Saman Dance Your Fate Now

When to star there saman dance in the Gayo region not know for certain because there is no written record of this dance. But According to the recognotion of the parents before Dutch came to Acheh has grown rapidly in gayo Lues. Only love writing about the warrant is still a little so that the story of Saman Dance generally by word of mouth. And even more dangerous if there are now write saman dance with the taste and spesific goals so thaht a black can become white and clear to gary. Saman dance from the begining is a favorite dance in the Gayo Lues and Lokup (East Acheh). This dance is the pride of Gayo society. Since the first Saman players who normally know widely by the public, so no exaggeration to say that the player Saman has a plusin the eyes of society. For Gayo society it self was the pride of the summons not only because it was starting to catch on, but before this dance has become a widely recognized community pride and to this day still exist in the presence of Gayo Lues. However, all of which called itself the Saman dance played by Male, again by Male. At the end of the era, beginning 90 to 80s and now have a lot of "Saman dance" studied and indicated both by the people of Acheh as well as others, even in Jakarta, there are several school have been taught "Saman Dance". On one side of the Gayo people of Acheh in particular are very proud of this event, but on the other hands also very concerned. Both vocabulary is very contradictory because the world "proud" and "concerned" no in the group in line. Saman dance community proud because that was originaly a dance that is no known to be admired by other people dance but the community was also concerned because the pattern of dance and dancers have changed from the known to the public.

Now the most pupolar non-Saman dance from Acheh, but from Jakarta. We do not know where the name was taken because The Saman Dance of Acheh not played by Women. The same opinion was expressed by Dr. Rajab Bahri, M.Pd (Exs players Saman Dance (1975-2002), he never met by someone who claims saman dance coach (Women) in Jakarta, She admitted saman that we made the first in Jakarta Ratoh Dhuk name, but other people always say that we are also naming saman she said, Is it true like it or not, we also do not know. If true, clear name Jakarta saman (saman women) are mad by people who do not know saman. If this is not straightened out, and as if we approve it, the traditional dance saman likely will not be known by others and this will eliminate the identity of summons that was previously known to be famous and back to being uknown. What a cruel man...! if this happens. Activities such as this is tantamount to business "deliberately omitted" the cultural history of Acheh with the aim of which is unclear.

Why does this happens? there may be a tendency in the people of Acheh as it was once expressed by experts, Amir. He said, "There are many difficulties in tracing the element of art Acheh. This can often lead to lack of depth and understanding of the value of community arts activities in Acheh. The importance of preserving and maintaning cultural heritage of the past is still not understood by the people of Acheh in general and the leaders in particular. In contrast to western society which stores hundred of years of cultural work in a place where meseum and conservatorium, in Acheh there's a tendency to forget histori, even worse to take the work of the past and acknowledge it as a work of today (Amir,2006:6). If happen, it would unfortunately the fate of our culture, including loss of Saman dance history of the actual facts.