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Dancing Plates (Tarian Piring)

Dancing Plates (Minangkabau pronounce: Tarian Piriang) is an art of dance that originated from the Minangkabau of West Sumatra. It is one of the art of dance is still practiced from Minangkabau people of Negeri Sembilan Minangkabau descent.

This dance has motions that resembles the movement of farmers during cultivation, harvest and do the work. This dance also symbolizes joy and gratitude to their crops. This dance is a jig with the dancers holding the plates in their hands, accompanied by music played by talempong(small kettle gong which gives its name to an ensemble of four or five talempong as well as other gongs and drums) and saluang(a traditional musical instrument of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is similar to the flute in general and made of bamboo).

Sometimes, the dishes will be thrown into the air or slammed to the ground and trampled by the dancers. To supplement the aesthetic elements, magic and surprises in this dance, male and female dancers will tread plate rupture without fear nor wound. Viewers would have felt terrible if glass is broken and stepped on a sharp pulling.

Platter Dancing in Malaysia

In Malaysia, a plate dance performed during the wedding ceremony is primarily for families, nobles and wealthy in a village. This dance is commonly seen in the area of ​​Seremban, Kuala Pilah and Rembau by certain groups. Some are offered with full dress and dance dress is not complete. Small fee will be charged if pick up this dance group dances plate. Ten to twenty minutes allocated for this dance performance.

Dance and martial arts presented a plate in front of the couple outside the house. Wedding or a ceremony such will be livelier if held dances plate. However, some people can not accept the presence of dances group as considered to have mixed male and female. To overcome this, the only dance with those girls only.

Indang Dance ( Tarian Indang)

Minangkabau ethnic save a lot of rich oral tradition. One is, also called Dance Dance Indang badindin. This dance is indeed a form of oral literature is presented as a group and play the tambourine while berdendang small.

This art was intended for the purpose of preaching Islam. That's why, that brought literature from salawat prophet Muhammad or the theme of religious affairs. Indang grown in traditional Minangkabau people who live in Padang Pariaman district.

Nasrul Azwar, cultural activist who lives in the waste, said historically Indang a mating between the Minangkabau culture and Islamic civilization centuries - 14. The civilization was introduced into the trader west coast of Aceh in Sumatra Island and subsequent spread to ULAKAN-Pariaman.

If more differentiated, in Indang emerging types of songs the station, and avaz iqa'at and the use of harp music. Maqam scales describing the structure and ambitus interval. Iqa'at store rhythmic patterns in music islam. The melody moves avaz is free tapa musical rhythms and introduced Islam.

Stage common Indang rang all seven dancers male. The seven dancers commonly called 'children indang'. They are led by a teacher called dhikr builders. Tari indang a manifestation of cultural education through prayer and thick cultural influence of Islam in Minangkabau

Architecture

Istana lama Seri Menanti History

From the reign of Raja Melewar (1773), until the reign of "Yamtuan Antah" (1872),there were three palaces built in the "Seri Menanti" which is Istana Barong-barong(Istana Rambai), Istana Baruh and the Istana Pulih. Istana lama Seri Menanti built during the reign of "Yamtuan Muhammad" and itremains so today. All four of these castles has a similar concept back iaiatuoverlooking hills and flat land. This site selection is made ​​based on the belief that theplain or valley surrounded by rolling hills are a reservoir of rain which means theconcentration of income.

Istana Lama Seri Menanti has a four storey timber palace and the construction is mortise and peg system which is the construction adopted by the Minangkabau society at that time. the wood used is"wood penak" taken from the "Forest Pergai" in Jelebu.

This palace has a series of four poles located in the middle. The height of this pillar is16.07 meters (51 feet) from the ground. Total all columns appearing in this court is of121 bars in which there are 74 pillars in the main building of the palace, while another47 pillars on the bridge and the house is the palace kitchen. All columns are the same size.