A Faded Memory

July 8, 2003

Today, tayub performances have become quite rare, but sometimes they are still performed behind the teak forests in the suburbs of Blora. In Banyumas, lengger is often performed without tayuban. Ngibing in West Java and the gandrung dance in Banyuwangi are still performedalbeit very rarelyin a few villages. The presence of modern art, part of an encroaching global culture, has driven tayub performances into rural areas.

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