Art & Culture
Sisingaan
Sisingaan is a folk art or artistic show of people which done with pageant in the form of helaran. The show is usually presented at circumcision’s event or special event like: greet guest, opening entertainment amusement, activity of Indonesia’s Independence Day and activity of other large days.
In art sisingaan there are elements like; dance, sport ( Pencak Silat and Jaipongan), artistic karawitan, artistic literature and dress art. All the element unite and synergy in the form of songs and dances and frequently added with acrobats motions forming formation like standen.
Equipments which applied in every show consisting: sisingaan’s stretcher, trumpet, knocked, kempul, goong and manacle. The player cloth apply clothes of custom sunda like: kampret pants, headband, belt, Moslem clothes and apply shoe kelenci and the sisingaan rider is usually child of circumcision using clothes of circumcision.
Etymologically, sisingaan come from word ‘lion’ that is a form of stretcher looking like lion body. Why have to form lion? It is said that lion animal symbolize is strong and heroic, strength and bravery.
According to note of artist (actor), sisingaan’s art first time emerge in the year 1957 in Countryside Ciherang around 5 Km southerly Subang town. Then grow to area Cigadung and other area around Subang town. Figures popularizing it for example Ki Demang Ama, Bintang, Ki, Rumsi, Chief Of Village Jani Mama, Narasoma, and Ki Alhawi.
Until present moment, artistry of sisingaan has rapidly grown and noted is about 165 groups with amount of the actors 2.695 people. The growth is not only in Subang area but has grown in Bandung and Sumedang Sub-Province.
Because the growth that is, hence to preserve this art is Government of Subang Sub-Province always perform a festival routinely and promote into level of province and national especially among Government and business world