This portion of the performance ends when a dancer enters a trance, which is traditionally said to be caused by spirit possession. The performers mount rattan horses and dance while traditional instruments such as the angklung, gongs, and dog-dog drums are played. Kuda Lumping is traditionally performed by a group of men drawn from the local community this group can number from two to eight. It is generally performed in a cordoned-off area, with the audience separated from the dancers. It may also be performed as entertainment, in a busker style. Kuda Lumping may be performed in celebration of a special event, such as a boy's circumcision or rite of passage. Dancers on stick horses and musicians participating in a Kuda Kepang game in a courtyard of a private house in Java, between 19
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