Socio-religious rituals in Javanese culture: the case of traditional Ronggeng dances during the 19th and 20th centuries

The present text analyzes two cases of ronggeng, the name of dancer in the traditional tayub or tayuban dance, found in two novels: Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk, written by Ahmad Tohari, and Bawuk, written by Umar Kayam, which constitutes a small part of the Javanese culture and that is part of the cultural...