Cirebon Mask dance The Mask dance was developed and expanded among the people of Cirebon and around the area before the islamic
Cirebon Mask dance The Mask dance was developed and expanded among the people of Cirebon and around the area before the islamic religion entered. Sunan Kalijaga took advantage of the dance as a missionary endeavor to spread the islamic religion. Therefore, many of the Cirebon mask are imbued by islamic philosophies. The Cirebon Mask Dance has fifive dance principles, namely Panji, Samba, rumyang, Temenggung and Rahwana (Klana). Those fifive dances stand alone and are not biased if united with each other. All fifive have different characteristic and accompanied with different instruments.
Size: 2848px × 4288px
Location: Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia
Photo credit: © Tjetjep Rustandi / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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