Ludruk Traditional Arts Madiun, East Java, Indonesia

Ludruk is an art performance that functions as a medium of public entertainment. In addition ludruk also functions as an expression of the atmosphere of people's lives. Ludruk's art is also often used as a channeling of social criticism towards government and also community discussions that occur.

Ludruk art depicts the folk culture that was born for the "rebellious" model of palace and palace art such as wayang and ketoprak whose stories are too elite and cannot be changed by the people.

Ludruk Traditional Arts Madiun, East Java, Indonesia

Ludruk stories generally raise the problem of everyday people's lives with the use of language that is more populist or equivalent and seems "rough" without uploading really (trending language) when compared to the language used in puppets or ketoprak.

In the revolutionary period, ludruk not only served as a means of entertainment but also a means of communication between the underground fighters and the people who watched it.

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Ludruk Traditional Arts Madiun, East Java, Indonesia

During the Japanese colonial era, ludruk art functioned as a medium of criticism towards the government. This is especially evident in the Cak Durasim ludruk which is famous for the parikan "Omahe Dara Pagupon, melting Nippon more miserable". With this same parish, Cak Durasim has succeeded in arousing the people's displeasure towards Japan. Cak Durasim was finally arrested and died in Japanese custody.

Layout of Ludruk Ludruk as a traditional drama has characteristics, including:

1. Performing ludruk does not use a script. The power of ludruk is in the improvisation of each play or player.

2. There is a female role played by men.

3. There are chants of jula-juli, both in remo dance, bedayan dance, slapstick, and story.

4. A musical accompaniment in the form of gamelan with slendro or pelog music.

5. The show opens with the Ngremo Dance.

6. There is a Bedayan scene.

7. There is a dish / joke / joke joke.

8. There is a parody interlude.

9. Luduk stories are taken from people's daily stories, historical stories, and are expressions of daily life.

10. Clothing adjusts the story to be staged.

11. Language adapted to the play that was staged, can be Javanese (ngetanan), madura, and Indonesian.

The structure of ludruk performance is as follows:

1. Opening, filled with male and female Remo Dance attractions. Remo dancers usually sing the Jula-juli song.

2. Next to the Bedayan Dance, in the form of a display of some parodies with light dancing while singing the hymns of juli-juli.

3. Then the slapstick in the form of the appearance of a comedian who sang a ball of jula-juli followed by several other comedians. They then dialogue with humorous material.

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