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Sekapur Sirih Dance
Sekapur Sirih is offering Jambi province dance arranged by Firdaus Chatab in 1962 and properly rearranged. The dance serves to welcome important guests. The dance describes the expression of people’s hearts in welcoming guests.

Traditional dance from Jambi, Sumatera

Sekapur Sirih dancer are 9 people by female, 3 male dancers and, 1 person in charge of carrying an umbrella and 2 guards. The tools are; Cerano / container containing betel leaf sheets, umbrellas, and Keris. Clothing; Baju Kurung/custom Jambi, Melayu style accompaniment with musical instruments consist of violin, lute, accordion, drum, gong and drum.

A Traditional Dance from Melayu, North Sumatra
Serampang Dua Belas is the traditional dances that flourished under Sultan Serdang. This dance was created by Sauti in the 1940s and repeated by its creator composed between the years 1950-1960.

Performing traditional dance in North Sumatera

Before named Serampang Dua Belas, this dance called Pulau Sari, in accordance with the accompanying title song of this dance, the song of Pulau Sari. Serampang Dua Belas pure love story about two young men who emerged from the first view and ends with a marriage sanctioned by both the parents and the girl cadet. Because telling the meeting of two hearts, then this dance is usually played in pairs, male and female. However, in the early development of this dance is only performed by men because of the condition of society at that time forbade women to appear in public,which showing the body sway. Serampang dua belas is not only developed and known by the public in Serdang area, but also spread to various regions in Indonesia, such as Riau, Jambi, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, even up to the Moluccas.