The force, identified as hyang, is an important type of spiritual entity in ancient Indonesian mythology.
[1][need quotation to verify] The dancer is a man dressed like a monkey (bojog) and accompanied by a chorus of chanting sanghyang.
Each dancer holds a tree linked to a thread, where two suspended dolls are made from a lontar leaf called deling.
[2] Sanghyang jaran is a dance performed by boys, who ride coconut hobby horses (Kuda Lumping) in and around a fire.
[1] Drawn by a girl who has conceded a spirit with an intermediate broomstick (sampat) that is moved freely to the left and right.