Thursday, July 23, 2009

HoRsE,yEee....Haa!!!



Horse dance(kuda kepang) is one of the popular dance in Johor,especially among tha Javanese comunity.So far,there are around 18 rythms dances of 'kuda kepang'.Futhermore,the instruments that are need in the kuda kepang dances are 'kuda-kudaan','tali cemeti','gendang','kenong','gong','angklog','beduk', and 'saron'.The most important in 'kuda kepang' are dancers.the dancers needed in this perfomance are 9 people which include a leader and another 8 dancer.Those number of dancer symbolises 9 warrio of islam that called 'wali songo'.There are 3 types of dancing style like 'kembang lawang','kembung jeruk', and 'tari gempur'.In the otherhand,the dishes that are need in this kuda kepang is perfume without alcohol,'bunga kenanga','kuih' or fruit.We are from single ladies group usually watching the perfomances from club sri kenanga,parit kasim,parit raja,batu pahatJohor.Horse dance is very interesting dance and have been a traditional dances of our culture in Johor Bahru.

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