Showing posts with label lilis kasiri. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lilis kasiri. Show all posts

Sunday, November 2, 2025

GENJRING PUTRI KUDA HIDUP GROUP - AJAR KENAL

Genjring music from Lilis Kasiri and Kontrak with the Genjring Putri Kuda Hidup Group. On other genjring cassettes their group is called the Genjring Kuda Kecil Group, they probably changed the name of the group because those other cassettes were put out with another company.... Genjring is the music that is played while female acrobats do their thing showing off amazing feats of strength, in the Cirebon area in west-Java. Originally genjring was just singing with a tambourine but the father from Lilis Kasiri, a man named Kasbullah developed it into what you can hear here.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

Sunday, July 30, 2023

Friday, February 19, 2021

Thursday, June 25, 2020

LILIS KASTURI, KONTRAK, KHASBULLAH & GENJRING KUDA KECIL GROUP = KISER KUDA KECIL


Here's a genjring cassette from Lilis Kasturi and Kontrak with Lilis Kasturi's father Khasbullah leading the Genjring Kuda Kecil Group....

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Enjoy!

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

LILIS KASIRI, KONTRAK, SATURI & GENJRING MODERN KUDA KECIL - GAYA BAE


Here's a genjring modern cassette from Lilis Kasiri with Kontrak and Saturi and Kasbullah leading the Genjring Kuda Kecil Group....

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Enjoy!

Monday, January 20, 2020

Sunday, January 19, 2020

ITIH S., LILIS KASIRI, KONTRAK, SATURI & GENJRING KUDA KECIL GROUP - NGAJAR LAYANGAN


Great genjring cassette from Kasbullah and his Genjring Kuda Kecil group with Itih S., Lilis Kasiri, Kontrak and Saturi....

Genjring is a form of acrobatics that you only find in certain areas around Cirebon and Majalengka. Only women do this type of acrobatics, it started in the 1940's. In the beginning they only accompanied it with a kind of tambourine but through the years more and more instruments were added. It's very close to tarling music....

Before they start with the acrobatics they do a dance first, called the Rudat dance which is very much tied to the propagation of Islam....

In 1964 an artist from Bayalangu, a village close to Cirebon, called Kasbullah started his own genjring group called Genjring Kuda Kecil (Little Horse Genjring) and his daughter, Lilis Kasiri is also singing on this cassette.... Lilis got married with a man named Karyadi and when Kasbullah became too old he took over the group.... I think the group still exists to this day although I'm not sure who's leading it now....

These acrobatics are pretty amazing and some of these women show amazing strength, like this performer, known as Wonder Woman who is able to lift a motor cycle with her feet:


Check out the video's for more amazing feats (and music).....

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Enjoy!