The Dance Performances in the Karo Society

Kumalo Tarigan, Siti Muharami Malayu

2018

Abstract

In the Karo society the dance is a part of customs, beliefs and entertainment. The dance becomes a very important communication besides as entertainment and expression of feelings of sad, happy, and love. Although the dance as non verbal communication but has meaning that can not be expressed by speech. With the dance there is a sense of humanity that can be transformed not only to the kinfolk in social relations but also to those who have supernatural powers. Therefore the dance performances in Karo society are so important. The dance in Karo society is inseparable from the legend. The dance development is very significant since the keyboard become one of the ensemble Karo music. The dance performed at traditional ceremonies, religious ceremonies and at traditional Karo art performances.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Tarigan K. and Malayu S. (2018). The Dance Performances in the Karo Society.In Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR, ISBN 978-989-758-449-7, pages 1584-1588. DOI: 10.5220/0010089515841588

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosteerr18,
author={Kumalo Tarigan and Siti Muharami Malayu},
title={The Dance Performances in the Karo Society},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,},
year={2018},
pages={1584-1588},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010089515841588},
isbn={978-989-758-449-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,
TI - The Dance Performances in the Karo Society
SN - 978-989-758-449-7
AU - Tarigan K.
AU - Malayu S.
PY - 2018
SP - 1584
EP - 1588
DO - 10.5220/0010089515841588