2/2/11

Debus art Culture of Banten, Indonesian

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Art History Debus
Debus Banten community is original art created during the 16th century, that is precisely in the reign of Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin (1532-1570), in order to spread Islam. Islamic religion was introduced into Banten by Sunan Gunung Jati, one of the founders of the Sultanate of Cirebon, in 1520, in conjunction with the conquest expedition peacefulness of Sunda Kelapa. Then, when the power held by the Sultan of Banten Ageng Tirtayasa (1651-1682), Debus focused as a tool to evoke the spirit of the warriors in the fight against the Dutch colonialists. Moreover, in his reign was going tensions with immigrants from Europe, especially the Dutch traders who are members of the VOC. The arrival of these colonialists on the one hand raise the spirit of jihad of the Muslims archipelago, but on the other side make the deepening of belief in Islam is uneven, which are mixing faith with pre-Islamic traditions. This is contained in art whistle.

Forms of Attraction Debus

Games whistle is a form of art which combined with dance, voice and nuanced magical mystical art. Arts whistle is usually performed as a complement to traditional ceremonies, or for the entertainment community. The show began with the opening of the (bloated), the readings sholawat or rebound of praise to the Prophet Muhammad, the dhikr of Allah, accompanied by percussion instruments for thirty minutes. The next event is outs, ie rebound dhikr singing loud, shrill, bersahut-replication with accompaniment tetabuhan. Along with outs, attractions immunity demonstrated in accordance with the wishes of his players: pierced belly with a cudgel, spear, or weapon almadad without injury; slicing limbs with knives or machetes, eating fire, insert the wire needle into the tongue, cheek skin and other body until redeem without bleeding; slicing limbs to wounded and bleeding but can be cured instantly with just wipe, flush the body with hard water to clothes worn pulverized crushed but the skin remains intact. In addition, there are also attractions crackers or fry an egg on its head, burn the body with fire, climb stairs or occupy composed of a very sharp machete, and rolled in a pile of glass or porcelain. Attractions ends with gemrung, namely games musical instruments tetabuhan.

Spiritual leaders Debus

One of the spiritual leaders Debus Banten origin who want to put forward in this paper is the Tuba or Abah Barce Barce Banten. He is quite known among the population as a spiritual leader Debus Banten 'modern'. It is said that she could cure various diseases that can not be cured by medical treatment today. He is also often invoked as a personal adviser to spiritual issues by the political elite in Jakarta.

Abah Barce was instrumental in introducing the arts whistle to go abroad, like the United States, Australia, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Spain and the Netherlands. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Amsterdam in 1985. In addition, he is chairman of Society for Paranormal Indonesia Banten branch since May 2003, the chairman of Judo Association Silat-Karate-Banten, Banten and founder of the Islamic Army in 1999.

According to Abah Barce, Debus has nothing to do with the mystical or magic, not like most people during this assumption, because magic is the same as shirk (associating partners with Allah). He also said that the whistle is used by the ancient scholars to fight the invaders.

Arts Debus For Tourism Potential

Apart from the assumption whistle is closely related to the mystical world that conflict with Islam, the doctrine that played a role in the history of the creation of art whistle in Indonesia, as well as the implementation of attractions that started with prayer readings and rebound sholawat Prophet. Undeniably, Debus Banten is a traditional art that can serve as an attraction for tourists.


So, why not preserve and develop the arts Debus, who is also a hallmark of culture Banten.

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