Culture of Jember

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Jember is a regency of East Java province, Indonesia.

Patrol[]

Patrol is one of the traditional music arts that became famous and spread in East Java, especially at Jember. Patrol uses a simple musical instrument, that is the . Patrol uses various sizes of and it is sounded regularly to produce a beautiful and pleasant tone to be heard. Besides using the , the player may be accompanied by the . (It is what makes the difference between Patrol Music with from Madura which uses as wind instruments.)

Patrol started from Jember people's habits in the past when they liked to keep pigeons. From that habit, some people became accustomed to . At first, it was only used for a method to call pigeons. When people who kept pigeons increased, these developed into a distinct rhythm. As time went by, Patrol developed to become a folk music and became a communication device. Then, Patrol also developed as the music of the . Patrol developed further during the holy month of Ramadan to awaken the citizens at meal time (sahur), because the majority of citizens of Jember are Muslims.

Patrol is usually played in groups with various sizes of . Each size has a different tone, so the arrangement of each tone is very necessary in this Patrol Music. instruments are usually made of bamboo and wood. The ones which are made of bamboo are usually smaller in size and have a squeaky sound. When it made of wood, it should be bigger, the voice is deep, and loud as well. The patrol music performance needs both bamboo and wooden in various sizes to make a typical harmony of patrol.

A patrol music performance has all kinds of kentongan which collaborate to become one serving of a beautiful music instrument. Each performance usually brings some songs which are packed with the typical style of Patrol Music. The songs are usually folk songs, songs for playing , and even a modern one like dangdut or campursari. All songs which are performed are packaged in the style of Patrol music.

In Jember, there are many patrol groups, but each of them has their own creativity. It can be from the instrument, music arrangement, costume and performance. From the , there some groups that added another music instrument such as , , , angklung, etc. They added the instruments as creation in order to make the sound more various and different from the other groups. From a costume aspect, each patrol group has their own creativity. They usually wear their , , or a costume from their own design in order to make their group more unique and interesting.

Before 2001, it can be said that paid less attention to the . There was not much effort put forth by government to develop this traditional music. Nither nor competitions were held by the government to attract the Jember artists interested in order to developing the cultural. Each specific event or Ramadan they played in their area. Realizing it through UKM artistic Jember University efforts to maintain and preserve the culture. On 7–9 November 2001, first organized a music festival of patrol. Ultimately routinely held music festivals patrol. Starting from Jember University's main road, the Patrol group is started to play their music. After that they left one by one to wander the Jember streets and play music with the melodic patrol to awaken and accompany the residents until dawn.

Jember Fashion Carnival[]

Jember Fashion Carnival is an annual event. In the tenth carnival in 2011, over 600 participants walked along the world's longest catwalk. It ran for 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi), along on Sudirman Street (Central Park) and Gajah Mada Street up to Jember Sport Hall.^[1]

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