Since independence government has no longer been in the hands of the kings. Each village has its own local government called the banjar, which assists the government of the Republic of Indonesia in dealing with the needs of the village such as marriages, religious ceremonies, cremation ceremonies, taking care of temples, irrigation, and so on. An important part of the village organization is the subak, a collective water system. A subak is a collection of rice-field.

Apart from, its function as property for holy ceremonies, we can also regard the nekara as a holy musical instrument. That is to say, this musical instrument Would be sounded only in religious ceremonies to accompany religious dances that were magical and sacral in nature. The Period of Feudal Seciety can be subdivided into four shorter periods, viz. Hindu-Indonesian period, Islamic period, tile period of Western Invasion and the period of the Indonesia national Movement.

At present, neither the bedaya nor the srimpi is so popular among the majority of the people. However, they are still cultivated continuously being given new choreographies and made more dynamic. Next there emerged in Surakarta other compositions of Javanese operas, the langen asmara and pranasmara. The langen asmara, which comes from the word langen meaning entertainment and the word asmara -meaning love, is a Javanese dance-opera Surakarta style, composed by Prince Prabu Widaya, son of King Paku Buwana.