Jaipong Dance "Energetic Dance from West Java"

Jaipongan, also known as Jaipong, is a popular traditional dance of Sundanese People, West Java, Indonesia. The dance was created by Gugum Gumbira, based on traditional Sundanese Ketuk Tilu music and Pencak Silat movements.

Dance Background

In 1961, Indonesian President Sukarno prohibited rock and roll and other western genres of music, and challenged Indonesian musicians to revive the indigenous arts. The name jaipongan came from people mimicking of the sounds created by some of the drums in the ensemble. Audiences were often heard shouting jaipong after specific sections of rhythmic music were played. Jaipongan debuted in 1974 when Gugum Gumbira and his gamelan and dancers first performed in public.

The most widely available album of Jaipongan outside of Indonesia is Tonggeret by singer Idjah Hadidjah and Gugum Gumbira's
Jugala orchestra, released in 1987, and re-released as West Java: Sundanese Jaipong and other Popular Music by Nanesuch/Elektra Records.

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Photographed by Hury Anggoro S