tanggai dance uses costumes and equipment similar to gending sriwijaya dance, but the latter is more elaborate, uses more equipment and performed by nine dancers, while tanggai dance is only performed by five dancers. tanggai dancers wear special regional clothing, such as songket cloth, "dodot" (batik wraparound worn by courtiers and bridegrooms), "pending" (ornate belt buckle), necklace, a "malang" hair bun, "kembang urat" or "ramai" hair ornaments, "tajuk cempako" and "tanggai".