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The dances used to be called beksan, wireng or petilan, but they are now called only by their names. is
ridiculed by Sent and Kumitir, but damarwulan persists in his plan
and asks Patih Logender's leave to go and kill Menakjingga. His
request is granted and he soon appears before Prabu Kenya to ask
permission to go to Blambangan to destroy menakjingga, At first
Prabu Kenya hesitates doubting whether only a stableboy will be
able to beat him. She grants him his request, however, and lie soon
prepares himself to go to Blambangan, Again
and again Damarwulan falls to the ground because of tile violent
blows of Menakjingga. At at moment when the latter is not looking,
Waita and Puyengan hand the gada wesi kuning to Damarwulan. Menakjingga
is greatly startied to see that his weapon is in his enemy's hand.
All of a sudden his limbs weaken and Damarwulan kills him with one
blow. After thanking Waita and Puyengan, Damarwulan asks leave to
set out for Majapahit to hand over Menakjingga's head to Prabu Kenya. BEKSAN LAWUNG The Beksan Lawung is a dance for men depicting the knighthood of the Period of feudal society. it represents contests between knights in the skill of using their lances, similar to the tournaments in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. Beksan Lawung has been cultivated in the palaces of both Surakarta and Yogyakarta. Kusumakesawa, a dance expert of Sura
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