A folk drama of the birth "of the people, by the people and for the people”. Ludruk is the art of traditional drama of the East Java-Indonesia. A traditional drama performed by a group of art in the show that's on a stage to take the story of the life of everyday ordinary people, a story of struggle, myths, history and others are interspersed with jokes and accompanied by gamelan as a musical. . use language that is more egalitarian and impressed "rough" without further ado. In addition, in accordance with the demands of the story, in this art form often used words Chinese, Dutch, English and Japanese. Dialogue / monologue in ludruk are entertaining and make the audience laugh, natural language Surabaya, straightforward language used in ludruk, making it easily absorbed by the non-intellect (pedicab drivers, watchmen, transport drivers, etc.).
At the time of the revolution in Indonesia, ludruk not only serves as a means of entertainment or performances but also the means of communication between underground fighters and the people who witnessed it. In addition, art is also often used as a distribution of social criticism.
Playing media ludruk is learning to understand that if I become someone else. Others can only be done with acting. Plays well require a closer appreciation of the role played by character, so understand that it is not easy to be someone else. Finally, well aware that knowing yourself and play yourself well is the main goal of a human being. But once the other person, especially the controversial nature of the original can not be taught, but must be experienced personally or through in life.
Ludruk have demonstrated a role in building a socio-political forums and comment on important social issues, power, authority, and the local identity of a society at a given period. Ludruk not merely play or performance in the freezing vacuum of creativity. Nor is it viable as passive objects in the museum and in the exotic.
