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Traditional Dance From Betawi What You Must Know

Betawi is now known as the capital city of Jakarta has some traditional arts lho. However, being the capital of a country is very hard to maintain the original Betawi culture. If not us, who else will bring this ancestral culture?

6 Betawi traditional dances you should know:

1. Yapong Dance

Yapong dance was first created by Bagong Kusudiardjo in 1975. This dance is usually held when approaching the birthday of Jakarta. Well, that time usually the Department of Culture preparing some regional dance from various parts of Indonesia.

Name Yapong, taken from the sound of the song 'yes yes yes' combined with the sound of music that sound like 'pong pong pong' finally combined into yapong.
Until now this dance is typical of traditional Betawi dance, the instruments used in this dance are Rebana Biang, Rebana Ketimpring and Rebana Hadroh. Along with the times, yapong put into dance dance to combine traditional and modern into contemporary art.

2. Betawi Mask Dance

Betawi Mask Dance is a combined artwork of drama art, singing and dancing. If you look like a theater show, but he nuanced dance.Hmmm ... confused huh? Formerly the Mask Dance is one of the traditional teather performances, but tucked elements of dance art in it until finally like now.

Want to know a lot about Betawi Mask Dance? This dance has been recognized by foreign countries you know , you can see this dance when there are ceremonial ceremonies and weddings are nuanced traditional. But unfortunately Jakarta is attached to modern culture huh? I myself do not know how the culture in Jakarta.
Interest in cultivating this dance? The requirement is simple, you must have a dance movement that is flexible, gentle and use a happy mimic. If the 3 criteria come in, you can start the list to join the mask dance art.

Why the mask can be stuck without rubber?
For the layman would have to ask that question. This mask is made of wood so that the dancers stick the mask by biting so that the mask does not fall.
Musical instruments used to accompany this dance are rebab, kempul, kecrek, gong pitcher, big drum, kromong three, and kulanter. For the costumes, not specifically for mask dance, but not separated also from the Betawi traditional costume.
Want to try mask dance?

3. Yellow Sirih Dance


Name of yellow betel dance allegedly used when ancient times when the procession of traditional wedding Betawi sirih dare of yellow is given from the prospective groom to the prospective bride. And developed into a dance from the origin of betawi combination of dance cokek. This dance usually shows a pair of female and male dancers. But along with the times of this dance is often carried by the children and not demanding to be alone with important men remain attached to the culture of betawinya.
The music that accompanies this dance is Gambang Kromong.
Usually this dance is held when there is a big day, such as circumcision, marriage or graduation of the students.

4. Lenggang Nyai Dance

This dance is called Lenggang Nyai because it tells the story of Nyai Dasimah. The girl from Jakarta who is confused to choose a spouse between Dutch and Indonesian men. And he finally determines a man of Dutch descent, but throughout his marriage, Nyai revolted because of the rules made by her husband. Feeling the rights of women taken, the story finally inspired an artist named Wiwiek Widiastuti and made a dance called Lenggang Nyai Dance.

This dance uses Gambang Kromong music, and a red colored costume with head jewelry. If you notice there is a little nuance of Chinese tradition.

5. Japin Betawi Dance

Japin or Zapin Betawi Dance is a mixed dance of Malay dance influenced by Arab culture. Not infrequently dancing this dance using the veil of all, this dance is educational so popular by many people, this dance is also a dance tradition Malaysia, confused huh? This dance is actually from Malaysia what is Betawi?

When we trace the history of Zapin Dance, this dance was originally Malay traditional dance, but at that time around the 16th century this dance was brought by arab traders to spread da'wah amidst musical accompaniment. Until finally Zapin dance is divided by several groups in several countries.

Special dance zapin Betawi using musical accompanist that is picked the gambus and marwas. In Brunei itself is divided into two dances, namely Zapin Laila Sembah and Zapin Tar.

6. Cokek Dance

The next traditional dance is Cokek Dance. This dance is similar to Chinese dance, the music used is gambang kromong commonly used to accompany various other traditional dances. Cokek Dance Dancer uses a special kebaya called kebaya cokek. Uniquely this dance, amid dance of the dancers will tune the shawl to the guests, and it is strictly forbidden for guests to refuse the shawl of the scarf. And the sank guests have to dance. Hmm ... interest with this dance?

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