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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.
The name change was at the suggestion of President Sukarno who asked the Central Lampung Regional Government to perform the dance at Istora Senayan Jakarta on August 17, 1965. Melinting is a dance inherited from Ratu Melinting which is estimated to have existed in the sixteenth century.
The movement of social dances, such as ronggeng and tayub are more vigorous and often erotic, closely related to Sundanese jaipongan. Because of the erotic nuances, those who perform this type of dance are sometimes perceived as intentionally being suggestive or even openly advertising sexual favors. Some examples of Javanese commoner dances
Colossal Yapong dance Hundreds of dancers demonstrate the yapong dance. The pattern in the clothes worn by the dancers is a development of the Betawi mask dancer clothes. This can be seen clearly from the shape and decoration of the headgear and the sash worn on the chest, which is called the toka-toka.
Piring dance (Minangkabau: Piriang; Jawi: تاري ڤيريڠ) is a traditional Minangkabau plate dance originated and performed in West Sumatra, Indonesia.It is also performed in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
Baksa Kembang dancers are equipped with a scarf (selendang) that is used to dance so that when dancing they look elegant and charming.One of the characteristics of the Baksa Kembang dance costume is the crown on its head called the gajah gemuling, which is a crown decorated with two small bogam flowers and woven young coconut leaves which are often called halilipan.
Kuda Lumping (Javanese: ꦗꦫꦤ꧀ꦏꦺꦥꦁ, Jaran Kepang or Jathilan, Indonesian: Kuda Lumping or Kuda Kepang, English: Flat Horse) is a traditional Javanese dance originated from Ponorogo, East Java, Indonesia depicting a group of horsemen.
Ronggeng (from Javanese ꦫꦺꦴꦁꦒꦺꦁ 'ronggèng') is a type of Javanese dance in which couples exchange poetic verses as they dance to the music of a rebab or violin and a gong.