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Oriental dance (the correct name for belly dance) is actually open a seductive dance performed by the concubines to stimulate the Sultan or the King. This is contrary to the belief many people west.
The role of Oriental dance (belly dance) in the social life of the Middle East country that had lasted for centuries, that of folk dance that people can do it with joy on certain occasions such as weddings, births, festivals in certain communities, and other events that bring people together in a party.
Did you know about Belly Dance (Belly Dance)? Ancient times, the land of Mesopotamia (Iraq), Persia (Iran), and every culture on the banks of the Tigris-Euphrates river has experienced the glory and prosperity of the extraordinary. Prosperity and glory of course closely connected with entertainment.
Belly Dance belly dance or dance is one of the oldest in the world. The history of its origin is still maze. In Egypt, this dance is considered to have existed for centuries before Christ. This is connected with the discovery of a human relief image with a position similar to belly dance movements from the year 1400 BC.
The dance has long been familiar with Middle Eastern society. He became the attractions served at weddings or births.
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Traditional Balinese Dance
Traditional dance Legong Keraton (Balinese Legong Dance) – Legong Kraton is a classical dance of Bali which has a variety of highly complex motion and bound by the structure of percussion accompaniment that supposedly received influence from Dance Gambuh. Legong Keraton word consists of two words namely legong and palace. Legong word probably derived from the word “leg” which means a graceful dance movements. Bland. While the “gong” means the gamelan. “leg” and “gong” were combined into legong which implies a movement bound, mainly by gamelan strains that go with it.
So Legong Keraton means a palace dances accompanied by gamelan. The term legong palace is the next development. There is a presumption that the Legong Kraton Dance comes from Sang Hyang development.
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Dance series is devoted to one specific type of dance banyuwangi the art and traditional culture is very strong, this series of dance originally performed by men, but now this crazy dance row this man has disappeared. Many developments in this crazy dance row. After a long dance series devoted to male lenya, has recently come back infatuated male dancers who dance titled “infatuated Marsan”, where there are few dancers male dancers with the latest claim. So many changes here, ranging from motion (koreo), music, makeup, and nature of dance.
Historically, the first time devoted danced by the men who dressed as women and, according to Scholte (1927), the main instruments to accompany dancing lanang infatuated (crazy man) this is the drum. At that time, the violin has been used. However, the infatuated man is slowly disappearing from Banyuwangi circa 1890s, presumably because Islamic teachings forbid all forms of transvestisme or dress up like women. However, dance infatuated men only really disappeared in 1914, after the death of the last dancers, namely Marsan. According to some sources, the birth Gandrung intended to entertain the elders, accompanied the ceremony asked for survivors, with respect to the haunted forest clearing. Devoted to the first woman known in history is devoted to Spring, a little boy who was still ten years old in 1895. According to a credible story, then Semi suffer severe illness. Everything was done the way up to the shaman, but Spring also not go away. Read the rest of this entry »
Indonesia is rich in arts and culture which has been the state assets. therefore, let us keep and preserve our nation’s arts and culture.
Reog Dance is one of the cultural arts that originated from East Java and the northwest Ponorogo Reog regarded as the true home town. The city gate was decorated by the figure Ponorogo warok and gemblak, two figures who took part during reog demonstrated. Reog is one of the local culture in Indonesia is still very strong with things of a mystical and powerful mysticism.
Reog stories contained in reog ponorogo take Panji stories. The story revolves around King Kelana Sewandana journey to find her hero, accompanied by his patih hussar and a loyal, Bujangganong. When the choice fell on the daughter of the King of Kediri, Dewi Sanggalangit, the goddess gives the condition that he would accept his love when the King was willing to create a new art. Is created reog ponorogo. Movements in dance reog ponorogo describe the doings of man in life’s journey from birth, life, until death. His philosophy is very deep.
Dancers in Reog Components
There are 5 components Reog Ponorogo dancer in the dance, namely: 1. King Kelono Sewandono 2. Patih Bujangganong 3. Jathil 4. Warok 5. Pembarong Read the rest of this entry »
One form of dance that describes the forces that ridiculous in the face of invaders, “Mask Getak” meaning “pounding Mask”, the dancer who likes to stomp his feet to earth with the aim of sounding the bell attached to both legs, these dancers wear masks. A traditional dance depicting a warrior wandering. Therefore, this dance called “Dance kelonoan” (dance wanderer). It is said that this dance is the attraction of dance masks masks mastermind Balarama in the arts that once flourished among the aristocracy. therefore it is called dance dance mask dance mask getak which means that like to stomp his feet to earth with a purpose attached to ring the bell at the foot of the dancer.
dance is driven by the music accompaniment sronen (trumpet), which means kenong tellok
kenong = gamelan music
Tellok = three
so kenong Telok = number kenong that there are three
The sound of his voice is dominated by the sound of drums. This dance is in addition to functioning as the opening dance at sandhur art (one of the custom event on the spare madura) is also presented as entertainment welcoming guests and others.
This dance is performed by a male or female, single or group exhibited. Movement is full of meaning which aims to lure invaders and fought back, hoping to fool the invaders and defeat him after the enemy late in the entertainment presented by the dance. Read the rest of this entry »