Dance tor-tor

Dance to the office is a dance that moves a rhythm with the music (Margondang) are played by traditional musical instruments such as gondang, flute, trumpet hobo, and others. According to the history of dance tor-tor used in rituals associated with spirits, where the spirits are summoned and "enter" into the stone statues (a symbol of the ancestors), then the statue was moved like dancing but his movements stiff. The movement involves movement of the feet (tiptoe-tiptoe) and hand movements. Types of dance tor-tor also vary, there is the so-called tortor Pangurason (dance cleaning). This dance is usually held at a large party, whichever is first cleaned the place and location of the party before the party began to far from danger by using lime. There are also tor-tor Sipitu Grail (Dance of the seven bowls).

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Dance Serampang Twelve in Deli Serdang

is one of the many dances that evolved under the Sultanate of Serdang in Serdang Bedagai (formerly Regency Deli Serdang). This dance is a kind of traditional dance that is played as a social dance that contains messages about the way the story of a young boy in search of a mate, ranging from introductory to enter the stage of marriage. This is one way the Deli Malay community in the teaching of the search procedure for a mate to the young generation. So the Twelve Dancing Serampang a predilection for the younger generation to learn the process that will be passed later on if you want to build a palace household.

Dance Name Serampang Twelve formerly known as Dance Island Sari. This refers to the title song which accompanies the dance, the song Sari Island. This dance was created by Sauti in the era of the 1940s and re-composed between 1950?? 1960. Sauti who was born in 1903 in Cote Mirror, Serdang Bedagai when creating Serampang Twelve Dancing on duty in PP & K Office of North Sumatra Province. On the initiative of the Office of the shelter, Sauti conjunct become teachers in the Cultural Representative Office, North Sumatra in Medan. At that time sauti created several dance creations of the famous to the present including the Twelve Dancing Serampang. In addition to the Twelve Dancing Serampang, Sauti also managed to compose Many diagnostic another dance, the dance type which consists of the Three Dance Kuala Deli humming with the song, Dance with the song Mak Mak Host Host Pulau Kampai, and Dance Songs Two with songs Tanjung Katung.

At the beginning of its development, Twelve Dancing Serampang should only be performed by men. This is because the condition of society at that time forbade women to appear in public, let alone show lenggak body-sway. But with the times, where women are able to participate more freely in all activities, then the Twelve Dancing Serampang then be played in pairs between men and women in various party and performance arena.

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