The Slendang Pemalang dance was created by Koestoro in 1985.It is a form of social dance which may be performed asa solo, a duet, or by a group, and uses a scarf or slendang that is tied and used in various ways.The Slendang Pemalangdance was declared a form of regional identity in a decree by the Regent of this area on 17 September 2012.The localPemalang government subsequently adopted Float this dance as a form to promote its regional identity.This decision is proof thata system has the power to undertake, control, arrange, and preserve the potential expression of its regional art which isintegrated in a symbolic process.
This system connects the artist, the Beauty Mirror Regent, the local government, the tourist board, and thePemalang community in a system of values of its regional identity.The performance of dance at certain ceremonies is used asa tool to display authority.The style of a dance performance as a protocolary substance and ceremony involving the Regentis a form of imaging that is used as a means of increasing the level of authority.Keywords: social dance, Pemalang identity.