The dawn left its mark, the sun is not too far left semayamnya. At the end of UPUK east, young voices lined up neatly with the traditional clothes (uniforms Kerawang) began to steady the word Asalam marked Tari Saman or Thousand Hands Dance begin.
The routine was always the youth acted Gayo, notified after two or three days ahead of Eid Fitr Aidul, or we could be in play when the rice harvest season ended. Typically, young men looking for opponents to play to another district or to invite others to Kampungya Dancers Saman Saman called One Day One Night (Serle Saman Sara Inggi) or Two Days Two Nights Saman (Saman Lo Roa Roa Inggi).
Skill performance saman dance action is no longer familiar to the citizens Gayo Lues, a culture that has been handed down since developed Saman Sheikh on the 14th century AD At the time of the Ancient Teachings of Islam with the aim of developing in the land of a Thousand Hills is still intact up to Colonizing the World.
Tari Saman usually played by men aged 15 years to 35 years with a limited number of dancers and must be odd. Each dancer must wear traditional clothes called Kerawang and exhibition (Hat) Gayo Lues. However, developments in the modern era which requires that a dance would be more lively when danced by dancers with higher numbers.
"To manage the various movements instituted a leader called the sheikh, Sheikh take a position at the middle of dancing, singing and poetry served summons songs that may interest fellow dancers greeted the audience with the other simultaneously"
"Dancers Saman Gayo Lues should not be played by women, should be male, have an odd number of dancers, wearing clothes Kerawang, exhibition (Hat), use of hands and pat pockmark combination tool chest as his music, and Arabic menggunakakan danGayo when playing Saman Dance "said Amal Abdul (82) Art and Culture Gayo observer while talking to reporters yesterday in the village of porang.
According to the memory of the citizens of this porang, Tari saman First Instance Night Two Day two was played by residents in the village of Gayo Lues Latitude City District Blangkejeren against dancers Saman Village District Penosan Long City. After that, Tari Saman between the Village continue to be made public after agreement between the two villages.
But in this Reformation Era, Saman Dance Gayo Lues able to colonize the world, almost every Pistifal art at corners of the World. Saman Gayo Lues dancers are always invited to show the Thousand Hands Dance.
"Initially Tari Saman Know Gayo Lues in the outside community during the Saman-Pentas Pentas event Pistifal" said Head of Tourism Gayo Lues Drs. Hamsa Bungkes through the secretary Syarifundin SE.
Looking at the Thousand Hands Dance performances that can amaze the world over, people are surprised by the appearance of foreign movement performed by dancers Saman Gayo Lues Originally kept in-law at the opening of a special event at the opening of the EU or Asean, so it is proposed that the Tari Saman Gayo Lues worthy of World Heritage.
"Tari Saman Gayo Lues've Ever Shown in America, Germany, Thailand, last in the State Malasya (Penang) a few months ago, while that between the province has countless in number, and now the sons of foreigners also are studying how to play the Dance Saman, in Jakarta there Fifteen elementary and junior high schools are practicing Saman "Syarifudin said.
Saman Dance is now a successful Gayo Lues Menjajahi World, already recognized to be a World Heritage Tari Saman did not object to Date 24/November/2011 date specified in the announcement by UNESCO in Bali.
Of some impormasi cited author, researcher Tari Saman lifted UNESCO as a World Heritage Gayo Lues not object because the dancers are very harmonious unity between the motion and nyayian, custom clothing worn, and the agile movement that played a dancer when showing a combination of hose seling on stage.
Naturally, every dancer from Gayo Lues Saman Saman dance featuring original ancestral Thousand Hills State was immediately received thunderous applause from the audience, both during a gig at the State and Foreign Affairs.
Now, as the progress of the rapidly developing era, people began to make Kerawang Gayo Lues as a business that produces, every one Gayo Kerawang Set complete with pants and hat are sold at a price of Rp 300 thousand to $ 500 thousand per Set, clothes filigree Gayo Lues typical of this can be directly purchased at the Village Sere Blangkejeren District or Village District of the City Tampeng length (or directly from Embroidery Tailor Tailor).
While Regent Gayo Lues H Ibn Hashim began to open discourse on Business Tari Saman, he said, every game event kompotisi Football and Horse Racing clump clump, typical clothes Gayo Lues Kerawang be shaped in broad and sold in every arena match. "This plan can we do to increase earnings original merchant Gayo Lues" he said.
Some other plans that will be conducted by the Government Gayo Lues to increase revenue (PAD) and still sustain prekonomian community. Local Government will Gayo Lues memampaatkan all the potential wealth of natural heritage combined with Gayo Typical Culture. Places in each tour will be collected into an entrance fee (ticket), and Tari Saman Gayo Lues, Bines, Didong will be the main view in entertaining the audience that comes from within and outside the Region. At any place in the week will sell a wide range of special Kerawang motif in a bag in advance, Cigarette Ashtray, Flower Pot, Clothing Kerawang, exhibition, Pants, key chains, and various others that can be brought directly by visitors as souvenirs.
"Gayo Lues or so-called City of Thousand Hills State is very rich with nature is, have a nice scene, the Virgin Forest, has Waterfall, Hot Water, and Endangered Animals, so that together with Natural Cultures, Foreign people will definitely continue to visit Gayo Lues such as the City of Bali, so we hope in the future, Gayo Lues will become Dollar City in Aceh, "said Ibn Hashim.
With pemampaatan Natural Resources which together with the culture. Local governments also Gayo Lues it is possible to make Khas Art Gallery Thousand Hands Dance Gayo Lues, a direct cooperation with other States outside for mutual benefit, or any who want to study the Tari Saman Gayo Lues, any foreign country should be studied in Gayo Lues, that way. Gayo Lues communities always get the dollar from the visitors, automatic, prekonomian Gayo society will continue to improve, and regional development will be more advanced Gayo Lues.
Saman Dance in Gayo Lues disahkanya become a World Heritage did not object, a World Heritage Objects not owned by Indonesia increased from 11 to 12 pieces. Of the 12 world heritage owned by Indonesia as many as four of them in Nature, Heritage three, and five work culture does not matter.
Based on notes taken by some writers, the world of Natural Heritage Indonesi is owned by the National Park Ujung Kulon (Bantam), Komodo National Park in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Lorentz National Park in Papua, and the tropical forests of Sumatra (Gunung Leuser National Park, Kerinci Seblat and Bukit Barisan).
Nature Reserve to the Borobudur temple complex which UNESCO recognized since 1991, Prambanan Temple Complex (1991), and the prehistoric site Sangiran. Temporal Benda's work culture was Indonesia, Wayang (masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity, 2003), Kris (masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity, 2005), Batik (a representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, 2009), Angklung (representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, 18 November 2010), and Tari Saman dance Gayo Lues or the Thousand Hands tambahanya. (Anuar Syahadat Gayo Lues)
