Saman, Samin Saman

Saman Dance, "One of the performing art form", from Acheh in the next ten years 2000-2010, experienced rapid development in Jakarta. In Jakarta dance saman''received wide attention'', especially children and adolescent. There are more than forty high school who utilize dance for extracurricular activities. School that do not have a group saman considered obsolute. In this context saman has become a teen life style. Phenomena this is similiar to adolescent fondness jakarta to breakdance in the middle 90's. Where when it breakdance, a type of dance that originated from Africa, has established a teen lifestyle. Calling ''Saman Dance" played by children in Jakarta, it is not really warrant like the one in the country of origin, or gayo lues and Gayo Lokop Serbejadi. To distinguish it, call it "Saman Jakarta" because it has underground changes it form players, and poetry. "Saman Jakarta" played by women. Her performance is equipped with music Rapa-i. None of this verse uses the word Gayo languange. Motion dance, do not fully use the motion saman dance but already mixed with Likok Pulo from Pulo Acheh, Ratok Duek, Ratoh Bantai, Rapa-i Geleng (Southern Acheh) and others.

Jakarta it has changed the kids of dance of Acheh was the other face. "Saman Jakarta" has become an urban art product, which is entirely different than the original. Jakarta is an urban city that has a range of possibilities, including "ruffled" saman Acheh and the others arts. Study on urban art has demonstrated the fact that, not only for art but also the art of others traditional arts. Perhaps the term "Saman" attached in addition to being easy and simple to say, but also refers to the popularity of saman dance long enough.

Protest and invective ever addresed to "Saman Jakarta" because the value is no longer in accor dance with the "Original heritage" and will bury the history and form often real Saman Dance. Some circles in various discussion forums that development since the last five years worrying about it. Even long before that, about 20 years ago, protest flare has been enchoed on performence trends "Tari Como Comot", which shows a fragment of a fragment which combines various Acehnese dance in performance. Time this type of popular dance called "Dance New Creation". But the protest did not immediately get a response.

Saman dance is originally from Gayo lues district, Acheh Province. This Saman dance is a combination of movement and singing. Movement is a dynamic and rhythmic. This dance is also called the dance a thousand hands, because it flashed the hand is so valid and varied, as though there are thousands of hands that move to form a particular movement. Dancers sit cross-legged and kneeling at all times sit. Saman dance when playing, while accompanied by a lyric poem Gayo language. The content of the poem can include advice, satire, humor, outlook on life and others that develop in society. Thus the actual contents in the Saman Dance verse can be said is the image of thought and desire of the Gayo people about life. Compare Jakarta Saman with Saman Gayo raised many protest and invective. There are blame instead Saman jakarta but "Samin" Saman aka false because there have been many fundamental change of form Saman.