The origin of saman dance

Saman Dance is a dance from the Gayo tribe, Aceh which was developed in the 14th century by a great scholar named Sheikh Saman. This dance is a folk game called Pok Ane. The Islamic culture that entered the Gayo area at the time with Pok Ane games, and unique game handlers only to complement, turned into meaningful singing and praise to Allah. Islamic culture and some movements on the price of pats and seating. Saman dance in the Sultanate of Aceh is only shown at the celebration of the Prophet Muhammad's birthday in surau-surau or mosque in Gayo area, but in its development it also happened at public events such as birthday party, wedding,

Since 24 November 2011, saman dance has been designated as one of UNESCO's Unicode Cultural Heritage by Indonesia in the sixth session of the Intergovernmental Committee held in Bali. The dance in English known as "Thousand Hand Dance" is still continuously preserved, not only by the tribe of Aceh Gayo, also by the entire world community who admire its uniqueness.

Dancers and Saman Dance Movement

At first, saman dance was only played by people who were not more than 10 people, 8 as dancers and 2 as giver of cue. However, in its development, if you want to make more than once that can be used by more dancers, then the rate will be charged by more than 10 dancers. In addition, women who can not do this, it is also a responsibility to play it.

To arrange the cohesiveness of dancers' movements, saman dance will usually be led by 2 sheikhs. Shaykh is the rhythm of the movement as well as the guides singing or poetry that accompanies this dance. Movements in sunan dance are generally divided into several things, namely the movement of applause and chest motion, shaking, kirep motion, lingang motion, and the movement of sam-filter. The names of all movements in this saman dance are from Gayo. What makes the tariff so unique and often brings admiration for those who witness it is because of the harmonization in this movement that flows quickly with the verses and the accompaniment. Many people abroad are even better known as the tariff rates of kecak rates or tariffs originating from Bali.

Saman Dance and Song Dance

In contrast to the typical dance flow, at the original price, you will not find any musical instrument accompaniment. The only rhythm used to harmonize this dance movement is the sound of the dancers themselves. They will clap their hands, chest, thigh, and the floor or sometimes sing their own verses to synchronize the movement between the dancers and the other dancers.

For the poetry of the saman song dance song itself is usually one of the proverbs and excellent advice in. These poems contain a message of morale of Islam that flows impregnated by every audience.