Plates Dance

Dance Plates (Minangkabau: Dance Piriang) is an artistic dance of the Minangkabau people from West Sumatra. He is one of the art of dance is still obliged to Minangkabau people of Negeri Sembilan Minangkabau descent.

This dance has a movement that resembles the movement of farmers during planting, harvesting and making work so forth. This dance also symbolizes joy and gratitude with the results of their crops. This dance is a jig with the dancers holding the plate in their palm, accompanied by a song played by Talempong and Saluang. Sometimes, the dishes will dilontar into the air or slammed to the ground and dipijak by these dancers. To add to the aesthetic elements, magic and surprises in this dance, male and female dancers will trample broken plates without fear nor wound. The audience would be horrified if tasting glass was broken and trampled sharp pulling.

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