Cakil - (Wayang Kulit)
| Title | Cakil - (Buta) - All stories |
|---|---|
| Other names | Gendirpenjalin |
| Size | 55 cm |
| Personal data | Cakil is a demon who appears in the Mahabharata stories. His name means tusk. He is the main opponent of the noble princes Arjuna and Gatot Kaca. |
| Appearance | Cakil has a short temper, is very aggressive and uses alot of offensive language.. Fights are always preceded by challenges and offensive language. |
| Collection | Private collection |
Cakil - (Buta) - All stories
Cakil is a buta/demon and lives in every gigantic country. He is only known in Javanese puppetry stories and always appears in the flower war, the war between warriors and giants that symbolizes lust for anger and rage. Cakil is a forest giant (always lives in the forest) whose task is to rob the warriors or destroy and disrupt the peaceful life of the Brahmins in hermitages. In every battle, Cakil must suffer death, because he and his men are symbols of human anger and lust that must be eradicated. In the stories where Cakil appears, he usually fights Arjuna or Gatot Kaca. It is an addition to the Javanese stories. Cakil does not appear in the original Indian stories.
Cakil Giant
Cakil is not his real name and is only a mocking name, due to his gigantic fangs at the end of his mouth like a peg (Javanese: cakil). As for the name in the play, it is the puppeteer who determines it.
Giant Cakil's voice was kemeng (small) and his speech stuttered. When he carried out the king's important orders together with his gigantic friends, he showed great courage with words and when war broke out, he was the first to go, but lost and when he then asked for help, he went to war. again to eventually die along with his friends as well.
There is a saying that people play cards, where people, like Cakil, will always lose.
Wayang kulit Cakil is not very interesting, but in wayang wong (person) Cakil is a sripanggung, moreover the dance is good, because the Cakil dance is a mixture of dance and pencak silat accompanied by gamelan rhythms.
Cakil has sharp eyes (winks), a nose in the shape of the bow of a boat looking up, teeth and fangs in front of the mouth, which extend beyond the upper lip. Rivet-shaped bun with developed. Decorated with long tangle flowers, with stretching chains. Berkeris two, a form of ladrang sheath, is a long and pointed keris sheath, tucked at the back of the waist. And another Gayaman is a dagger sheath that resembles a Gayam fruit (in Jakarta it is called the Gatet fruit). The use of this keris is not as usual but tucked in backwards which is called kewalan. A way of carrying a keris that is prohibited by Kraton law because it shows willingness to wield a keris.
Cakil died at war with the knight because he was stabbed with his own dagger, which was grabbed by the knight and used to stab him.
