Saturday 18 August 2007

Tarian Gamelan










"Tarian Gamelan is a royal dance and was originally performed at palaces during the sultanate of Riau-Lingga and subsequently brought to the Malay land by Sultan Ahmad of Pahang. It was introduced to the state of Terengganu when Tengku Meriam, the daughter of Sultan Ahmad of Pahang married the son of Sultan Zainal Abidin II in Terengganu. During that time, this dance was only meant for the royalty on certain occasion. It was said that Tarian Gamelan has altogether 39 different dances of which part of these were created by Tengku Ampuan Meriam herself based on stories she heard from story tellers. Eight ladies all in colourful silk costume will be accompanied by some musical instruments such as serunai, gambang, saron, bonang, kenong, gendang ibu and gendang anak to perform the story."
http://www.tourism.terengganu.gov.my/cultural/gamelan.html

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hai Pappy....

I like the article about Tarian Gamelan. This is something new for me. Before this I never thought that this dance is only for the royalty. This is something new for all of us.

aimi amirah mohd yusof
2005809225

Anonymous said...

assalamualaikum.............
hai pappy and very good morning...
Actually at Terengganu we already known about it traditional dance such as tarian gamelan, ulik mayang and others..but many people do not know about this dance..from your article we were known very well about it..

thank for your great information

siti zubaidah bt mat hussin
omd50c

Anonymous said...

Wow…
Gamelan is unique…
It has altogether 39 different dances. I’ve never see Gamelan Dance. I am sure Gamelan would be best to see. But, I’ve heard the Gamelan song from Gamelan Club. I hope Gamelan Club will dance this Gamelan Dance…


(^___^)

Wan nursafiah wan ibrahim
2005469259

Anonymous said...

assalamulaikum...hai pappy..
I am very proudto be Malaysian because we have different culture and we still together when doing something. actually, i only know about the "Gamelan" and not the dance. I live at Selangor which is the developed state in Malaysia. Not every people know about our tradisional culture espeacialy about the dance. Maybe because lack of reading that's why i did not know. You make me realise that we have to love and protect our culture before it disappeared forever.


MOHD AKMAL
BMB 1OA
BM 224

Anonymous said...

assalamualaikum pappy, before read your article, i never thought how dance like 'tarian gamelan' can show our royalty! now i believe how the old people show their royalty to their king.i hope i can see this dance in person and learnt it.

nur atiqah hashim
BMB10A1

FaRHaNa-KuN said...

Wow this is veryyyyyyyy awesome!! I've tried one of gamelan musical instrument which I can't remember well its name, and warning, it is not for novice! Tarian Gamelan combines both, art and mystical senses. I started to like them since I saw it in Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam movies - am I right? Even it bring some creepy feelings, it is still attractive especially when the dancers is in colorful pretty costume. Mystical and art, pretty combination right?

Nurul Farhana, OMD50C

Anonymous said...

Assalamualaikum Pappy..
how are you?
i like very much about your article. Gamelan is one of the most unique dance that i know..
the instrument that have been use is also unique. the sound of the music is great!! i like to try this dance.

Anonymous said...

assalamualaikum pappy..
tarian gamelan is one of my favourite tarian that i learn with my teacher...with this article about Tarian Gamelan i get some information about the history of Tarian Gamelan that i did not know before...

zuriadah bt abdul razak
omd50c

Anonymous said...

Hai, pappy....
Terenggganu have a lot of interested dances. One of them is Tarian Gamelan. I hope that I can learn at least one dance from Terengganu because it have historical value..Like this dance very much...

UMI KALSUM BT SAMSUDDIN
2005469161
OMD 50C

Anonymous said...

Askum pappy...
My comment about Tarian Gamelan is quite interesting. But for me, I prefer music instruments of gamelan. The music is very classic and that remind me of "Puntianak Sundai Harum Malam" movie. So scary. Maybe one day I could play the music instruments of gamelan. Wish me okey???

Nor Izyan Musawir
OMD50C

Anonymous said...

Ni hao ma,pappy

"Tarian Gamelan" the name is unique to describe. Eight ladies all in colourful silk costume is very interesting. Now, i realize that dance comes from palace ceremony of married Sultan Pahang daughters. The music intruments use in the dance are so many types, as a result the dance become so unique. Thank you for the useful information from the article.
NOORFAZIERA AHMAD AZMI
OMD5OC

Anonymous said...

hi pappy..now i have got some new information about tarian gamelan.i know that dhance came from ceremony of married sultan pahang daughter.this dance use so many type of their music instrument and 39 different dances.

MAISARAH BINTI MUSTAFA
BMB1OA

Anonymous said...

hi pappy.i never see by myself how the tarian gamelan actually.it is also from pahang.may our university will make one function to introduce the 'tarian' not only tarian gamelan.

rozainah izahyati
bmb10a

Anonymous said...

Hi pappy...
assalamualaikum.......
Actually, I don't like about dance such as tarian gamelan,but when I read your article, I like it... Although I stay in Terengganu, I never to see the dance like tarian gamelan.. I really to see the Tarian Gamelan at Uitm..

NURUL SYAZLINA BT MOHD SHAFIE
EED3EA

Anonymous said...

Hai pappy.......
Before this I did't know about this Tarian Gamelan. So, when I enter in your blog I can read about the article about this dance....And now I know that this dance is an unique and nice..Lastly, let's learn this dance together...(^__^)



Siti Norsyahida Hassan
omb30A

Anonymous said...

hye pappy...
I very interest about tarian Gamelan...For ur information im one of the member of Gamelan Musical at Uitm Terenganu...For my personal experience its very interesting to me to explore and learn more about all thing are related with gamelan.


NURULASMA BINTI MUHAMMAD DIN
OMB30A

Anonymous said...

HAI PAPPY..


I like the article about Tarian Gamelan. This is something familiar for me. Before this I never thought that this dance is only for the royalty because we also have the tarian gamelang during an even such as Diner, "Malam Anugerah" and something like that...


MUHAMMAD NAZRY BIN MOHD ZIN
OMB3OA
2007288506

Adibah Abdul Aziz said...

Assalamualaikum Pappy..

Tarian gamelan?

I never know gamelan is a dance, i thought that it is a music.
I love the sound of gamelan..

This article give me information about the traditional dance in Terengganu. Honestly, i never know about the Malaysian traditional dance (except zapin)..hehe..
Thanks for the article.


2007262858
OMD4OA