BROMOCORAS
Sinau Macapat

"E, Mas Arya. Monggo Mas let's go in. Please!" Said a middle-aged woman to Arya with a friendly smile that seemed like Arya was no stranger to her.

"Is there any waste, Miss Lek?" Ask Arya later.

"There, Mas. That's again in the back. Make Kranji again." The woman then.

"Bikin Kranji's? What's Lek for? As I recall, Sewah has no chicken." Arya asked slightly frowning.

"Piye tho, Mas. Sewah bought jago yesterday afternoon. Don't stop the next door neighbor." Sahut the woman while slightly shaking her head lightly.

"Oh, yes it's Miss Lek. I met Sewah first then." Arya said later.

"Oh, yes, forgot. This is my friend Bu Lek's friend. It's Hexa, if this one's good." Appoint Arya to Hexa and Budi alternately to introduce.

Hexa and Budi immediately greeted and kissed the back of the middle-aged woman's hand.

"You go in there, Mom." Said the woman then invited Arya and her two friends to meet the Simbah that Arya meant.

Arya also without hesitation immediately entered the house and immediately headed to the back. Hexa and Budi looked around the house. Here and there, on the wall of the room through which they passed, they always looked at some of the displays that were stuck on the wall. There are some heirlooms also neatly arranged in one corner of the room.

Shortly, after passing through the living room, Arya arrived at the back of the house. There was an open door connecting the house to the courtyard. There, in the backyard of the house, under a melinjo tree, an old man with a hood tied to his head was pounding some bamboo sticks.

Samar sounded the strains of Javanese Gending that flowed melodiously from the Grandpa's mouth. With a slightly heavy baritone voice, it seems that Grandpa lives every lyric in the style, so that those who listen to it will be a little creepy.

"Assalamu'alaikum, Mbah." Sapa Arya then from the back of the Grandpa.

Grandfather immediately stopped his steps, then turned his head and his gaze immediately turned towards the three young men who were walking towards him. Instantly there was a smile between the wrinkled skin and immediately also showed some of his teeth that had been dated.

"Eah, you, Le. Rene!" Said the Grandfather while waving his hand after answering Arya's greeting.

"It looks like Sumpah is busy?" Arya asked while taking a seat on a piece of bamboo stem that was quite large not far from the Grandpa sat down.

"No, Le. It's just this shit." Grandpa said with his special smile.

"These are my two friends that I told you about the other day, Mbah. This is Hexa and this is Budi." Arya then introduced Hexa and Budi to Grandpa.

"Yes yeah, let's just say at home yo, Le." Said the Grandfather along with the hand department with the two young men Arya brought to meet him.

Hexa and Budi only then nodded their heads.

"What was that, Mbah? It looks so good." Ask Arya later.

"Pangkur Flower, Le." Sahut the Grandpa continued weaving bamboo stems.

"Pangkur Flower? What's that chat, huh?" Hexa asked Arya half a whisper.

"That's one of Macapat's themes, Le." The old man who heard the whisper of Hexa whispered.

"Tembang Macapat? Meaning, Mbah?" Hexa asked him then without hesitation directly to Grandpa.

The grandfather then smiled, then placed the bamboo blade onto the ground.

"Tembang Macapat it is one of the group tembang which until now is still uri wong Jowo, Le. There are eleven themes in macapat, each having a different character and traits, having its own disposition, and having specific rules of writing in making them." Obviously the Grandpa then.

"Rules? It's like it's not so, Mbah?" Ask Hexa again.

"I don't really know the western term, Le. Only I know, macapat tembang is a special order. Well, these special rules are commonly referred to as fragraton or teacher or benchmark. Well, in macapat there are three teachers, namely the gatra teacher or the number of lines in one verse, the number of lines, guru wilangan or the number of syllables in each line and the song teacher or the fall of the voice of the pengrending in each line or if the Javanese wirama say dhong dhing." Said the Grandpa then.

"Just take good care and make a trough, Mbah. People are so organized?" Sahut Hexa while throwing a little smile.

"Not an expert, Le. Sewah just happy then Sewah cakne for the practice of trash uripe Simbah. Because there are so many lessons for us." The grandfather then.

"Tembang Macapat is believed to be mostly Javanese as a group of tembang that has the meaning of human life processes, the process by which God gives His spirit, until the man returns to Him. The nature of man from birth to his death is described in a series of eleven macapat songs." Came on the grandfather again.

"Eleven songs, Mbah? So that's not one song?" Ask the guy who has been quiet since.

"No, good light. As Simbah said earlier, tembang macapat is a group of tembang. There are eleven tembang incorporated in tembang macapat and all of them have their own fragrances. Yo ora bedo koyo wong, Le. There are rules that must be followed, run lan ora biso in sepelekne. People live if they underestimate the rules, surely his life is also not because of it. Podo karo tembang macapat, if not according to the rules, yo ra timid dirungokne." The grandfather then followed.

"Emmm, is that right, Mbah? It seems that macapat tembang is loaded with the meaning of life huh, Mbah?" Hexa again.

