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Jaipongan (Sundanese: ᮏᮄᮕᮧᮍᮔ᮪), also known as Jaipong, is a popular traditional dance of Sundanese people from Indonesia. The dance was created by Gugum Gumbira , based on the traditional Sundanese Ketuk Tilu music and pencak silat movements.
Among Sundanese dances perhaps Jaipongan is the most popular styles and form. Jaipongan dance could be performed solo by a female dancer, in group of female dancers, as couple between professional female and male dancers, or as couple when professional female dancers invite male audience to dance with them.
The name of the airport was reported to be a suggestion from the people of Karo to the government and later granted by the Ministry of Transportation. [6] The name consists of two words: 'Kuala,' a Malay and Indonesian word for 'river mouth;' [7] and 'Namu' or 'Namo,' the Karonese for 'deep sea.' [8] Thus, 'Kualanamu' means 'meeting point.' [6] Kualanamu is one of the very few airports in the ...
Medan Kota is one of 21 districts in the city of Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Boundaries of the district (Indonesian: kecamatan): To the north : Medan Area, Medan Perjuangan, Medan Timur; To the south : Medan Amplas; To the east : Medan Denai, Medan Area; To the west : Medan Maimun; In 2004, it had a population of 84.530 inhabitants.
The colonial settlement is the city centre and contains central government infrastructure, the shopping area of Kesawan, the military area between the Deli and the Babura Rivers, the affluent tropical garden city of Polonia, the central market, as well as various churches, hospitals, schools, factories, train stations, and the former airport ...
The Greater Medan metropolitan area, known locally as Mebidangro (an acronym of Medan–Binjai–Deli Serdang–Karo) is a metropolitan area in North Sumatra, Indonesia, which consists of Medan City, Binjai City, Deli Serdang Regency and part (4 districts) of Karo Regency. The metropolitan area was established by a presidential decree in 2011. [3]
Gending Sriwijaya is the name of the traditional performance whether it is a song, music, as well as dance that originated from Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia.Both of the song and the dance was created to describes the splendor, cultural refinement, glory and the grandeur of Srivijaya empire that once succeed on unifying the western parts of Indonesian archipelago and Malay world generally.
Music and dance at the time were divided into several styles based on the main courts in the area—Surakarta, Yogyakarta, Pakualaman and Mangkunegaran. Gamelan from eastern Java is less well-known than central or western parts of the island. Perhaps most distinctive of the area is the extremely large gamyak drum.