SAMAN GAYO 👉 Indonesia is a large country known for its ethnic and cultural diversity. This is the background behind the emergence of differences in traditional arts between one tribe and another. Of the many arts that exist in Indonesia, the Saman dance is one of the dance arts that still exists today. The Saman dance is a dance from Aceh that is the pride of the Indonesian people. Previously, the Saman dance could only be performed by male dancers with vigorous and vigorous movements. In its development, Saman dance has involved male and female dancers in dancing simultaneously and side by side. This dance, which is usually performed to commemorate the birth of the prophet Muhammad, was created by a great scholar named Sheikh Muhammad Saman. Not only in the form of movement, the Saman dance is also often inserted with verses that have deep meaning. It is not known exactly when the Saman dance began to appear. However, this dance created by Sheikh Muhammad Saman, allegedl...