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Lamut native culture of Banjar, Indonesia

Lamut is a tradition recounts that contains stories about the message and values of religious, social and cultural Banjar. Lamut is the art of story tells, such as puppets or Cianjuran. The difference, puppet or Cianjuran played with a set of gamelan and lute, while lamut performed with flying, to the art of percussion instrument tambourine.

Those who had seen art lamut always thought this art gets influence from the Middle East. In the kingdom of Banjar led Suriansyah Sultan, said the art of living together lamut Banjar others, such as Dundam, Madihin, Bakesah, and Bapantun.

Lamut Implementation will be done at night from 22.00 until 04.00 or dawn arrived. The narrator is given the nickname Palamutan Lamut. At the event, Palamutan with a big flying lap put sat back in Tawing Halat (wall center), surrounded by the audience consisting of young and old men and women. Especially for women provided a place in the middle of the wall earlier.


History

Lamut originated from China, its language was originally using the Chinese language and then translated into the language of Banjar. Lamut arrival at Banjar land roughly in 1816 which was brought by Chinese traders to the Banjar up to Amuntai, said people used to really like it because lamut carry the story very much and is a story of experience in many countries which are recalled in convey .

The story, in Amuntai, Raden Ngabe meet Chinese merchants merchant ship owners Stars Tse Cay. Of the merchants that he first heard the strains of Chinese poetry. In a meeting six months later, Raden Ngabe get a copy of the Chinese poem.

Since then Raden Ngabe learn and chant, without the accompaniment of flying. Lamut began to flourish after the residents have played each time a successful rice harvest. When art tambourine go in this area, Lamut get accompaniment fly.

Art speak is called lamut karasmin since become entertainment on marriage, religious holidays, as well as national events. Lamut also used in the process batatamba (cure disease). People who have come true intent and usually also invite palamutan. The word "lamut", said to have originated from the Arabic, laamauta (لاموت), which means not dead.

Various kinds Lamut
1. Lamut Batatamba
Lamut Batatamba (Lamut treatment) serves as a treatment, eg for heat ill children that does not heal or have a difficult childbirth and others. lamut show batatamba thirst accompanied by a number of requirements, namely that consisting of tools piduduk piduduk (offerings), or perapin frankincense (incense), yellow rice, salt, whole coconut, brown sugar, and a pair of thread-needle. Once it is done with fresh flour mahundang-hundang (invited) spirits, recite prayers survived, and bathing water that has prayed for the sick.

2. Lamut Baramian Lamut Baramian (Lamut Entertainment) used to present to fill out a marriage ceremony, celebration, circumcision and other entertainment events.

When the puppet clown-servants there are figures of Semar, Gareng, Petruk, and Bagong, the characters are Uncle Lamut Lamut and three children; Anglung, Angsina, and Labai Buranta. While the story is like a puppet berpakem prototype, about the kingdom led by King Awang Selenong.

Although the figures and certain grip lamut story, story development still possible according to the capability of the pelamutan in the gathering. Potions can be adapted from the story Panji stories, Andi-andi, or Tutur temple, even the story of 1001 nights. The story also can be dramatic with a courageous act or romantic.

Banjar society most expect love story between Junjung Masari and Kasan Bath. The audience is swept away when he heard the story of two men in love lyric poem Banjar language.

Lamut also favored residents of Chinese descent in Banjarmasin. They often ask lamut played when they want to worship on the Island of Flowers in the middle of the Barito River in Banjarmasin.

Function Lamut
Lamut function:

1. As the media of Islamic proselytism and the charge of government messages or messages from the Host Lamut.
2. As entertainment
3. Manyampir, that is a tradition for descendants palamutan.
4. Intent as to deny reinforcements or prayer survived in the event of child birth, circumcision or circumcision, got his fortune. According to belief, when draped and urination is not implemented it will make mamingit that is causing pain for those concerned.
5. As education, especially regarding etiquette Banjar community life. Usually petatah proverb form of advice, advice or moral guidance.

Endangered
Art lamut can say unfortunate because now on the verge of extinction. One by one pelamutan died, while the process of devolution and the regeneration of art was stagnant. Art tells that also are being abandoned because the younger generation no longer interested in playing it. Today, no organization or institution that cares about lamut, let alone foster the emergence of new pelamutan.


source : www.wikipedia.org

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