Dance saman

Dance saman a custom dance usually displayed to celebrate affairs of great moment in custom and acheh society. poem in dance saman use arabian language and language gayo. besides usually this dance also displayed to celebrate to birth prophet muhammad may allah bless him and give him peace. dance name" saman" got from one of [the] big religious teacher nad, syech saman.

Meaning and function
dance saman be one of [the] media for message achievement (religious proselytizing). this dance reflects education, religious, manner, heroism, harmony and togetherness.
before saman begun that is as mukaddimah or opening, come up a clever smart old or pemuka custom for representing local society (keketar) or useful advices to players and onlooker.
song and poem pengungkapan collectiv and kontinu, the player consists of mans that still young with wear custom clothes. dance presentation can also mempentaskan, mempertandingkan between group guest with group sepangkalan (two group). evaluation menititk weigh against in ability each group in follow movement, dance and song (poem) that presented by adversary.

choir
dance saman usually displayed doesn't use castanets accompaniment, but use voice from dancers and their applause usually mengombinasikan with strikes breast and their thigh base is as synchronization and fling down body to various direction. this dance is guided by a leader usually called syech. because formation uniformity and time precision a necessity in display this dance, so dancers is demanded to has tall concentration and serious practice so that can come up finely. this dance is especially menarikan by mans.
in period formerly, this dance is exhibition in certain custom programme, mengantaranya in ceremony commemorates prophet birthday muhammad may allah bless him and give him peace. besides, especially in present day context, this dance is demonstrated also in programmes has official, like guests visit deliver regency and country, or in opening a festivals and another programme.

song
song increase dancers kedinamisan from dance saman. where does manner intone songs in dance saman divided in 5 kinds:
1. rengum, that is roaring that preced by lifter.
2. dering, that is regnum soon followed by all dancers.
3. redet, that is song short by ear short sing by a dancer in part middle dance.
4. syek, that is sing song by a dancer by ear tall long shrills, usually as movement change sign
5. saur, that is song that repeated together by entire dancers after sing by single dancer.

movement
dance saman use two movement elements that be element base in dance saman: applause and beat the breast. guessed, when distribute islamic religion, syeikh saman study ancient malay dance, then present to return via movement that espoused with islam religious proselytizing poems by memuda the religious proselytizing. in context kekinian, ritual dance has this religious stills used as media to submit religious proselytizing messages passes to shows.
dance saman belong one of [the] dance enough unique, kerena only display another movements applause movement, like movement guncang, kirep, lingang, surang-saring (all this movements language gayo)

dancer
in general, dance saman perfominged by flog or tens man, but the total must odd. but, in development furthermore, this dance also perfominged by class woman, but there is no mixture. opinion other say this dance menarikan approximately from 10 person, with details 8 dancers and 2 person as order givers while sang. to regulate various the movement menunjuklah a leader that called syeikh. besides regulate movement dancers, syeikh also have a duty to intone song poems saman.