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Encyclopedia > Ronggeng

Ronggeng is a type of Malay social dance in which couples exchange poetic verses as they dance to the music of a violin or a gong. Malay can mean: The Malay language The Malay people From or related to Malaysia See also Cape Malays Malay nationalism Communes that begin with Malay in Yonne, France: Malay-le-Grand Malay-le-Petit This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... Verse is a writing that uses meter as its primary organisational mode, as opposed to prose, which uses grammatical and discoursal units like sentences and paragraphs. ... Music is an art, entertainment, or other human activity which involves organized sound, though definitions may vary. ... The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a fifth apart. ... This article needs cleanup. ...



 

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