Traditional dance "Tor Tor" in North Sumatra Indonesia

Tor tor is the traditional dance Batak tribe.
This dance moves in time with the music (magondangi) played using traditional instruments such as gondang, flute, trumpet hobo, and others.

Historically, dance tor tor used in rituals associated with spirits. Spirit is invoked and the "entry" into the stone statues (a symbol of the ancestors).

The sculptures are then moved like dancing, but with a rigid motion. Movement in the form of leg movements (tiptoe-tiptoe) and hand movements.

Tor tor various types of dance. There Pangurason called tor tor (dance cleaning). This dance is usually held at a large party.


Before the party began, the place and the location of the party first cleaned by using lime to be away from danger.

Furthermore, there are dance tor tor Sipitu Cup (Dance seven bowls). This dance is usually held at the time of inauguration of a king.

This dance is also derived from the seventh heaven daughter a bath in a lake on a mountain top by an incoming pusuk Buhit sipitu sasarung piso (seven knife sheath).

Finally, no single Panaluan tor tor which is a cultural ritual. Usually held when a disaster-stricken village.

Single panaluan danced by the shaman to guide the solution to the problem. For single stick is a blend of magic Debata panaluan Natolu the continent above, middle Continent, and the Continent.

Previously, this dance is also performed for the ceremonies when a parent or family member dies. Now, dance tor tor is usually only used to welcome tourists.

Variety Tor-tor

Type of dance tor-tor are manifold, namely:

1. Tor tor Pangurason (cleansing dance).
This dance is usually held at a large party. Before the party began, the place and the location of the party first cleaned by using lime to be away from danger.

2. Tor tor Sipitu Cup (Dance seven bowls).
This dance is usually held at the time of inauguration of a king. This dance is also derived from the seventh heaven daughter a bath in a lake on a mountain top by an incoming pusuk Buhit sipitu sasarung piso (seven knife sheath).

3. Tor tor Single Panaluan
Usually held when a disaster-stricken village. Single panaluan danced by the shaman to guide the solution to the problem. For single stick is a blend of magic Debata panaluan Natolu the continent above, middle Continent, and the Continent.



Tor-Tor on today for Batak people are no longer just assumed with the spirit world, but it became an art because the Tor-Tor into the culture in any manner of the Batak.(various sources)