Ronggeng

Ronggeng

A female Ronggeng dancer as depicted by Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles in his book The History of Java (1817).
Native name	ꦫꦺꦴꦁꦒꦺꦁ ronggèng (in Javanese) ᬭᭀᬂᬕᬾᬂ, ronggéng (in Balinese)
Genre	Traditional dance
Instrument(s)	Gamelan
Inventor	Javanese
Origin	Java (Indonesia)

Ronggeng (from Kawi roṅgeṅ 'female dancer';^[1] Javanese: ꦫꦺꦴꦁꦒꦺꦁ, ronggèng; Balinese: ᬭᭀᬂᬕᬾᬂ, ronggéng) is a type of Java-origin cultural dance, invented by the Javanese people—the indigenous of the Central and Eastern Java regions.^[2][3] Ronggeng tend to bear the feminine or seductive characteristic, and always accompanied by the Gamelan (lit. 'Javanese musical ensemble instrument set'). It is related to another Javanese cultural dances, such as Lengger, Tandak, and Topeng.

Outside of Central and Eastern Java, the Ronggeng also performed by the Javanese diaspora in multiple regions across Indonesian Archipelago; in Greater Jakarta region, Ronggeng incorporated and absorbed as integral cultural part of the Betawi Ora (Betawi of Javanese-descent), where its distinctive style known as Ronggeng Betawi, lit. 'Betawi-style Ronggeng' (in Betawi), which most probably derived from its ancestral Sundanese-style Ronggeng Gunung Priangan or simply Ronggeng Gunung originated from the Parahyangan mountainous region. Meanwhile in its nextdoor island, Bali, the Ronggeng also play role, where it is acknowledged as a Balinese cultural heritage, rooting from its Javanese ancestral exodus to Bali back in 12th to 13th century during late Singhasari era.