Gugur Gunung 13 Day 1 – Jawaisme Fest that Pulls at the Heartstrings

Yogyakarta (05/14/2024) - The first day of the 13th Gugur Gunung was successfully held on Monday, May 13, 2024, at Margono Hall, 1st floor, Faculty of Cultural Sciences (FIB), Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM). Jawaisme Fest, which is part of this event, managed to attract the attention of various groups, ranging from mahadaya, inculs students, FIB staff, to high school students visiting FIB UGM.

Jawaisme Fest is an exhibition of Javanese art, literature and culture. Some of the cultural products on display are archipelago manuscripts, Javanese traditional daily clothing or Yogyakarta-style padintenan, shadow puppets, gamelan sets, weton procedures, traditional games, and various other cultural products.

The Nusantara manuscripts on display include Javanese manuscripts, illustrated lontar manuscripts from Bali, and imitations of Batak manuscripts. Shadow puppets with Pandawa (Yudistira, Bima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sadewa) and Punakawan (Semar, Gareng, Petruk, and Bagong) characters were also present to welcome visitors. Some of the gamelan instruments displayed included saron, kendhang ciblon, kethuk, kempul, and gong. Traditional games such as yoyo, othok-othok hammer, othok-othok boat, bekel, ketapel or plintheng, bas basan, gasing, and various other games bring a nostalgic impression of the past. The Javanese procedures displayed, including the life cycle from birth to death and an introduction to weton, succeeded in sparking visitors' curiosity to find out more.

Javanese Shadow Puppet

Gamelan Instruments

Javanese Traditional Fashion Yogyakarta Style

Replika Naskah Batak

The various cultural products on display attracted the interest of the visitors. They showed their enthusiasm through various questions asked to the stand guards. Visitors were also given the opportunity to try various traditional games, hold and play shadow puppets, sound gamelan instruments, see Nusantara manuscripts, and try their luck at the lucky draw booth.

Two high school students learning about shadow puppets

Traditional othok-othok boat game attracts the attention of inculs students

Weton introduction to female students

Jawaisme Fest will still take place on the second day of Gugur Gunung 13, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, from 09.00 to 15.00 WIB. The second day will be even more special with the performance of a Jathilan dance drama entitled “Turangga Sastra Nuswantara” by the students of the Javanese Language, Literature and Culture Study Program. The Jathilan dance drama performance will be even more interesting with the presence of Lala Atila, a famous campursari singer, who will sing in the performance. So, let's get ready for Gugur Gunung 13!