Saman dance is a dance originating from the Gayo Dataran Tinggi Gayo. Indonesia. saman dance is one of the traditional dance that entered in very unique category. The uniqueness of saman dance not only in its compact dance moves, but also in the harmonization of the songs and the accompanying chorus. The uniqueness is makes saman dance became very famous, not only in Indonesia, but also throughout the country.

Saman Dance is usually played in various activities such as weddings, religious festivals (Maulid Nabi), Independence Day, saman dance between villages events and others

Since 24 November 2011, saman dance has been designated as one of Indonesia's Unique Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. To support the saman dance as Unique Cultural Heritage, the local government Gayo lues was made an event "mass saman dance event" in several times. it was the first time in history saman played by 10001 artist