JOGED BUNGBUNG DANCE

Joged Bumbung

Joged is a style of dance from the Island of Bali. The term Joged or Joget is also a common word for dance in Indonesia. The dance is typically accompanied by a gamelan ensemble of bamboo instruments called a gamelan joged bumbung. Balinese Joged dance is not a religious and ritual one, it is social dance for entertainment purposes only. During a Joged performance, a single or several female dancers will perform and invited male audience to dance with them. The dance often involving erotic movements and teasing, ranged from humorous to seducement interactions between the dancers with their male counterpart. The dance is quite comparable with other Indonesian dance traditions; such as those of Javanese Ronggeng and Sundanese Jaipongan.

This dance is thought to have originated from the Buleleng area and has existed since the 1940s.  This dance was originally a social dance created by farmers to entertain when they were resting after working in the barn.  This dance is also widely liked by the community and has become an art group.  Joged Bumbung is a participatory dance, inviting the audience to dance together.  Danced by female dancers, who then look for male partners from the audience to dance with.  This joged bumbung dance has an agile and dynamic movement pattern and is performed with full improvisation from the dancers.

Competition causes dance groups to innovate in various ways, including incorporating the element of shaking and inviting the pengibing to dance and pull into the dance.  Usually there is a gamelan drum sound in the middle which indicates "pengibing" and the dancer is ready to make jokes, even if it is a bit of an erotic element.  This dance is usually accompanied by a musical set from bamboo.  In the midst of the increasingly erotic and widespread appearance of the Joged Bumbung dance on various social media, a number of dance groups are still exploring the joged bumbung dance, with the standard of classical Balinese joged dance that still prioritizes ethical values.

Gambelan Jogeg Bumbung is a set of gambelan used to accompany the Joged Bumbung dance.  Gambelan Joged Bumbung is also called Gambelan Gerantang, because the main instrument is Gerantang, which is a gender that is made of bamboo, shaped like bamboo and uses a 5 (five) tone slendro barrel.