Oyi
Yes; agreement, from iyo reversed. Carries an easy, informal warmth.
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Culture-specific expressions
Terms, definitions, context, variants, usage examples, and references from diverse East Javanese cultural communities.
Padepokan
A studio-household where an art is taught, rehearsed and stored: masks on the wall, gamelan in the pavilion, and a teacher whose family lives on the site.
Space & Architecture
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Pandalungan
A hybrid cultural identity formed through encounters between Javanese and Madurese communities in the Tapal Kuda region.
Language & Expressions
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Panji 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.
Performing Arts
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Pathet
The modal system within a tuning: which tones may end a phrase, which are avoided, and where in a night-long performance a piece belongs.
Local Knowledge
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Peking
The smallest and highest metallophone of the saron family, which doubles the melody at speed.
Clothing & Artefacts
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Pelog
A tuning system of seven tones with unequal steps, from which five are selected for any one piece, heard as tense beside slendro.
Local Knowledge
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Pengrawit
A gamelan musician, particularly a practised one. The word is preferred in teaching contexts, where it carries a sense of craft.
Social Structure
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Pujan
A communal worship and prayer ritual within the Tengger village ritual calendar.
Ritual & Belief
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Punakawan
The clown-servants who accompany the nobles, speak in everyday language, and address the audience directly.
Performing Arts
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Ragil Kuning
The youngest sister of Panji, a lively refined female character who often carries the comic warmth of a scene.
Performing Arts
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Rancak
The carved wooden frame that holds the bars or kettles of an instrument. Its decoration marks the status of the set it belongs to.
Clothing & Artefacts
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Rebab
A two-stringed bowed spike fiddle. Not fixed to the tuning of the bronze, it leads the melody and sets the pitch for the singers.
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Rumah Srotong
Definition of Rumah Srotong.
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Sam
A form of address for a man, from mas reversed. Familiar, and not restricted to older men the way its source word is.
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Saron
A metallophone of thick bronze bars over a trough resonator, struck with a wooden mallet and damped by the free hand. It carries the core melody.
Clothing & Artefacts
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Sindhen
The solo female singer of karawitan, who sings elaborate melodic lines against the ensemble rather than with it.
Social Structure
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Siter
A plucked zither with strings on both faces of a box resonator, played with the thumbnails while the fingers damp.
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