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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.
Jaipongan Mojang Priangan, a Sundanese traditional dance performance. There is a widespread belief among Indonesian ethnicities that the Sundanese are famous for their beauty. In his report "Summa Oriental" on the early 16th century Sunda Kingdom , Portuguese apothecary Tomé Pires mentioned: "The (Sundanese) women are beautiful, and those of ...
A group of dancing girls with distinguished headdress from Lampung in full regalia, 1929.. The origins of the Lampung people is closely tied to the name of Lampung itself. In the 7th century the Chinese had already mentioned about a place in the south (Nampang) where it is said to be the place of the Tolang Pohwang kingdom, the location of the former kingdom's territory may now refer to the ...
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.
Sang Bumi Ruwa Jurai (English: one land, two kinds) is the provincial anthem of Lampung, Indonesia.Its title also serves as the provincial motto. [1]Written by Syaiful Anwar, the song's lyrics talk of the unity between the Pesisir and Pepadun peoples of Lampung.
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.
The province borders the provinces of Jambi to the north, Bengkulu to the west and Lampung to the south, as well a maritime border with the Bangka Belitung Islands to the east. It is the largest province in the island of Sumatra , and it is slightly smaller than Portugal , the department of Boquerón in Paraguay or the U.S. state of Maine .