collaboration between the lecturer of Art Studies and Karawitan Studies featuring craft art, batik creativity, dance creations, and musical arrangements. There is also a batik creation with a local wisdom pattern. Unlike the traditional batik, the patterns displayed are not only sourced from pakem batik but must display the patterns of each region.
Such as NTB which has Uma Lengge, a traditional building used as a residence and granary. The students will draw it as a pattern and put it into their batik. Uniquely, this event showcases the results of dance and music that they arrange independently. They are free to be creative in the rhythm and dance movements that they will perform.
Delora explained that this event was aimed at developing creativity skills and courage, especially for elementary school educators. For those elementary school educators. Therefore, ESTE students are required to do various things to train their awareness and explore the richness of the archipelago's culture.
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Delora hopes that this event is not only aimed at students but can also provide benefits for people outside UMM. "Later on, we want to invite art activists from outside UMM to collaborate," she said.
Meanwhile, one of the students who performed Norma Laksmi said she was happy and was challenged by this performance. She and her team managed to perform karawitan after two months of training. Although she felt nervous, she was satisfied with the performance.
"It's certainly a wonderful example of preserving and introducing culture. Moreover, many youths nowadays do not care about Indonesian culture. Hopefully, it will inspire the others to do the same thing," said the student from Tulungagung. (*tri/wil/put)
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