Jauk is a classical singel dance to express the actions and movements of a demon. As dance Jauk is shown between several numbers of singel dances. athe dancer, aboy or an old man, wears the classical coetume of a knight with a demon mask on his face. He must show his talent in imitating all sorts of movements, without changing his facial expression, since the mask his face.
The steps and movements of Jauk seem to have a lpt of resemblance
with the elements of Baris dance, but his manner is more exaggerated and
violent. It also dominates the music. The dancer's long nailed fingers are used
to signal the music player to slow down or to speed up the rythm, or to change
the melody according to the steps and movements he wants to improvise.
The original Jauk is a play where the dancers are wearing
the demon masks. They enact a certain episode of Ramayana or Mahabharata story
in old language Kawi version.
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