Ponorogo city history

Ponorogo is a regency in East Java province, Indonesia. This district is located at the coordinates 111 ° 17 '- 111 ° 52' E and 7 ° 49 '- 8 ° 20' LS with a height between 92 to 2,563 meters above sea level and has an area of ??1371.78 km ². This district is located in the west of the province of East Java and the adjacent province of Central Java or rather 200 km southwest of the provincial capital of East Java, Surabaya. In the year 2010 based on the results of the Population Census, the total population was 855 281 Ponorogo soul.

Anniversary of Ponorogo regency commemorated on August 11, because on August 11, 1496, graduated Bathara Katong / crowned as the first duke of the Duchy of Ponorogo. In 1837, the Duchy of Ponorogo moved from Old Town to Central City to Ponorogo. Since 1944 until now Ponorogo leadership has changed 16 times.

Ponorogo district known as the City or the Earth Reog Reog because this region is the origin of Reog. Ponorogo is also known as the Rasta City because it has a lot of boarding school, one of the famous Pondok Modern Darussalam is located in the village roommate roommate, Mlarak district.

Every year in the month of Suro (Muharram), Ponorogo Regency held a series of events such as the party of the people Grebeg Suro. At the folk festival displayed a variety of arts and traditions, including the National Reog Festival, Rally Cross History and Heritage Carnival, and Larungan Proceedings of Prayer in Lake Ngebel

  

etymology

Ponorogo is derived from two words namely pramana and soul. Pramana means the power, the secret of life, whereas the mean body weight, physical. Both of these words can be interpreted that the human body tucked behind a secret life (wadi) if a steady mind and established related to controlling anger properties, aluwamah / lawamah, shufiah and Muthmainah. If the man who has the ability and established a solid inner will put yourself wherever and whenever are. However, there is a mention that Pono means to see and Rogo means body, soul, or self. So the meaning of Ponorogo is "see yourself" or in other words is called "introspection".

The origins of the name stems from an agreement Ponorogo in consultation with Bathoro Katong Raden, Kyai Mirah, Selo Aji and Joyodipo on Friday during a full moon, housed on the ground near a dune field (region katongan now). In the meeting it was agreed that the city would be founded called Pramana Raga which eventually turned into Ponorogo

history

According to the Chronicle Ponorogo Ponorogo establishment starts after Katong Raden got Wengker region. At that time headed by Suryo Ngalam Wengker known as Ki Ageng Fleas. Katong Raden then choose a place are eligible for settlement (ie in the hamlet village Plampitan Setono Jenangan District now). Through circumstances that is full of obstacles, challenges, which come and go, Katong Raden, Aji Selo, and Ki Ageng Mirah and his family continues to establish settlements.

Year 1482 - 1486 AD, to achieve the purpose of enforcing the struggle to develop strength, little by little these difficulties can be resolved, the family approach with Ki Ageng Fleas and all its supporters when it's coming to fruition.

With preparations in order to pioneer the duchy supported by all parties, Bathoro Katong (Katong Raden) can establish the Duchy of Roxburgh at the end of the XV century, and he became the first duke.

Duchy of Ponorogo was established on August 11, 1496, the date was later in the set as the anniversary of Ponorogo city. Determination date is the in-depth review on the basis of evidence of the ancient objects in the form of a pair of Howling stone on the front gate of the tomb complex Batara fifth in Katong and also refers to the book Hand Book of Oriental History. Howling at the stone in the form of a written candrasengkala memet meditating human figure, a tree, an eagle and the elephant. Candrasengkala memet shows figures in 1418 Saka or 1496 AD So it can be found Katong Bathoro graduation day as the Duke of Roxburgh Duchy Pon Sunday, June 1 1418 Great Saka coincide dated August 11, 1496 1 Dhu al-Hijjah 901 M or H. Furthermore, through seminars Anniversary Ponorogo regency that held on 30 April 1996 the determination dated August 11 as the anniversary of Ponorogo regency approved Ponorogo Regency.

Since the establishment of the Duchy Ponorogo led Katong Raden, governance becomes stable and in 1837 the Duchy Ponorogo moved from the Old City to Central City to Ponorogo until now.

Arts and culture

Roxburgh has a lot of local arts, the famous one is Reog. Art Reog dance is a series consisting of dances and dance the opening of the core. Opening dance is usually performed by a 6-8 guy valiantly with black clothes, with faces painted red. The next dance is performed by 6-8 girl who climbed the horse. Other opening dance if there is usually a dance by a little boy who brought the funny scenes called Bujang Ganong or Ganongan. After the opening dance finished, the new core scenes whose content is displayed depends on the conditions where reog art displayed. If dealing with the wedding scene shown is romance. For the celebration of circumcision or circumcision, usually warrior story. The final scene is a lion barong, where the actors wore masks shaped head of a lion with a crown made of peacock feathers. But the art scene in reog usually do not follow a neat scenario. Here there is always interaction between the players and the puppeteer (usually the leader of the group) and sometimes with the audience. Sometimes a player who is performing can be replaced by another player when that player fatigue.

In addition there are also other arts Reog, the elephant-Gajahan. This type of art is similar to hadroh or samproh classic, especially musical instruments. The difference is the presence of a statue of an elephant. Another difference is that art does not have a fixed grip began musical instruments, dance, song, and music forms change with the times.