Indonesiana Vol.12 The Sparkling of Indonesian Culture

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FINE ART

Human Facial Expression

in a Mask

Expression Woro Mastuti

Masks not only cover the face, but also reveal a new personality. The mask tradition cannot be separated

The characters in Peking (Beijing) opera

from the makeup tradition. Makeup or

have their own meaning in their makeup.

painting on the face makes a person’s

The makeup character in Peking opera

personality different from the original.

has 4 kinds of characters, namely sheng,

In the tradition of wayang wong or

dan, jing, chou. The four types of makeup

wayang orang from Java, the colors,

characters are divided into two parts,

lines, and decorations on the wayang

namely mocai (applying powder and

wong’s makeup show the character’s

coloring the face naturally) and goulian

character.

(drawing and painting faces). Likewise, with the tradition of make-up and masks of the archipelago.

Each region in Indonesia has its own mask vocabulary: tapuk (Old Javanese), tapel (Bali, Lombok), kedok (Javanese-Sundanese), hudoq (Dayak), toping (Batak Simalungun), gundala-gundala (Karo). In its development, the term mask has expanded its meaning. This is reflected in the art of ondel-ondel (Batavian), ogoh-ogoh (Balinese), barong landung (Balinese), Sisingaan (Sundanese), burak or buroq (Cirebon) which not only covers the face, but also covers the whole body of the person who wears it.

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