Geographical location and range of the element Provinsi Jawa Tengah & DI Yogyakarta

5. Description of the element, not to exceed 1000 words.

The term Gamelan Ageng is used to refer to a set of gamelan, which is arranged in full slendro and pelog to meet certain requirements. Commonly used materials to make Gamelan Ageng are:

iron, brass, bronze, and other materials (wood and/or bamboo). Some metal instruments are in the form of bilah (slab-type) and some are pencon (gong-type).

Slab-type instruments are distinguished according to the character of the sound they produced which is soft and loud. Soft sounds are produced from instruments with bumbungan (resonator) and tabuh blebet (cloth-wrapped mallets). Loud sounds are generated from instruments with open resonators (saron-type instruments) and sungu (wooden or horn) tabuh (mallets) without blebet (cloth). However, there are saron-type instruments with open resonators using blebet mallets and wooden slabs called Gambang. These instruments are not categorized as instruments with loud sound character but as that of soft sound character. Slab-type instruments in a set of gamelan have different shapes and sizes. The lower the sound, the longer, wider, thinner the shape and size of the slabs. The shapes of the slabs in a set of gamelan are at least divided into two: varieties of plain slabs and blimbingan slabs (starfruit-like with many linggir or sharp edges). Plain slabs are usually used for instruments with open resonators as in the saron and gambang type instruments. Blimbingan slabs are usually used for instruments with individual

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Surakarta, the blimbingan slabs were also used for saron-type instruments. Similarly, some plain slab variations, e.g., ngunthuk banyu (imitative of water bubble); nyirah lélé (imitative of catfish head); nggigir sapi (imitative of cow back); majapahitan (curve on the outer/end sides) (Rahayu Supanggah, 2002:25).

Pencon instruments are instruments that look round from the outside. Pencon instrument bent out of approximately half a circle, right in the middle of the diameter line of each instrument.

This semicircular curve among the gamelan pande (gongsmith) is called pencu. Pencon instruments are divided according to placement: hanging and sitting. According to the prevailing customs, the pencon gantung is placed by hanging, using a rope called klanthe. Placement of pencon duduk is on pluntur or klanthe ropes. Pencon gantung covers kempul and gong type instruments in various sizes. This pencon gantung instrument has a loud and long sound character (landhung) even without a resonator like that found in gender or slenthem type instruments. Long sounds are produced because most hanging instruments have a wide cavity that functions as a resonator. Pencon duduk (types of bonang, kenong, kethuk kempyang instruments), while pencon gantung, has a short (cekak) but loud sound character. Pencon instruments, both hanging and sitting both used tabuh blebet in different shapes to adjust to the pencu shape of each instrument.

Some instruments that are not categorized as bilah (slab-type) or pencon (gong-type) are; rebab, kendang, clempung or siter, suling, kemanak, and kecèr, most of which are not made of bronze, brass or iron. The shape of each non-pencon or non-bilah instrument varies. Rebab is the only long neck plucked two-string instrument in the set of Gamelan Jawa, without fret, and with a resonator made of coconut shell or wood, which requires srenten (bridge) as the sound conduit into the resonator. Even though rebab has a resonator, the sound produced is not loud because of the organological nature of the instrument. Kendang is categorized as percussion instruments (hand-beaten). The sound source of this instrument is produced from the vibration of the skin being beaten. The raw materials of the kendang instrument are jackfruit and mango woods (pelem), trembesi (munggur), and cowhide. The shape of kendang is a double-headed drum with two cowhide membranes stretched tightly across the ends. In a set of Gamelan Jawa at least four kendhang are required in different shapes and sizes: kendhang ageng, sabet, ciblon or batangan, and kendang ketipung or penunthung. The sound character of the kendhang can be soft or loud depending on the needs. Clempung or Siter is a type of stringed instrument. Clempung or Siter has a rectangular wooden resonator box (kothak). Over the resonator box some strings are stretched (from guitar strings, used bicycle brake, etc.), approximately 24 strings are stretched from the top to the lower end through a srenten. Each note requires two strings.

Gamelan Ageng is performed in rituals and ceremonies related to human life-cycle (birth, circumcision, marriage and death). Moreover, Gamelan Ageng is also part of other art forms, such as: leather/shadow puppet, wayang orang, kethoprak, ludruk, dance, to film.

6. Name of the Communities, Groups and Individual concerned a. Communities and/ or Groups

Name : Garasi Seni Benawa

Address : Jl Jayaningsih No 13, Benowo Rt 06 Rw 08, Ngringo, Jaten, Karanganyar

Postal code

: 57772 Telephone number : +62 271 825 437

Email address : -

Name : Cahya Laras

Address : Dusun Sraten. Desa Trunuh, Kecamatan Wedi, Kabupaten Klaten

Postal code : Telephone number : +62 81 229 872 111

Email address : -

b. Individual concerned

Name : Rahayu Supanggah

Address : Karanganyar, Surakarta, Jawa Tengah Postal code : -

Telephone number : +62 816677490

Email address : -

Name : Suwita Radya

Address : Dusun Sraten. Desa Trunuh, Kecamatan Wedi, Kabupaten Klaten

Postal code

: 80235 Telephone number : +62 81 229 872 111

Email address :

7. Location and Date/Month/Year of the First Data inventory

Location : Jakarta Date : 1December 2018

8. Location and Date/Month/Year of Updated Data Inventory

Location : Jakarta Date : 25 March 2019

FORMULIR PENCATATAN WARISAN BUDAYA TAKBENDA INDONESIA

Tahun Nomor

2. Nama karya budaya (isi nama yang paling umum dipakai)

Gamelan Ageng Jawa Tengah & DI Yogyakarta 3. Domain karya budaya

✓ (01) Ekspresi dan tradisi lisan, termasuk bahasa sebagai instrumen ICH

✓ (02) Seni pertunjukan

✓ (03) Praktik sosial, ritual, dan perayaan

✓ (04) Pengetahuan dan praktik tentang alam dan alam semesta

✓ (05) Kemahiran tradisional

4. Lokasi karya budaya dan persebarannya