Holiday Ayo - Bogor City has been more famous as a rainy city because of its area which has high rainfall. In addition, Bogor is also known as the city of taro where taro is a product of the earth in the form of a tuber plant which is also one of the famous culinary and souvenirs. However, did you know that Bogor is also famous for its arts and culture?

Many of us, especially the younger generation today do not know that Bogor has a wealth of traditional arts in the form of distinctive dances. One of the famous dances in Bogor, especially Sunda, is the Kandangan Dance.

Kandagan dance is a new type of dance creation from Sunda, West Java. This dance is usually performed by female dancers. Kandagan dance can be performed singly or in groups. Kandagan dance is a development of the Renggarini dance, created by one of the masters of Sundanese dance, Raden Tjetje Somantri in 1957.

The word Kandagan itself means a container for storing jewelry and valuables. The name Kandagan means that this dance is a collection of various beautiful dance movements.

Quoting the book Art in Industry Dilemma: A Glance on the Development of Sundanese Dance Performances by Endang Caturwati, the kandagan dance belongs to the group of dashing female dances. For this reason, the element of masculinity is more highlighted in the dancers' gestures. This masculinity can be seen in the movement of the head, body, feet and hands used in this dance.

Although in terms of gestures there are many similarities between Renggarini Dance and Kandagan Dance, these two dances have many differences in the costumes used. Kandagan dancers usually wear a siger with small gambuh hair, a black collared kutung shirt, and a bun accompanied by kandagan make-up. While the Renggarini Dance wears a headdress which is a development of the iket design, wears a dark red kutung kebaya and does not use a bun.

Described in the book Abstraction of research results and works of art from 1979 to d. 2007, to dance the Kandagan dance requires talent skills and a long practice in order to master it. Because, the movement of the Kandagan dance is very diverse, ranging from basic movements to transitional movements.

Kandagan dance choreography for beginners usually begins with processing the body in preparation for dancing. In addition, beginners must also practice how to act and move as a strong character such as the attitude of the head, body, feet, and hands. That's the information for you, hopefully useful.