REOG
Not yet known for certain what is meant by the term "Reog" and where they originate and who first established arts "reog". Is there only in the area alone or in Priangan lainnyapun areas are as Art Reog Ponorogo? The answer has not obtained clear information and no one has traced the history of this reog art journey.
However, the general public is widely known when TVRI reog art show Art Reog regularly played by the police with the perpetrators, among others "Mang Diman Cs" (gup BKAK). Or about year 1967 appears Reog Women association with the characters Mr. and Mrs. Emen Anah and the possibility emerged in the art reog lainyapun not only clearly recorded.
There is an opinion that the term ": reog" is short for Reorganization OGEL (OGEL arts, buffoonery and dance), there are unisex reog opinion that the term of keseniak reaction, or other opinion, that it comes from reog ugal-IGEL (because players move the limbs to dance with hilarious dance or as a joke). It is said khabarnya since the time of the guardians of this art was, and always played by the students. Until the year 1953 appears reog groups include groups led Wargi Single Reog Amin Pa Mihardja and leadership Ajendam Reog Group Pa Dase.
Like other art, art reogpun liked by the people, especially people in rural and small urban communities because they contain elements of entertainment and attractions drum rhythms (dogdog: Bahasa Sunda) who was beaten in a varied and combined with a funny dance and song lyrics full of social messages and religious.
Although art imported from the west but more abundant in the particular society reog still like art. Only the players and the organization increasingly difficult to be found and if there they were usually from the older generation. Pertunjukannyapun less and less because there is no or very lack of order gig.
Even when the rare entertainment there Kemerdekaanpun anniversary committee reog because menjadualkan arts community and more to like dangdut band Westernized.
Arts reog usually played by four people with the structure; a puppeteer, controlling the game, a representative puppeteer, and two other people as servants. Puppeteer holding drum or dogdog measuring 20 cm dogdog called Tilingtingtit, assistant puppeteer holding the drum size 25 cm or so-called Panempas and third players to use dogdog size is 30-35 cm and the four players holds Bangbrangserta size 45 cm dogdog called also Badublag . The third and fourth player usually serves as a comedian while the players union and the two control scenario storyline. Old game ranges from one to one and a half hours and for pengirinng the songs as a distraction or a complement is the drummer waditra with equipment such as two saron, drum, fiddle, goong, dllnya xylophone.
At current developments one might decrease quality reog art because the players are too old buffoon dogdognya while playing only briefly, so the allusion appears in Bahasa Sunda Cul dogdog live IGEL, meaning dogdognya left (not played) IGEL (ibing and melawaknya) which precedence.
Although already sidelined, there are still many people who hoped that the mass media such as; TVRI, and the private television stations showing the kinds of art like this reog.
Finally, the Government held a festival Bandung Bandung Reog as that followed by around 32 groups and marks are still there in the neighborhood arts community Reog Sunda especially in Bandung. Certainly in the area there lainyapun just the absence of a coordinating or absence of such a meeting led festivals they do not appear or they just play in the neighborhood.
