![]() Sisingaan dance performance in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta | |
Genre | Lion dance |
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Instrument(s) | kendhang, kempul, gong, suling, trumpet |
Inventor | Sundanese |
Origin | Indonesia |
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Sisingaan, also known as Gotong Singa, Singa Ungkleuk, Singa Depok, Kuda Ungkleuk, Pergosi, or Odong-odong, is a traditional Sundanese lion dance that originated in Subang, West Java, Indonesia.[1] This lion dance performance is marked by a form of an ark or palanquin that resembles a lion. The lion ark or lion-shaped effigy is carried by a group of dancers who perform various attractions accompanied by traditional music.[2] The lion palanquin is being ride by a children. This dance usually performed to celebrate the child's circumcision ceremony, where the child is carried on a lion around the kampung (village).[3]