Kuda Lumping is a Javanese''s art. Later, this cultural tradition has spread more into the Indonesian mainstream since it was claimed by Johor society in Malaysia as part of their culture, in addition to Reog Ponorogo art.

Grounded in history, the Kuda Lumping was born to symbolize that the society had the power to face the enemy or fight the power of royal armies. Besides that, it also acted as a form of merry entertainment.

The Kuda Lumping is a form of dance that uses ''horses'' made from bamboo: it is accompanied by the gamelan orchestra, which uses instruments such as: the gong, kenong, kendang, and slompret. The Kuda Lumping amazes the audience with the dancing Kuda Lumping riders. The traditional Kuda Lumping dancers are performed by girls, wearing the uniform of the royal men-at-arms. Nowadays, the Kuda Lumping actors are male. The sounds of a big whiplash that whip these dancers, symbolizes the input of mystical powers that can take control of the players'' consciousness. By riding the horses ? with bells on their ankles ? the actors straddle the horses, jump up, and roll on the ground. Besides jumping up, the Kuda Lumping dancers perform other stunts, such as eating the shards of the lamp bulbs, and stripping the coconut fiber by the. They eat the shards of the lamp balls eagerly. They don''t feel pain, and there''s no blood when they eat the glass shards.
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