In its former version Joged dance wasaccompanied by women's bamboo music, which consisted of several sizes of big of bamboo tu es, from one meter to about two meters long, pounded vertically to produce varied tones in a certain composition. Then the Joged became more popular with its longer name, Joged Bumbung, The Bamboo Tubes Dance.
These days Joged Bumbung is no longer danced by several
girls at once but only one girl encircled by the public which are mostly boys.
She has a fan in hand to touch one of the boys. The one who is touched should
come into circle to dance with the Joged for some moments. The dancing elements
of Joged derived from the solo Legong; quick, rapid, perfect, but intimate and
smooth. The dancer wears the long sleeved Kebaya, bright cloth Kain Songket,
and frangipani head dress.
Nowdays Joged Bumbung is accompanied by Angklung music,
chained bamboo tubes of various sizes struck by a pair of sticks to play the
melody, complete with several bamboo flutes, cymbals, and a gong.
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