Indonesia Zone

Kuda Renggong or Kuda Pencak (Pencak Horse) is a traditional performing arts are very popular in the district Sumedang. This attraction shows a trained horse doing dance movements, and the horse followed the beat of traditional music Sunda called drum Pencak (gendang pencak).

A well trained horse to perform movements such as dancing or sometimes also perform such movements fighting against the coach in the style of martial art (pencak silat). That is why this show is also often called Pencak horse.

Beginning in 1910 until now traditionally renggong horses often exhibited at the circumcision (khitan/sunatan). Before a child is circumcised, the child being paraded around town on horseback renggong followed by family members and close relatives who come to dance in depanya and traveled from one village to other villages.