Jean, forgive me, but TA said that in his opinion the origin of the design was from reshaping a ladrang, not that all tanggalan were from ladrang.
In fact damaged ladrangs were the origin of a second type of wrongko also, the Madura/East Jawa kacir, but as with the tanggalan the kacir became a form in its own right.
Actually, I have a bit of a problem with this name:- "tanggalan".
I'd never heard this name used until I saw people on this Forum using it, then I found it in Ensiklopedi,published in 2004. It was not in the first edition (Ensiklopedi Budaya Nasional) published in 1988.
Through the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's everybody I knew in Solo called this wrongko form "wulan tumanggal", and they probably still do today, although its been a while since I've used or heard the name there.
The word "tanggalan" means "calendar". So this is a "calendar wrongko" ??
On the other hand, "wulan tumanggal" means "new moon", a name which to me seems very appropriate and perfectly understandable.
"Calendar wrongko" ?????
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