Banjar Dance

Banjar Dance, was being create by banjar community,

Kind of banjar commonly was perform accompany with baksa or panthing.

(baksa and music panthing are kind of music type)

Banjar dance have various type, in this opportunity we’ll discuss first type of Banjar Dance there is Bagandut.

BAGANDUT

Couple dancer that in the past time more explore the erotic of the dancer, just like tayub dance from java or ronggeng dance on Sumatra. The meaning of Gandut is tledek (take on java language).

In the beginning, bagandut dance was played only on castle area then in 1860’s, this dance was spread into entire empire and being the most favorite art among citizen.

Usually this dance was perform if there any ceremony such as marriage ceremony.

Gandut dancer is an unique profession in the society and need special women to be gandut dancer,

Because she must have beautiful face also she must able to protect her self with martial art and spelling (kind of magic word) capability. Those capability are very important for her because there are many bad guy will annoy her perform during dance or more worst will bothering her life with black magic or physical harassment.

In the glorious era of gandut dance. It also being the arena for man to show their power such as capability of dance also his riches.

Gandut dance as an entertainment was grow all around banjar kingdom, that have farmer background.



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