List of Indonesian dances

This is list of Indonesian dances.

Dances in Indonesia.
From left to right: Javanese Serimpi, Balinese Legong, Minangkabau Piring, Buginese Pajoge and Sundanese Jaipongan.

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  • Kabasaran dance (North Sulawesi), a traditional war dance of Minahasan people, performed by several men clad in red costumes, wielding a sword or spear with a shield.
  • Kancet Papatai dance (East Kalimantan), a Dayak war dance tradition based on Dayak Kenyah story.
  • Kebyar Duduk dance (Bali), a Balinese dance inspired by the development of the quick-paced gamelan gong kebyar.
  • Kecak dance (Bali), a form of Balinese Hindu dance-drama that performed by a circle of as many as 150 performers wearing checked cloths around their waists, percussively chanting "chak" and moving their hands and arms.
  • Kuda Lumping dance (East Java), a Javanese folk dance depicting a group of horsemen. Generally, the dance portrays troops riding horses, but another type of Kuda Lumping performance also incorporates trances and magic tricks.

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  • Legong dance (Bali), a Balinese dance form characterized by intricate finger movements, complicated footwork, and expressive gestures and facial expressions.
  • Liang-liong dance (nationwide), a form of traditional Chinese dance figured of a dragon using poles positioned at regular intervals along the length of the dragon.
  • Likok Pulo dance (Aceh), a traditional dance of Acehnese people which held after planting rice or after harvesting rice, usually the show is held at night even if the dance is contested can run all night until morning.
  • Lilin dance (West Sumatra), a Minangkabau candle dance performance, the dancers carry lit candles on plates held on the palm of each hand.

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  • Panyembrama dance (Bali), a secular Balinese dance, usually performed first, particularly before a secularised Legong performance.
  • Pasambahan dance (West Sumatra), a ceremonial welcoming dance to honor the guests and elders to a traditional ceremony. This dance develop by Minangkabau people in the province.
  • Payung dance (West Sumatra), a folk dance-drama tradition of Minangkabau-Malay ethnic group, using payung (umbrella) as main instrument of this dance.
  • Pendet dance (Bali), a traditional dance of Balinese people in which floral offerings are made to purify the temple or theater as a prelude to ceremonies or other dances.
  • Piring dance (West Sumatra), a traditional Minangkabau plate dance, demonstrates the skill of the dancers that manage balance and to move the ceramics plate swiftly without dropping or breaking the plates. Sometimes candles are lit on the plate.
  • Poco-poco dance (Maluku), a popular line dance of Moluccan people of Maluku.

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  • Alang dance
  • Baksa Kembang dance
  • Barong Ider Bumi dance
  • Campak dance
  • Cokek dance
  • Gambyong dance
  • Gantar dance
  • Golek dance
  • Kancet Lasan dance
  • Kancet Ledo dance
  • Keurseus dance
  • Kuntulan dance
  • Kupu-kupu dance
  • Kuyang dance
  • Lenggang Betawi dance
  • Mabadong dance
  • Maengket dance
  • Mageret Pandan dance
  • Manuk Rawa dance
  • Mejeng Basuko dance
  • Melinting dance
  • Paduppa dance
  • Pagar Pengantin dance
  • Pajoge dance
  • Pakarena dance
  • Paraga dance
  • Persembahan dance
  • Rantak dance
  • Rapai Geleng dance
  • Ratoh Duek dance
  • Ratoh Jaroe dance
  • Remo dance
  • Rodat Cempako dance
  • Sajojo dance
  • Seblang dance
  • Sekapur Sirih dance
  • Sekar Jepun dance
  • Serampang Dua Belas dance
  • Serumpai dance
  • Seudati dance
  • Sisingaan dance
  • Tandak dance
  • Tortor dance
  • Wayang gedong dance
  • Yapong dance

See also

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