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A. G. Maisey · 7th December 2009, 09:15 PM

Yes David, there is a dance called "karonsih", and its story is of the love between Galuh Candra Kirana ( Dyah Sekartaji) and Panji Asmara Bangun. Galuh was from the old East Jawa kingdom of Kediri and Panji Asmara was from Jenggala. Its a dance that is often performed at weddings. My understanding is that this is not an old traditional dance, but only dates from the late 1950's and was created by Pak Maridi (or Mariti ?) from the ASKI in Solo.

Karonsih is not an uncommon word in Jawa, I know somebody with that name, and I've seen a street or a business with that name, but I do not know the meaning of the word.

I find it interesting that a common Javanese element of design should have this name in the neighbouring area of Sunda, I also find it interesting that Pak Amuk's source of information is so good that he could identify Gatot Kaca from image we have. The fact that he has used pre-1972 spellings would seem to indicate that he has used a pre-1972 source. Since there was not much in the way of Indonesian cultural literature published between the late 1930's and 1972, it is very likely that his source predates WWII, which takes us back into the colonial period. My principal interest here is the source of Amuk Murugul's information as it seems to be remarkably detailed and informative, and I would like to access it, if possible.

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7th December 2009, 09:15 PM	#11
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,015	Yes David, there is a dance called "karonsih", and its story is of the love between Galuh Candra Kirana ( Dyah Sekartaji) and Panji Asmara Bangun. Galuh was from the old East Jawa kingdom of Kediri and Panji Asmara was from Jenggala. Its a dance that is often performed at weddings. My understanding is that this is not an old traditional dance, but only dates from the late 1950's and was created by Pak Maridi (or Mariti ?) from the ASKI in Solo. Karonsih is not an uncommon word in Jawa, I know somebody with that name, and I've seen a street or a business with that name, but I do not know the meaning of the word. I find it interesting that a common Javanese element of design should have this name in the neighbouring area of Sunda, I also find it interesting that Pak Amuk's source of information is so good that he could identify Gatot Kaca from image we have. The fact that he has used pre-1972 spellings would seem to indicate that he has used a pre-1972 source. Since there was not much in the way of Indonesian cultural literature published between the late 1930's and 1972, it is very likely that his source predates WWII, which takes us back into the colonial period. My principal interest here is the source of Amuk Murugul's information as it seems to be remarkably detailed and informative, and I would like to access it, if possible.