Arekan — General
Entries of Arekan that have not been assigned to a more specific sub-culture yet.
Lexicon of Arekan — General
Boso Walikan
A language variety based on reversing sounds or word forms, developed as a marker of community identity in Malang.
Read entry →ARK-CAKCak
A familiar form of address for men, especially in Arekan cultural settings.
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-22DBB4Ayas
An expression that people in Malang usually use in daily communication to call our him/her self.
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-702D7FBapang
A commanding, coarse-mannered character of the cycle, danced with wide stance and abrupt accents; also the name of that…
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-44B45EBeskalan
The opening dance of a Malangan performance, danced before the story begins to greet the audience and mark the ground.
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-C43997Boso Walikan Malangan
The reversed speech of Malang: everyday words spelled backwards and spoken as ordinary vocabulary. It began as a code among…
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-97132ECerita Panji
The Panji cycle: an East Javanese body of stories about a prince and princess separated, disguised, and reunited, which…
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-2FF34BDewi Sekartaji
The heroine of the cycle, princess of Kediri, whose separation from and reunion with Panji drives the story.
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-2A9C49Dhalang topeng
The narrator of the masked theatre, who speaks the dialogue for the masked dancers, cues the ensemble, and holds the shape…
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-F7CF3BGamelan Malangan
The gamelan ensemble used for the Malangan masked theatre, harder-driven and more drum-led than the court style it grew…
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-1BBB4DGunungsari
A refined young nobleman of the cycle, brother of the heroine, whose dance is lighter and quicker than the hero's.
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-6D52A1Kera Ngalam
A person of Malang: literally "Malang youngster", from arek, "child" or "youngster", reversed. Used as a claim of belonging…
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-F7C9B7Klono Sewandono
The foreign king of the cycle, who desires the princess and is defeated. Danced in the strong style, in a red mask with…
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-AD6BB5Nawak
A friend, from kawan reversed. Often extended to nawak ewed, "our own friend", for someone inside the circle.
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-DF4A88Ngalam
Malang, the city, with its letters reversed. The most widely used word of the reversed speech, and the one outsiders learn…
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-854FA1Ojob
A spouse or partner, from bojo reversed.
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-C4F854Oyi
Yes; agreement, from iyo reversed. Carries an easy, informal warmth.
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-DAE98FPadepokan
A studio-household where an art is taught, rehearsed and stored: masks on the wall, gamelan in the pavilion, and a teacher…
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-4BB49BPanji Asmarabangun
The hero of the cycle, prince of Jenggala. Danced in the refined style, in a white mask with narrow eyes and a level gaze.…
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-E70270Punakawan
The clown-servants who accompany the nobles, speak in everyday language, and address the audience directly.
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-EE915BRagil Kuning
The youngest sister of Panji, a lively refined female character who often carries the comic warmth of a scene.
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-332532Sam
A form of address for a man, from mas reversed. Familiar, and not restricted to older men the way its source word is.
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-AB931ETopeng Malangan
The carved wooden mask of the Malang tradition, whose colour, brow and mouth fix the character before the dancer has moved.…
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-2829DCUmak
The second person pronoun, from kamu reversed.
Read entry →DEMO-KG-ARK-CA2938Wayang Topeng Malangan
The masked dance-drama of Malang: episodes of the Panji cycle performed by dancers in carved wooden masks, accompanied by…
Read entry →Relation map of Arekan — General
How the entries of this vocabulary refer to one another. Each dot is an entry, sized by how many relations it carries; each arc is a verified relation.
Relations in this map
- Topeng Malangan Part of Wayang Topeng Malangan
- Cerita Panji Source of Wayang Topeng Malangan
- Beskalan Part of Wayang Topeng Malangan
- Gamelan Malangan Used in Wayang Topeng Malangan
- Dhalang topeng Used in Wayang Topeng Malangan
- Punakawan Used in Wayang Topeng Malangan
- Wayang Topeng Malangan Related Padepokan
- Panji Asmarabangun Part of Cerita Panji
- Dewi Sekartaji Part of Cerita Panji
- Gunungsari Part of Cerita Panji
- Klono Sewandono Part of Cerita Panji
- Bapang Part of Cerita Panji
- Ragil Kuning Part of Cerita Panji
- Punakawan Part of Cerita Panji
- Panji Asmarabangun Related Dewi Sekartaji
- Panji Asmarabangun Antonym Klono Sewandono
- Gunungsari Related Ragil Kuning
- Dewi Sekartaji Related Gunungsari
- Klono Sewandono See also Bapang
- Topeng Malangan Used in Klono Sewandono
- Ngalam Broader term Boso Walikan Malangan
- Kera Ngalam Broader term Boso Walikan Malangan
- Sam Broader term Boso Walikan Malangan
- Ayas Broader term Boso Walikan Malangan
- Umak Broader term Boso Walikan Malangan
- Nawak Broader term Boso Walikan Malangan
- Oyi Broader term Boso Walikan Malangan
- Ojob Broader term Boso Walikan Malangan
- Kera Ngalam Derived from Ngalam
- Ayas Antonym Umak
- Sam Related Nawak
- Sam Related Ojob
- Boso Walikan Variant form Boso Walikan Malangan
- Cak Synonym Sam
- Boso Walikan See also Ngalam