Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word BEDHAYA
BEDHAYA
Definitions of BEDHAYA
- A sacred ritual Javanese dance, associated with the royal palaces of Yogyakarta and Surakarta.
- A performer of this dance.
Number of letters
7
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using BEDHAYA in a Sentence
- In addition to using traditional Indonesian gamelan music, Morris studied Indonesian dance, Indonesian puppet theater (wayang kulit) and traditional Javanese court dances, such as the bedhaya and serimpi, extensively borrowing movements, formation patterns and hand gestures from the dances for this work.
- The development of the sacred dance bedhaya and important developments in gamelan and wayang are attributed to the court of Sultan Agung.
- The bedhaya has different forms in the two court cities, the bedhaya Ketawang in Surakarta (Solo) and the bedhaya Semang in Yogyakarta, the latter of which has not been performed for more than 20 years.
- Legends recount her love for Senopati and the famous Sultan Agung of Mataram, which continues to be recounted in the ritualized Bedhaya dance by the royal line of Surakarta, and she is honored by the susuhunans of Solo/Surakarta and the sultans of Yogyakarta, Central-Java.
- In Sundanese, Javanese, and Balinese dances, the sembah gesture often incorporated into dance movements, such as bedhaya, serimpi, topeng, wayang orang, panyembrama and pendet dances.
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