sisingaan dance

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Sisingaan dance is a traditional Sundanese performance in which children are paraded on lion-shaped effigies carried by dancers, often to celebrate circumcisions and other communal festivities in West Java, Indonesia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indonesian folk performance
Sundanese cultural performance
traditional dance
countryOfOrigin Indonesia NERFINISHED
culturalRegion Sundanese culture area
ethnicGroup Sundanese people NERFINISHED
genre folk dance
processional dance
hasPart bearers
child riders
drums
gong
kendang
lion-shaped effigies
traditional costumes
traditional musicians
trumpets
mainParticipants children being celebrated
male dancers
movementType parade
shoulder-borne procession
occasion circumcision ceremony
communal festivities
cultural festivals
national holidays
sunatan celebration
performanceSetting open fields
public squares
village streets
performedIn Indonesia NERFINISHED
Subang Regency NERFINISHED
West Java NERFINISHED
placeOfOrigin Subang, West Java NERFINISHED
West Java NERFINISHED
relatedTo Indonesian traditional dance
Sundanese music
lion imagery in Indonesian culture
symbolizes community pride
courage
protection for the child
strength
transition to adulthood
targetAudience cultural tourists
family of the child
local community
typicalAgeOfRiders children
typicalMusicStyle Sundanese percussion ensemble
lively rhythm
uses bamboo poles
decorative fabrics
lion effigy
traditional musical instruments
wooden platform

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Sundanese dance hasStyle sisingaan dance