Hi David, Sounds interesting. If any of you guys over there could video tape and share over youtube.com, it would be great. Otherwise, I will try to get an opportunity to visit Indonesia again, yes perhaps Jakarta and Bogor. I was in Semarang with Margaret, Tim and Wee Cheng the last thing, thanks to arrangement by Ardian Xiong.
The part on the Suluk is interesting. Not sure if we have it in Singapore. Will try to explore more on that. On the presentation of the Hai Li (doll on plate with lots of sweets and oranges) by the potehi troupe to the temple at the start and before the end of the day is similar to Singapore. Do you have a list of all the potehi and names/contacts in Indonesia? I am hoping that perhaps, we could compile a list for Nanyang. (^^) Carol of Taoism-Singapore list has come up with a blog on marionette theatre and is working on a similar idea. http://marionettetheatre.blogspot.com/ <http://marionettetheatre.blogspot.com/>Kamsiah Victor On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:42 AM, dkhkwa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Victor, > > I have never seen any video clips of it yet, is there? I had watched the > performances several times, but the last one was in Bogor, West Java, where > it was performed in the seventh Chinese month at the Hok Tek Bio ç¦ å¾·å»Ÿ > Temple, one of the oldest temples in the Rain City, before and after the > Tiong Guan ä¸å…ƒ, or Chniou Kou æ ¶å¤ Festival, as people here usually > call it. As usual, the temporary stage was erected facing the chief deity of > the temple, which means that the performance was given to the temple’s > chief deity, i.e. Hok Tek Ceng Sin ç¦ å¾·æ£ç¥ž. > > As far as I know, the Suluk itself is not part of the religious ritual. > From an interview with the Dalang Thio Tiong Gie, I heard that it only tells > the habit and behaviour of a particular character, how he/she walks, talks, > does everything, etc, its purpose is to give sign to the musicians which > music to play. By listening to the suluk, the musicians know for sure which > music is to play to accompany the scenes performed. Each character has > therefore its own Suluk. What I suppose to be part of the ritual is: before > the show began, the Dalang sent a tray on which lied the character of a > brilliant little boy (Lo Chia or Nezha å"ªå ' of Hong Sin å° ç¥ž? I am not > sure) to the chief deity of the temple to honourably ask his permission that > the show was about to begin. The character was sent back to the Dalang on > the same tray and the show began. > > Kiongchiu 拱手, > David Kwa > > > --- In [email protected] <budaya_tionghua%40yahoogroups.com>, > Victor Yue <tao.vic...@...> wrote: > > Hi David, > Terima Kasih for your quick response and the information. Wow, this is > interesting. Are there already video clips of such performance in youtube? > (^^) > > Could you explain a little more about the Suluk? Is this part of the > religious rituals? I know that in Marionette Theatre, there are some > religious rituals that it has to conduct before each show as well as for > special events such as new temples. I don't know much about potehi.? > > Yes, for the marionette theatre in Singkawang, I saw it the last time. > Managed to take a short video clip of it. But we did not have the chance to > see more of its performances. So, that could be the only Hakka Marionette in > Indonesia! > > Kamsiah! > Victor > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:41 AM, dkhkwa <dkh...@...> wrote: > > Addition: There are currently 60 poutehi musicians all over Java. > > --- In [email protected] <budaya_tionghua%40yahoogroups.com>, > "dkhkwa" <dkh...@...> wrote: > Hi Victor, > > I cannot tell how many budaixi (poutehi) troupes in Indonesia (Java), but > most of the puppeters (Dalang)―including musicians―are all of ethnic > Javanese―not Chinese!---origin living in East Java. There are three in > Surabaya (Edy, Slamet, Mujiono), one in Sidoarjo (Subur), one in Blitar > (Gunawan), one in Tulungagung (Santoso), three in Jombang (Purwanto, Sesomo, > Widodo), and one in Lamongan (Pardi). The only ethnic Chinese puppeter left > who is still fluent in Hokkien is Mr. Thio Tiong Gie who currently lives in > Semarang, Central Java. > > > Since most of the spectators are Peranakans who do not speak Hokkien, the > performances are always conducted in Bahasa Indonesia or Chinese-Malay > (similar to Baba Malay in SIN). After 32 years of the new order period, > there are even fewer people who understand Hokkien, including most of the > puppeters themselves. But, as a must, some parts of the show (i.e. the > suluk) are to be conducted in Hokkien and cannot be replaced by ones in > Bahasa Indonesia. > > As for the marrionette puppet or kuileixi (kalehi) there is no such > performance in Java. You will find it in West Kalimantan, especially > Singkawang. > > David Kwa > > Re: [budaya_tionghua] Pementasan Wayang Potehi di Jakarta. ( jadwal acara) > > Hi! > Does anyone know how many potehi (I assume this to be glove puppets) > troupes are there in Indonesia? And when they perform, is it in Hokkien > (minnan) or Bahasa? > > Are there marionette theatre (string puppet) troupes in Indonesia? > > Victor > Singapore > > 2010/1/20 beng mazmuri <beng...@...> > > Salam... > > Saya mendapatkan info dari group wayang Potehi?, Fuk Ho An, dengan Ki > Dalang, Pak Subur dari Sidoarjo, Jawa Timur. Mereka akan tampil di Jakarta > di Klenteng Pasar Baru Dalam ( area bakmi abun dll, ada kelenteng lama), > dari tanggal 29 januari sampai tgl 31 januari. Mulai pagi hari skitar jam 8 > pagi, skitar pkl 12 siang, mrk istirahat, dan pertunjukan Potehi diteruskan > sampai sore. > > Tgl 2 sampai tgl 4 bulan febuari, mereka akan mentas di Citra land, mulai > siang hari sampai sore. > > Dan untk tanggal 19 feb sampai tgl 21 feb, saya dan teman2 komunitas Kemang > akan mementaskan wayang Potehi dalam rangka acara acara " Old China at > Kemang", menyambut hari raya Imlek dan Tribute to Gus Dur. Acara di Kemang > akan memamerkan pernak pernik kebudayaan Tionghoa, Lukisan2 lama karya > pelukis Tionghoa Indonesia dan diskusi2 budaya.? Untuk pemberitahuan > lengkapnya acara di Kemang yang dimulai dari tgl 13 sampai 21 febuari, > segera akan saya infokan. > > Yang jelas untk acara wayang Potehi di Kemang adalah dari tgl 19 sampai 21 > Febuari. > > Untk acara pementasan wayang Potehi di Pasar Baru dan Citra Land, saya > dapatkan infonya langsung dari Ki Dalang Subur dengan kelompok "Fuk Ho An ", > Sidoarjon, Jawa Timur. > > Hormat saya, dan salam budaya, > beng mazmuri > > Victor > > > -- Victor
