What is Piring dance?
[[File:DSC 0245-01 tari piring.jpg|thumb|300x300px|[[Indonesia|Indonesian]] women performing the Piring dance, holding two [[ceramic]] plates.]] The '''Piring dance''' ([[Arabic alphabet|Jawi]]: '''تاري ڤيريڠ'''), also called the '''Plate dance''', is a [[dance]] from [[West Sumatra]], [[Indonesia]]. People also dance it in [[Negeri Sembilan]], [[Malaysia]]. In this dance, dancers can be women, men, or couples. The dancers hold [[Plate|plates]] in both hands and move them quickly in different [[Pattern|ways]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Malay Dances|url=https://www.malaycivilization.com.my/omeka/files/original/940b566db9cc4287982e6e5c80a643b6.pdf|journal=Malay Civilization|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5IvZiVFBvtYC&q=tari+piring+minangkabau+dance&pg=PA358|title=Musical Journeys in Sumatra|last=Kartomi|first=Margaret|date=2012-06-30|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-09382-1|language=en}}</ref> ==Dance== The dance shows how well the dancers can balance and move the [[ceramic|clay]] plates without dropping or breaking them. Sometimes, they put [[Candle|candles]] on the plates. A Piring dance with candles is called ''Tari lilin'' or candle dance version. Dancers hold the plates at the bottom and swing them fast to keep them from falling.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Post|first=The Jakarta|title=Indonesian students recognized at Llangollen International Eisteddfod 2017 - News|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/travel/2017/07/12/indonesian-students-recognized-at-llangollen-international-eisteddfod-2017.html|access-date=2024-02-10|website=The Jakarta Post|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mason|first=Paul H.|date=2014-05-04|title=Tapping the Plate or Hitting the Bottle: Sound and Movement in Self-accompanied and Musician-accompanied Dance|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17411912.2014.926632|journal=Ethnomusicology Forum|language=en|volume=23|issue=2|pages=208–228|doi=10.1080/17411912.2014.926632|issn=1741-1912}}</ref> While