"Yes, Le."

"Then, Mbah. Eleven tembang macapat itself what, Mbah?" Ask Budi then.

Grandpa Nampa sighed before answering Budi's question.

"Eleven of them are Mas Kumambang, Mijil, Kinanthi, Sinom, Asmarandana, Gambuh, Dhandhanggula, Durma, Pangkur, Megatruh then the last Pocung. And the eleven blossoms are just as crowded as human life from birth to burrows, Le." Said the Grandpa then.

"Just explain it to them, Mbah. Let them all know. I've only heard it, but I don't understand it yet." Sela Arya after that.

Grandpa just smiled.

"Waste will explain one by one, Le. From the first, Mashmai. Mascumambang became a sign of the beginning of human life in the world . Tembang Maskumambang gives an idea of the fetus in the womb of the mother when pregnant. The meaning of Maskumambang itself is much interpreted as floating gold, kumambang gold. Because the child of the fetus will be like gold, Le. A precious treasure to his parents. Then, Mijil. The moon is a presence in this world. Nyeprote boy seko padarane biyunge. Mijil means the same as wijil which comes out of the mother's stomach. After that Kinanthi. Kinanthi, in philosophy, is a time when a child is being guided and directed by his parents in order to become a better person in the future. Pamardi siwi, Le. After that tread the youth, tempange sinom. Sinom comes from the word enom which means young, this youth is used to study, find friends and seek identity. Teak meet, wayahe tembang Asmarandana. Asmarandana describes the turmoil of romance in human life. This period began when humans began to have an interest in the opposite sex, namely when teenagers. Wayahae. Wayae Mudeng Gandrung lan Wyung. If you've met sing srek, chat, Le. Gambuh can be interpreted as a growth that is suitable or agree, describing a new chapter in human life that is man during marriage. Sak bar Kuwi, Dhandhanggula. Dhandhanggula describes the process of grief in the household that must be passed together to start established in the family and can meet the needs of family life. Gegarane wong akrami, Dudu bondho dudu rupo, Amung ati pawitane, Luput pisan keno pisan, Yen easy to soft, Yen angel, angel kelung, Tan keno tinumbas arto." Said the Grandfather then closed it with bowo magic still with his distinctive voice.

Arya, Hexa and Budi only then nodded their head nods.

"It's incredible that Mbah was an artist of the past." Praise Hexa then.

"Yes, because the old guard was not just a pain, Le. But they also put a wobble, pangeling in it." The grandfather then.

"That's fine, Mbah." Arya confirmed the words of the Grandfather.

"Snack wis press dhandhanggula, Le. The next stop was Durma. Durma comes from the word derma which means giving fortune to others, paweweh. When all the needs are fulfilled and there is no shortage of anything. People are beginning to think about sharing their fortune with others. But not infrequently after feeling enough he was even arrogant and arrogant." Continue the Grandpa.

"That's human nature, Mbah. Nek njaluk kudu, grandma by lali." Aryan Sela.

Grandpa smiled as if agreeing with Arya's thought.

"Durma's Finish, Pangkur. Koyo dene Sumpah Hotel, Le. Sewage wis press tembang Iki. Wait two more minutes after that." Said the Grandfather with a heavy voice but there was a smile that was expanding on his shady face.

"What is a hoe, Mbah?" Ask after him.

"Pangkur comes from the word mungkur or backward. Man begins to retreat from worldly passions and begins to think about life after death. After all the needs in the world are met it is man's turn to seek the provision for eternal life, Le. Urip ndunyo sepiro suwene, achreat tetep sepatine, Le." Clearly the Grandfather then then sighed afterwards.

"Two developments after that, Megatruh the same Pocung, Le. Megatruh is a Macapat song that depicts humans during the sakaratul death. Megat means to be parted, spirit means life. Separate between the body soul and return to its origin. Pocung. The hut was developed from the image of the body that had been left by the soul and then purified before being returned to the ground. The body is then bathed and wrapped in a shroud called a pocong. Tembang Macapat Pocung is full of reminders for us of death. This is the last of the eleven macapat songs. Like a human being, after being in a caravan or in a pocong, then it's finished his life in the world." Finished saying that Grandpa looked bright, the wrinkles on his eyelids were visible. Sometimes the grandfather breathed.

"If you see young people like you, remember someone. He's also a young man your age, but not like any other young man." Said the Grandfather while reaching back to the bamboo area after a few moments of silence.

"Who, Mbah?" Ask Arya who despite having visited the Grandfather several times but only first heard about it.

"At first my daughter-in-law met her childhood friend. Well, the young man was brought along by my daughter-in-law's old friend. But after a few moments of chatting, who would have thought it turned out that the young boy was the person I admired so much, consider his son my teacher." Said the Grandpa then.

Arya nodded her head. "I was curious about the story of Sambarba. When is there a time I want to be in touch with the young man Sewah told me that." Said later.

"of course. I happen to know the pesantren. We can go there anytime." Said the Grandfather while developing his smile.

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