Saman Dance

Saman dance

Saman dance were inscribed on the Representative List of Cultural Heritage Objects Man. Determination was held on the 6th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection UNESCO in Bali, on November 24, 2011. At first the Saman Dance is one of the media to convey the message (da'wah). Saman containing religious education, manners, heroism, teamwork and togetherness.

Saman dancers is odd number. They sang a hymn Gayo language mixed with Arabic while dancing. Singing in Tari Saman divided into five types. Regnum is singing like roar. Dering is a roaring sound made by all the dancers. Redet is short with short sound track sung by a dancer in the middle of the dance. Syek is a song sung by a dancer with long, high-pitched voice, usually a sign of change in motion. Saur is a song that is repeated by all the dancers after be vocalized by solo dancers.

In addition to singing, movement Saman dancers accompanied by musical instruments such as drums, dancers shouting, clapping dancers, claps dancers chest and thigh tap dancer. Motion in the dance called guncang (shake), kirep, Lingang and surang-saring (all of this movement is the Gayo language).

Costume or special clothing Saman dance is divided into three parts. At the head wear bulung teleng and sunting_kepies. Bulung teleng also called tengkuluk, namely fabric based black rectangular. Sunting_kepies or canopy of flowers are used in the right side of the head. Clothes worn on the body of the subject, pants and sarong. Shirt basic shirt also called short-handed filigree namely black dress embroidered in white thread, green, and red. On the hand bracelet worn topeng gelang and handkerchiefs. The use of color on the dancer's costume is very important because, according to tradition contains the color values that indicate the identity, compactness, wisdom, strength, courage, and the harmony of the wearer.