Tari Burung Enggang

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Enggang Dance is a traditional dance of Dayak Kenyah tribe in East Kalimantan. The dance is a must to be performed in every traditional ceremony of Dayak Kenyah tribe. It describes daily life of hornbill bird. According to the belief of Dayak Kenyah people, their ancestor came from the sky and went down to the earth like hornbill bird. Thereby, Dayak Kenyah people are very respectful and they also honor the hornbill. Nowadays, the dance is often performed to welcome the honor guests.

Enggang dance is performed by young girls of Dayak Kenyah tribe. When dancing, they wear some kinds of ornament on hornbill on their heads and also big earrings. They also hold the feathers of the bird’s horn. Their dance is being accompanied by traditional music, namely Sampe, Gendang and Gong. Sampe is Dayak’s typical string instrument.

Enggang dance movement uses basic movement of hornbill. The movement of the dance consists of three main movements: namely Nganjat, Ngasai and Purak Barik. Nganjat is the main or typical movement of Dayak dance which looks like ivory hornbill. The movement symbolizes beautiful movement of the dancers.

Ngasai movement is like hornbill which is flying, and Purak Barik is a basic movement as the act of migration. On the progress, there is a new creation of Enggang dance, but the creation cannot be separated from its meaning and also philosophy which contains in Enggang dance.

Tari Burung Enggang atau biasa disebut Tari Enggang adalah sebuah tarian Suku Dayak Kenyah di Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia. Tari Burung Enggang menjadi tarian wajib dalam setiap upacara adat Suku Dayak Kenyah. Tari Burung Enggang menggambarkan kehidupan sehari-hari burung enggang yang biasanya dibawakan oleh wanita-wanita muda Suku Dayak Kenyah.

Menurut kepercayaan orang Dayak Kenyah nenek moyang mereka berasal dari langit dan turun ke bumi menyerupai burung enggang.Oleh karena itu, masyarakat dayak Kenyah sangat menghormati dan memuliakan burung enggang.Sehingga Tari Enggang dapat dimaknakan sebagai penghormatan Suku Dayak Kenyah terhadap asal usul leluhur mereka. Bulu-bulu Burung Enggang ini selalu memegang peranan yang penting pada setiap upacara-upacara adat dan tarian-tarian adat dan juga bentuk-bentuk Burung Enggang banyak terdapat pada ukiran-ukiran suku Dayak Kenyah.

Ada pula yang mengartikan Tarian Burung Enggang sebagai simbol perpindahan masyarakat Dayak dari satu tempat ke tempat lainnya secara berkelompok. Melihat kebiasaan Suku Dayak pada masa yang lalu selalu berpindah tempat dan menjalani hidup secara nomaden, dikarenakan Suku Dayak pada masa itu selalu berperang antar suku, sehingga mereka memilih hidup berpindah-pindah untuk mencari keselamatan.

 

Sumber : Wikipedia

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