Indonesian Traditional Peacock Dance
Channel: Nugra
Date: 2021-02-18

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Tari Merak is a new creation dance from Tanah Pasundan which was created by a choreographer named Raden Tjetjep Somantri in the 1950s, and in 1965 a new choreography was made by dra. Irawati Durban Arjon and was revised back in 1985 and taught to Romanita Santoso in 1993 by dra. Irrawati directly.

The Peacock Dance actually describes the behavior of the male peacock with the beauty of its tail feathers, many people wrongly think that this dance is about the behavior of the female peacock. Like other birds, male peacocks will compete to display the beauty of their tails to attract the hearts of female peacocks. The dandy male peafowl will walk proudly displaying the beauty of its long and colorful tail feathers in search of its mate, with its graceful and charming style. This behavior of the peacock is visualized as a peacock dance which depicts the joy and grace of the movement.

The charm of the colorful tail feathers is implemented in a beautiful costume with sequin-covered wings, and a headdress (crown) called a "sigeur" ​​with a peacock head ornament that will sway to follow the dancer's head movements.

This dance itself is often danced in several events both national and foreign cultural introductions, even the Peacock dance is also performed as an offering dance and welcoming the bride and groom.