Gantar Dance, Traditional Dances From East Kalimantan
Gantar Dance is one of the dances of young people who come from Dayak Benuaq tribe and Dayak Tanjung tribe in East Kalimantan. In this dance the dancers use a short bamboo stick and as a dancing property. This dance depicts the expression of the dancers' excitement as well as the friendliness of the Dayak community in welcoming the guests. This dance is often functioned for welcoming the guests or the tourists who attended the traditional event in East Kalimantan.
The origin of this Gantar Dance is still not known for certain. But many versions that tell the origin of this Gantar Dance. some say that this dance was formerly performed during the Dayak rice planting ceremony. Long sticks used in dancing serve to punch the ground. While the short bamboo is used to sprinkle the seeds in the hole. In this Gantar Dance, the dancers also stamped their feet. The movement illustrates how to close the hole that the seed has sown. The dancers with joyful dancing in the hope that their harvest will be abundant.
There is another version that says that Dance Gantar did to welcome the heroes who come home from a battlefield conducted by teenage girls of the Dayak tribe. In this version the long stick used is chopsticks, ie Dayak traditional weapons decorated with heads or tengkorang from enemies who brought home by the heroes. The small bamboos used are a counterweight to the dance movements. In addition, there is also a saying that this dance originated from the legend of the gods who trusted the Dayak tribe in the province of East Kalimantan.
However, the origins of this dance all refer to the movements displayed in the dance. Dance Gantar is currently a dance that undergoes a series of processes of modification. This dance is almost similar to dance bells coming from Central Kalimantan that use long sticks and also small bamboo as the dancing property. But what distinguishes this dance is in the movement that is dominated by hand movement and also pounding the foot. In Gantar Dance is divided into three types namely Gantar rayatn, Gantar spell and also Gantar senak and kusak.
In this type of dance Rayatn used only one tool that is a long stick, on this long tongakat decorated with a skull wrapped in red cloth and decorated with ibus. In this dance of this type, they dance while singing and waving hands according to the rhythm. This type of dance is usually performed on the customary rituals of the Dayak community. When displayed in cultural events, the sticks used do not use the skull, but only other decorations.
In the type of Dance Gantar storm, just use a piece of bamboo. At the time of dancing, the dancers waving gracefully and while playing the bamboo that he held to the rhythm. Bamboo used is given 12 bracelets to sound when moved. In this dance is usually the dancers in groups, so that combines the sound of bamboo and also pounding the legs combined with musical accompaniment.
The last type of Gantar Dance is Gantar senak and kusak. The dancers in this dance are the rods held in the left hand. While the damaged bamboo is held on the right hand. The bamboo used in this type is filled with grain to make the sound produced loud. In this type of dance, Gantar dancers play a long stick and will stomp the foot while playing the sound of the bamboo was swung.
In the show, Dance Gantar is usually done by female dancers. The dancer was wrapped in traditional clothing typical of the Dayak tribe with the full color black and also the red, yellow, and green. In addition, various accessories such as bracelets, necklaces and do not forget the headband that adds beauty from the dancers. In the show, Gari Dance is also accompanied by traditional music typical of the Dayak tribe. With the rhythm of the tone that the rhythm is increasingly fast following the movement of the dancers so that the audience who watched will be swept away in the joy delivered by the dancers through the dance moves.
Gantar Dance can be found in traditional events in East Kalimantan Province, besides that, we also can still find it in the cultural ceremony such as East Kalimantan cultural festival or at the festival of Indonesian culture.
The origin of this Gantar Dance is still not known for certain. But many versions that tell the origin of this Gantar Dance. some say that this dance was formerly performed during the Dayak rice planting ceremony. Long sticks used in dancing serve to punch the ground. While the short bamboo is used to sprinkle the seeds in the hole. In this Gantar Dance, the dancers also stamped their feet. The movement illustrates how to close the hole that the seed has sown. The dancers with joyful dancing in the hope that their harvest will be abundant.
There is another version that says that Dance Gantar did to welcome the heroes who come home from a battlefield conducted by teenage girls of the Dayak tribe. In this version the long stick used is chopsticks, ie Dayak traditional weapons decorated with heads or tengkorang from enemies who brought home by the heroes. The small bamboos used are a counterweight to the dance movements. In addition, there is also a saying that this dance originated from the legend of the gods who trusted the Dayak tribe in the province of East Kalimantan.
However, the origins of this dance all refer to the movements displayed in the dance. Dance Gantar is currently a dance that undergoes a series of processes of modification. This dance is almost similar to dance bells coming from Central Kalimantan that use long sticks and also small bamboo as the dancing property. But what distinguishes this dance is in the movement that is dominated by hand movement and also pounding the foot. In Gantar Dance is divided into three types namely Gantar rayatn, Gantar spell and also Gantar senak and kusak.
In this type of dance Rayatn used only one tool that is a long stick, on this long tongakat decorated with a skull wrapped in red cloth and decorated with ibus. In this dance of this type, they dance while singing and waving hands according to the rhythm. This type of dance is usually performed on the customary rituals of the Dayak community. When displayed in cultural events, the sticks used do not use the skull, but only other decorations.
In the type of Dance Gantar storm, just use a piece of bamboo. At the time of dancing, the dancers waving gracefully and while playing the bamboo that he held to the rhythm. Bamboo used is given 12 bracelets to sound when moved. In this dance is usually the dancers in groups, so that combines the sound of bamboo and also pounding the legs combined with musical accompaniment.
The last type of Gantar Dance is Gantar senak and kusak. The dancers in this dance are the rods held in the left hand. While the damaged bamboo is held on the right hand. The bamboo used in this type is filled with grain to make the sound produced loud. In this type of dance, Gantar dancers play a long stick and will stomp the foot while playing the sound of the bamboo was swung.
In the show, Dance Gantar is usually done by female dancers. The dancer was wrapped in traditional clothing typical of the Dayak tribe with the full color black and also the red, yellow, and green. In addition, various accessories such as bracelets, necklaces and do not forget the headband that adds beauty from the dancers. In the show, Gari Dance is also accompanied by traditional music typical of the Dayak tribe. With the rhythm of the tone that the rhythm is increasingly fast following the movement of the dancers so that the audience who watched will be swept away in the joy delivered by the dancers through the dance moves.
Gantar Dance can be found in traditional events in East Kalimantan Province, besides that, we also can still find it in the cultural ceremony such as East Kalimantan cultural festival or at the festival of Indonesian culture.
