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beautifully. He must convince the audience that the description matches the real situation, for the audience listen to the description and constantly evaluate whether the description
really matches what is being described.
2.8.2 Paramakawi
Paramakawi refers to the knowledge of old Javanese language. In this respect, a pranatacara should have considerable knowledge of Kawi language. This is because most
of the lexical items used in the Javanese language of wedding reception are derived from the Kawi language; some have been modified but others still keep the original forms.
The correct choice of lexical borrowings from Kawi language in Javanese will guarantee the language resembles that as used by the Royal Family. The phrase ‘kembul
bujana’ having meals or say ‘sasana-sabdha’ a platform for the authority to give a speech, or something like ‘pasegahan panakrami’ welcoming guests with beautiful and
graceful women around will never be used in daily conversation. Such words will only be used in a Great Royal Family, and of course in a great wedding reception to describe
the physical condition.
2.8.3 Mardibasa
Mardibasa refers to both competence and performance of the flowery use of language whether it is viewed from the choice of lexical items to represent particular
meanings or from the choice of grammar to represent particular constructions of phrases and sentences. In other words, it refers to the employment of beauty in
lexicogrammatical representation. For example, the phrase ‘satria pangembating praja
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ingkang pantes sinudarsana’ which simply means the government officials whose words and attitudes deserve to be adopted.
In other words, competence implies the knowledge about the beauty of language while performance implies the oral representation of the language in use. This is because,
it is possible that a pranatacara fails to perform well in his job if he cannot pronounce each word correctly and with a stereotyped intonation, resembling that of ‘wayang’
performance, which of course is different from the intonation used in daily conversation.
2.8.4 Mardiwalagu
Mardiwalagu refers to both competence and performance of the Javanese traditional songs and music. This is primarily important because the narratives in wedding
reception are always accompanied by Javanese traditional music gamelan, normally from a recording. Without the knowledge of Javanese traditional music, it seems
impossible for a pranatacara to match the description with the music. For example, the proceeding of the bride and groom is accompanied by
Kebogiro music; thus in this case, the intonation rhythm of the narration of the activity must match with the music.
2.8.5 Awicara
This basically means that a pranatacara must have beautiful voice that resembles that of a dhalang wayang performer in which the voice can be manipulated or
engineered in order to represent the voice of a wise man, romantic lover, and even the voice of a woman with different characteristics. For example in Adicara Sungkeman
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giving respects to both parents, a pranatacara has to perform several dialogues son to father, daughter to father, father to son, father to daughter, son to mother, daughter to
mother, mother to son and mother to daughter.
2.8.6 Mandraguna
