change the meaning of the Lima Serangkai dance but this is because the culture is alive and thriving. The differences just create aesthetic values.
3.3 The Meanings of Dance Movements Lima Serangkai Dance
In Lima Serangkai dance there are 5 rhythm that accompany this dance, they are gendang morah-morah, gendang perakut, gendang patam-patam
sereng, gendang sipajok and gendang kabangkiung. They produce the dance composition and movement patterns that have aesthetic values in its presentation.
Each gendang music has the different movements and the movement naming adjusted with gendang tracks retinue. According to Mr.Lukas Tarigan Lima
Serangkai dance, besides having aesthetic values in its presentation, this dance also has meaning in the movement. The meaning of the dance is to tell about life
of the Karo people, especially in introduction ertutur between youths to have a special relationship dating until take a marriage level.
The elements forming of Karo dance are endek down-up movement, Jole shaking movement of body and Lempir tan tapering fingers movement .
The third elements are core movement in Lima Serangkai dance. Here the description of movements and meanings of Lima Serangkai
dance taught by Mr. Malem Ukur Ginting, a humanist and traditional dance coach in the Karo land. They are :
1. The dance begins with the opening movement, where the dancers enter to the
middle of the stage, Women is holding uis nipes and beka buluh for men in front of their chest. In this section the musical is still running but no
calculations on the motion see page 41 picture 1a.
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2. Then the dancers turned to the audience and salute. When respectful position
the body leaning forward, head is subject and the view down see page 42 picture 1b.
3. After paying respect, back upright body position. Then both dancers face each
other, and the fabric traditional position is still in front of the chest. The third movements mean giving regard to the audiences see page 42 picture 1c.
4. Legs do endek movement, the dancers are facing right diagonal then squat
down. At the same time their hands fold the traditional cloth. Female dancer fold Uis nipes in the left shoulder past the bottom right hand as forming fabric
for carrying children, and male dancers fold beka buluh form bulang-bulang on his head as hat see page 43 picture 2a.
5. During the installation of traditional cloth the position of foot dancers
alternate to face right diagonal, then stood face to face, facing left diagonal, standing face to face, and so on until the installation traditional cloth is
complete.see page 43 picture 2b. 6.
After the position traditional cloth is properly installed, followed by hand gestures of female dancers beside body right hand and left hands on waist
but both hands of male dancers in front of chest.see page 43 picture 2c. 7.
Legs do endek movement, then face left diagonal and squat down, with the hands position of female dancer that similar to the previous but the right hand
position slightly higher. Left hand position of male dancer on shoulder and right hand is parallel with waist. Then continued again with facing right
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diagonal and squat down, hand position of female dancers is almost the same but the position of the right hand slowly rises, the movement sequence are on
the side below the waist, on the side parallel to the waist, beside parallel to the chest, beside parallel to the head see page 44 picture 2d.
8. Then pucuk movement thumb and index finger touching and position in front
of the forehead, then replaced with the left hand. Hand position of male dancers alternately perform movement as I.1 and I.2 in basic movement.
Alteration of hands movement occurs when exchange foot position that started of right diagonal then squat down and then stand up again and next,
continued facing left diagonal and then stand up again and squat down. The movements are did until left hand position of dancer women are equal above
the shoulders see page 44 picture 2e. All of the process, which starts from the installation of traditional cloth call Morah-morah movement.
9. Then continued with endek mowement that right foot step right laterally and
followed by left leg , with the hands above the shoulder see page 44 picture 3a.
10. Both hands on the shoulders and legs keep endek movement then step left
aside. Wrist Rotated until a position the left-hand on the shoulder and right- hand on waist see page 45 picture 3b.
11. Step forward one step, so that the two dancers are in side by side position. Still
the same position of the hand above the shoulder, then step back and step right aside. Repeating the movement as before.see page 45 picture 3c.
12. The Hands dancers meet in the middle and fingertips of them almost
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touching. Both dancers step to form a circle around the 270 degrees, the hands position is in front of body, head upright and the view down.see page
45 picture 4a. 13.
When the position of dancers facing each other, do endek on place and wrists of dancers rotated from below to above the shoulder. Next, The position of the
hands as before and return to the place with the same groove.see page 46 picture 4b and 4c.
14. The position of the left hand above shoulder and right hand beside the body,
keep on endek while turn left in place. When back to the first position, the arms up parallel to the chest while took a step forward see page 46picture 4d
15. Then repeat again the previous movements, the wrists are rotated and hands
on the shoulders see page 47 picture 4e. 16.
After that the male dancers and female dancer do endek on their place, the hands of men dancers on waist while female dancers fold uis nipes and form it
as length cloth, then the hands position of male dancers are down and both on waist, and uis nipes is placed on the right shoulder by female dancer see
page 47 picture 4f. 17.
The next movement is called Sipajok, with hand position of female dancers like rejecting something and hand position of men like asking which is in
front of the abdomen . At the time of this movement, the foot position of the male dancers is enjut as he came forward and women keep on endek while
backward. Then the hands position on the shoulders and the wrist rotated. see page 47 picture 5a.
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18. Next, the dancers do a similar movement, which the female and male dancers
position hands in front of the abdomen. Female dancers as request something and move forward while men as reject and move backward. Then back again
with both hands above shoulder. see page 48 picture 5b. 19.
The female dancers keep on endek in her place with the hands on the shoulders, and the hands position of male dancers on waist while move to the
right and turn back to the female dancers. Their hands position on the shoulder see page 48 picture 5c.
20. Next, the Dancers will perform kabangkiung movement, where the right-hand
position of male dancers is above the shoulder and the left hand in addition to the body, while move forward to approach the female dancer.
Female dancers facing left with both hands above shoulder . So the male dancers will step through the front of the female dancers see page 48 picture
6a. 21.
And when the male dancers were right next to the left female dancer, male dancer spins to the right and a female dancer moves toward the right 2 times,
so that the male dancers will be passing through the front of the female dancers see page 49 picture 6b
22. After the male dancer next to the left of female dancers, they squat down
with left hand position is above the shoulder and right hand next to the body. Still in a squatting position while both dancers perform endek and Jole
Sloping right and left.see page 49 picture 6c 23.
The Dancers back to the standing position, the female dancer face to the left
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and the hands position above the shoulder. While the male dancers back to the place by spinning back to the right to face with female dancers and the hands
position above the shoulders see page 49 picture 6d. 24.
The next motion inverse of the previous motion. Now right hand above the shoulder and the left hand beside the body. Originally a femae dancer facing
left, now she facing right. For male dancers, movement forward and rotate is almost the same, that male dancer have to keep in mind is always stepping
through the front of the female dancers. This movement pattern is also performed by female dancers.see page 50 picture 6e,6f and 6g.
25. Then they do the closing movement Pertik Rurusen, where the dancers face
to the audiences with the hands position above the shoulders see page 51 picture 7a.
26. Then leaned forward and hands position are lowered parallel to the thighs
with palms facing down, clapping one and open hand the palms facing up see page 51 picture 7b.
27. Then continued female dancer open uis nipes, spread and hold it in front of
the chest. Dancers exit the stage like opening movement. The movements in closing mean giving regard to the audiences for their attention. see pages
picture 7c.
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a. The Meaning of Morah –morah movements
