Dongkrek: an Islamic Art and Literature

     Dongkrek is held to have been created by the late R. Bei Lo Prawirodipuro while he was serving as the palang of Mejayan (Caruban). during the colonial era, a palang was an individual responsible for 4-5 village chiefs, or lurah; as the "head lurah, the palang was directly accountable to the wedana. R. Bei Lo Prawirodipuro was the last palang of the region, serving until his...