THE SERAMPANG DUABELAS DANCE

The Serampang Duabelas Dance comes from East -Sumatra and is danced by men and women in pairs. R.O. Simatupang says in his book that the word serampang is sound variation of the word cerancang, which means parts or variations, and duabelas, twelve, indicating a rather large number. Accordingly, the Cerancang Dance, the name of. which has been changed into Serampang Duabelas, is a Sumatran dance with several variations in its movements. The costumes are similar to those of the Umbrella Dance. Both men and women begin the dance with a slow rhythm, which gradually increases in speed, the dancers all smiling in enjoyment. Like the Umbrella Dance, the Serampang Duabelas Dance is a love-dance, or a social dance enabling men and women to know each other better.