There are several peacock dance traditions developed in Asia, including the peacock dances of Myanmar, of the western and northern parts of Cambodia, of West Java in Indonesia, and of the Indian subcontinent in Southern India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and the Yunnan region of China[1] Peacock as a totem of the Dai people in the southwestern Chinese province Yunnan, one of the 56 ethnic groups in China, is an essential part of the cultural and spiritual aspects of the Dai people.
In general, there are two different kinds of the traditional peacock dance of the Dai ethnic group in China.
One single stand can weigh up to 20 kilos and will be attached to the back and waist of the performer.
Elephant-foot drums, gongs, and cymbals are the usual accompanying instruments for the peacock dance.
its one of new creation dance composed by Sundanese artist and choreographer Raden Tjeje Soemantri around the 1950s.