the origin of saman dance

Saman Dance is a dance that comes from the province of Sumatra Island that is from the province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. This dance is called saman dance because the dance was founded and developed first by the sheikh named Saman yaang from Gayo. Saman dance is also often called the Gayo tribe dance. the uniqueness of this dance, this dance is not done with a standing position, but the position of the body of the dancers is sitting. the movement shown in this dance is the progressively faster hand movements, the movement of the body without standing, and the accuracy of head movement. where all movements must be synchronized with the existing music. the poem of the saman song is Arabic and gayo. you could say this dance includes a sacred dance. the music that accompanies the song's song comes from a drum ditabu by a "brother". usually the dancers call the musician with the title "brother". on a team of saman usually consists of 10-20 people. It is said that this dance was played by men because this dance is "rough", mean here is very rarely found movement that requires graceful movement, the power of clapping and precision is needed. saman dance is a dance that requires extraordinary cohesiveness and trust from every dancer and musician. The costumes used in this dance are in the form of Malay clothes, trousers, socks, hats, sashes, belts, songkets and veils. for the veil is relative because there is a use but there is also a hair dikepol or dikonde upwards. for make up problems on each team relative saman depends on the respective team