The plate dance (Tari Piring) is a dance art dance which is owned by the Minangkabau people from West Sumatra. The dance depicts a sense of joy and gratitude Minangkabau society when the harvest season has arrived, where the young people swinging motion step by demonstrating their skill in playing the plates in their hands.
This dance is accompanied by the song that is played with talempong and Saluang, that where the movement is done quickly while holding the plate in the palm of their hand. Sometimes the plates are they throwing into the air or they menghempaskannya to the ground and trampled on by the dancers are barefoot.
Plate dance art is done in pairs or in groups with a variety of movements performed with a fast, dynamic and noise interspersed berdentik plate carried by the dancers. At first the history of dance this dish has a purpose in the worship of the Goddess of Rice Minangkabau society and respect for the harvest. But in today's dances are more often held at the wedding.
Dance has become very popular dish even in neighboring countries like Malaysia are also often performed this dance. Abroad dish known and loved dance because this dance is a movement that energetic, vibrant, attractive, dynamic, and the movement of the dance is not monotone, so the main attraction for the audience Plate Dance.