Report Text : Local Wisdom

Jlamprang Batik Dance

This dance originally created as a welcoming ceremony for the First Lady, Ani Yudhoyono, who will visit Pekalongan City in the context of the 2012 Nusantara Batik Week. The creator of this dance is Yoyok Bambang Priambodo from the Semarang City Greget dance studio. The dance creator along with the crew from the Pekalongan City government made observations about Pekalongan City, the cultural potential of this city, and the observers found the Pekalongan City's uniqueness related to batik which is not owned by other cities in the form of Jlamprang batik.

1. Movements

Jlamprang Batik dance is danced by women only. In Jlamprang Batik Dance there are two kinds of dance movements, including meaningful movements which is a dance movement in its expression containing a certain meaning or intent and pure motion that is a dance motion that does not contain a specific purpose and meaning, only for aesthetic. In the movement of the Jlamprang Batik dance, the movements follow the musical accompaniment of the pelog music. The motive of the motion is classified as small because the motion made is a repetitive motion.

The dance choreography of Jlamprang Batik dance is made more with firm movements and symmetrical shapes. The broken motion depicts the symmetrical Jlamprang batik motif and there are lines on the firm motif. The range of movements in the Jlamprang Batik dance includes the movements in the process of making correct batik, there are 12 steps in making batik, namely nyungginng, njaplak, ngowong, nyolet, mopok, ngrentesi, nyumi'i, nglorot, etc. The existence of grips in the processing of movements when making batik such as nyanthing and circular hand shapes. In every movement it is clear about the process of making batik from Pekalongan City.

2. Accompaniment

The Jlamprang Batik dance accompaniment includes songs originating from the sinden and gerong. In the song there is an explanation of the City of Pekalongan which is located in the North coast of Java and the life of batik in the Pekalongan City community. The dance accompaniment was also created by Yoyok.

There are the lyrics of aaccompanien in Jlamprang Dance (meaning) :

Batik is a legacy from the ancestors,
Which has increasingly developed,
Until out of state,
Pekalongan is a famous batik city,
The famous Pekalongan as a batik city,
Various types of batik that have been created,
That is the reality there are Jlamprang motifs, buketan, and papringan.
Pekalongan Batik is a cultural heritage of our ancestors.


The Jlamprang Batik Dance is dance that every movement has meaning. Describes making batik correctly with 12 techniques. This dance can be used as a venue to show & introduce batik as a symbol of the city of Pekalongan.