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List of Indonesian dances

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This is a list of Indonesian dances.

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

B

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Bambangan Cakil dance
Barong dance

C

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G

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Gandrung dance
Gending Sriwijaya dance

H

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I

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Indang dance

J

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Jaipongan dance

K

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Kecak dance

L

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Legong dance
Lilin dance
  • 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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O

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Ondel-ondel dance

P

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Piring dance
  • 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.

R

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Reog dance

S

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Saman dance
Sigale Gale dance

T

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Topeng dance

U

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W

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Wayang wong dance

Z

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Other

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See also

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