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Leaders and Lecturers Play Roles in Ludruk Play \'Babad Surabaya\'

Trisakti said that this ludruk tells a love story that is quite dynamic and this is part of the Babad Surabaya. This activity is in the context of UNESA's 59th anniversary and the 78th anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia (RI).

In This play, is narrated by the princess Purbawati, the daughter of Adipati Jayengrana who is liked and planned to be proposed by the prince of Situbondo, who is the son of Adipati Cakraningrat.

On the day of the proposal where the prince and his bodyguard arrived at Adipati Jayengrana's kingdom, instead received with a warm welcome. The princess actually expelled the Situbondo prince in a high tone and rejected his proposal flatly.

Sang the mother who was present at the meeting tried to calm her child and tried to have a good discussion with her daughter in order to subtly reject the prince's proposal. So a condition was made that was believed to be impossible for the prince of Situbondo to fulfill.

Apply the prince of Situbondo will be accepted by the princess and the royal family of Adipati Jayengrana if he is able to 'babad alas Wonokitri without pusoko' or 'cut down a tree in the Wonokitri forest without using a weapon'. Prince agreed.

In On the other hand, a wealthy knight named Joko Taruno, who had proposed to Purwati's daughter long ago, immediately became jealous when the news about his beloved lover's proposal reached his ears.

Ia also devised a plan to thwart the Situbondo prince's efforts.
The dispute began, Joko Taruno with his cunning strategy sent troops of genies in the Wonokitri forest to kill the prince. But it failed because the magic of the Situbondo prince was at the highest level so that the genies were blown away in a fierce battle.

No continuously disrupting the Situbondo prince's business, now Joko Taruna sent two villagers named Joko Jumput and Joko Welly who were given an heirloom whip to kill the prince who had a limp on one leg.

If managed to kill the prince then both of them will be given two magnificent buildings and their contents. Luckily the prince of Situbondo, in the fight against Joko Jumput and Joko Welly, managed to escape before his body was completely split open by the terrible whip and left only his headband.

Both managed to take the prince's headband and handed it over to his boss, namely Joko Taruna. But as if he broke his promise, Jaka Taruna immediately left without fulfilling his obligations to Joko Jumput and Joko Welly regarding the building and his contents.

Arrived at Adipati Jayengrana's residence, Joko Taruna gave news that the Situbondo prince had died as a result of fighting against him while handing over the prince's headband to the Adipati as proof of the fierce battle.

In In the midst of the Adipati's doubts in assessing the veracity of the news conveyed by Joko Taruno, Joko Jumput and Joko Welly suddenly appeared and entered the palace complex to claim Joko Taruno's promise.

They even debated to declare who actually had killed the prince of Situbondo. Adipati Jayengrana also ordered them to fight and compete with each other's powers, whoever wins will become his son-in-law.

Story also ended with the defeat of Joko Taruno over Joko Jumput and Joko Welly who from the magic whip was able to turn someone into a stone statue.

In The main character in the performance, such as Adipati Jayengrana, is played by Unesa Chancellor Prof. Nurhasan, Prof. Setya Yuwono as Adipati Cakraningrat, and Putri Purbawati, played by Herma Retno Prabayanti.

Yes also Collectus Oky Ristanto who plays the character Joko Taruna, Joko Jumput, played by Dr. Muhammad Sholeh, Joko Welly, played by Dr. Welly Suryandoko, and the prince of Situbondo, played by Lutfi Saksono. Apart from these names, this play also involved all Sendratasik lecturers, the Faculty of Languages ​​and Arts as well as a number of UNESA officials. (*)

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