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Debus: Integration Between Agility and Martial Arts

Debus is a martial art from Banten who demonstrates remarkable human ability. For example invulnerable weapon, hard water resistant and others.This art originated in the 16th century, during the reign of Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin (1532-1570). At the time of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa (1651-1692) Debus becomes a tool to pump up the morale of the people of offerings against the Dutch colonialists at the time. Debus arts is now a combination of dance art anf sound.(wikipedia.org)

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Performances ability to withstand the physical torture such as being beaten with a cane, rolling over the expanse of sharp thistles, walk on hot coals, chew glass and others. many of us have encountered as traditional art common in villages. This one, the game is terrible whistle. These games are located in different areas such as Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, West Java and Banten. Of all the most famous whistle of Banten.
Debus is an art show in groups with the number of players as much as 12 to 15 people, each of which has the following tasks:
1. 1 person interpreter drum
2. 1 drummers song
3. 2 drummers dogdog tingtit
4. 1 drummers kecrek
5. 4 as penzikir (pray)
6. 5 players attractions
7. 1 as sychu

The show began with the opening (bloat), by reading sholawat to the Prophet Muhammad, praise and remembrance of God to the accompaniment of percussion instruments for approximately three minutes. Then the chant sung in the form of dhikr out loud, shrill, blared the accompaniment of drumming. This section is called Outs and performed until the show ends.
Along with outs began, silat attractions with bare hands demonstrated. After that some players start points using a belly piercing whistle like Gedebus, peeling coconuts using the teeth, broke the coconut shell with the head, and then eat it. Cut off parts of the body such as the tongue, hand or leg with a machete, knife or machete. Also there are attractions crackers or fry an egg on top of the head, limbs burning with fire, climb stairs or occupy constructed from a very sharp cleaver, and rolled on top of a pile of glass (shard) even eat it. Things ended with Gemrung, the game of musical instruments drumming.

This information was taken from various sources.
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