Travelling back the journey of Jambi had led them to come up with one of the most glorious era and scenario of the ancient Melayu Kingdom during the 4th century where colourful tradition and performing arts.had not been in a very simple way of living. There were hundreds of wisdoms and up to thousands of symbolization inherited by the traditions

The result of one long way of discovery and exploration , a very tiring and endless effort of local artists and dancers, from teens to the grands, from the musicians to the choreographers, even to the grand of the Jambinese ancestors up in the mountanious area of Kerinci, were standing close hand in hand, moves in perfection with the harmony of music ensemble, altogether to bring back those glorious era of Jambi Melayu Kingdom era

 

Joged Batang Hari dance by Kajanglako dancer

Marcok dance from Kerinci where members of the community participate in the act of becoming invulnerable to sharp object , the man is happen to stab his belly with a knife

 

Local traditions and ceremonies are always found enlightening the daily life of Jambinese. Folklores, sculptures on the wall of ancient temples had been translated beautifully to hundreds of performing arts

The long known ceremony in Kerinci where the outfits and performers may remind us to the ancient Buddhist which in fact ruled the highland starting the 10th century

 

 

 

The Kain Kromong dance, from the Mandiangin Tuo village . This dance tells the ritual of tangling where usually they sing awhile altogether. Soon after the tangling finished, they had just realised that the song they had just sung inconsciously sounds like the spinning wheel they had used to tangle