sanghyang

Japanese: sanghyang
sanghyang

...One person beats out a four-beat rhythm of surul-pun-pun-pun (an onomatopoeia for the gamelan gong), controlling the speed and strength, but there is no conductor. Originally, it was used to accompany a magical dance called sanghyang, which prays for a cure for epidemics, and the men sit in a circle around the dancer who is in a state of ecstasy, swaying their bodies from side to side and screaming in a semi-ecstatic state. From around the beginning of the 20th century, Kecak has been dramatized, and today, a dance drama based on the Indian epic poem Ramayana is well-known, and many groups are active in the field. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "sanghyang" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1人がシュルル・プン・プン・プン(ガムランのゴングの擬声語)と4拍子を刻んで速度や強弱を統制するが,指揮者はいない。本来は,サンヤンsanghyangと呼ばれる疫病平癒を願う呪術的な踊りの伴奏であり,男たちは入神状態の踊り手を車座に囲んで体を左右にゆすって,半ば忘我で絶叫する。20世紀の初めごろから,ケチャをドラマ化することが行われ,現在では,インドの叙事詩《ラーマーヤナ》を題材とする舞踊劇に仕立てたものが有名であり,多くのグループが活動している。…

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