God Takes a Bride

Lekra changed traditional arts to become progressive revolutionary arts. Many folk stories were transformed.

October 1, 2013

NEVER mind, just let him insult us. Gusti Allah mboten sare (God doesn't sleep)," said the ludruk actor during a performance in Turen subdistrict, Malang, East Java, in 1965. "Gusti Allah gak turu, wong gak duwe kloso (God doesn't sleep because he doesn't have a mat)," interrupted another actor in response. The dialogue angered a sympathizer of the Barisan Ansor Serbaguna (or Banser, a group within Nahdlatul Ulama) who was watching the play among the h

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