Ayam Didik Dance Essay

INTRODUCTION

Ayam Didik dance was the task given by our lecturer to be submitted for our final assignment. When I first hear about it, I just cannot help myself from laughing so hard because I thought that my lecturer was just kidding because, to me, it is just a chicken dance and it does not have any special value to be discovered. But that was before I decide to dig for it deeper. Once I discovered the videos of Ayam Didik dance on YouTube, I was amazed because it is not like what I had imagined. Indeed, it is actually a beautiful Malay traditional dance. As usual, Malaysian are so creative in creating a polite and gentle dance steps relate to the music that have been played.

To be honest, the movement of Ayam Didik dance was really impressive. There’s no doubt when they said that Malay traditional dance performance was outstanding. For example, in Ayam Didik dance, they bring in the animal’s gesture element in the dance movement which is a good idea. The question here is, what animal gesture that i am talking about? According to Rahimah (1975), “kononnya Tarian Ayam Didik ini berasal dari gerakan perlawanan melaga ayam iaitu satu permainan tradisional orang-orang melayu dahulu”. By that

The cockfighting culture was belief to be the blood sport back in time. The history of cockfighting was started by American rural society. It was stated by Lansang (1966), “cockfighting existed in England since the time of Julius Caesar yet its importance and popularity began only during the reign of Henry II in the twelfth century. By the sixteen century, Henry VIII recognized cocking as a clean and honorable medium of diversion, causing this sport to ascend to the pinnacle of glory as it became the national pastime”. However, the cockfighting sports was then widely spread to Asia’s especially Thailand and Malaysia and mostly played by the rural