Saman dance is a tribal dance Gayo commonly displayed to celebrate important events in custom. Saman dance uses poetry in Arabic and Gayo. In addition, this dance is usually also displayed to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad. In some literature mentions Saman dance of Aceh was founded and developed by Sheikh Saman, a cleric who comes from the Gayo in Aceh Tenggara.
Meaning and Function:
Saman dance is one of the media to achieve a message (preaching). This dance reflects the educational, religious, good manners, heroism, solidarity and togetherness. Before the beginning of the Preamble saman or opening, performed a clever or cunning old traditional leaders to represent the local community (keketar) or useful advice to the players and spectators. Songs and poems together and continuous disclosure, the players consist of men who are still young by wearing traditional clothes. Presentation of the dance can also be staged, contested between group living with sepangkalan group (two groups). Assessment ditititk emphasis on the ability of each group in following the movement, dance and song (poem), which is presented by the opponent.
Choir:
Tari Saman usually displayed not use the accompaniment of musical instruments, but using the voice of the dancers and their applause is usually combined with hitting the chest and groin as synchronization and flung their bodies into various directions. This dance is guided by a leader who is typically called Syech. Because of the uniformity of formation and punctuality is a must in these dances, the dancers are required to have a high concentration and a serious exercise in order to appear perfectly. This dance is danced by men in particular. In ancient times, this dance performances in the event of certain customs, such as in a ceremony commemorating the birthday of Prophet Muhammad. In addition, particularly in the context of today, this dance is also performed on special occasions that are formal, such as visiting guests Inter-County and State, or the opening of a festival and other events.
Hymns:
Song of the dancers add to the dynamics of saman dance. How to sing songs in saman dance is divided into 5 types:
1. Rengum, the roar that begins by lifting.
2. Tones, namely Regnum which was quickly followed by all dancers.
3. Redet, which is a short song with a short sound sung by a dancer in the middle of the dance.
4. Syek, the song sung by a dancer with a long high-pitched voice, usually as a sign of change in motion
5. Saur, that is the song that is repeated by all the dancers after sung by a solo dancer.
Movement :
Saman dance using two elements of the motion which became the basic element in the dance saman: Applause and pat dada.Diduga, when spreading the religion of Islam, sheikhs saman studying ancient Malay dance, and then bring back through the motion, accompanied by poems by memudakan preaching Islamic da'wah . In the present context, dances are religious rituals that are still used as a medium to convey the messages of propaganda through performances. Saman dance one dance that is quite unique, because they show only the applause of motion movements, such as shaking motion, kirep, lingang, surang-filter (all motion is the Gayo language)
Dancers:
In general, saman dance played by a dozen or dozens of men, but the numbers must ganjil.Pendapat Others say This dance is danced more or less than 10 people, with details of 8 dancers and 2 as cue givers while bernyanyi.Namun, in the development of in the modern era, which requires that a dance would be more lively when danced by a dancer with higher numbers. To adjust the various movements instituted a leader who called sheikh. In addition to regulate the movement of the dancers, Sheikh is also tasked to sing hymns saman song. namely ganit.id.wikipedia
