Dance jaipongan included in a typical Sundanese dance culture from West Java, Indonesia. Jaipongan dance was born from the creativity of an artist from Bandung, West Java, Gugum Gumbira.
The emergence of dance works Gugum Gumbira initially called Ketuk Tilu, because it is a basic dance from Ketuk Tilu development.
The first work Gugum Gumbira still very thick with color ibing Ketuk Tilu, both in terms of choreography and music, which later became popular dances as Jaipongan.
Jaipongan dance as a folk performance art, this art is only supported by simple elements, such as waditra which includes rebab, drums, two kulanter, three ketuk, and gong.
Similarly, the dance movements that do not have a standard pattern of motion, simple costumes dancer as a reflection of democracy.
