[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een Balinese danser en danseres voeren een Djoged dans uit onder begeleiding van een gamelan orkest Bali TMnr 10004712.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Pertunjukan Joget dibawakan oleh para penari Bali, {{circa}} tahun 1900-an di Bali]]
TheIstilah term ''"Joget''" isberasal dari [[Oldbahasa JavaneseJawa Kuno]] inyang originsecara whichharfiah literallyberarti means "“[[dancetarian]]"” secara generallyumum,<ref>{{cite book |last=Hooker |first=Virginia Matheson |author-link= |date=1993 |title=Culture and Society in New Order Indonesia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yb1uAAAAMAAJ&dq=joget+classical+java+dance+accompanied+by+gamelan&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=joget+classical+java+dance+accompanied+by+gamelan|location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |page= |isbn= |quote=''Joget'' is a classical Javanese dance accompanied by the gamelan instrument.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Raharjo|first=Sapto |author-link= |date=2005 |title=Climbing the Sound of Ocean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hao3OS7yXkAC&q=joget+javanese+dance&dq=joget+javanese+dance&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJ3bzMsJD1AhW-H7cAHQYUDFM4FBDoAXoECAYQAw|location= |publisher=Pustaka Misty|page= |isbn= |quote=''Joget'' is Javanese dance.}}</ref> anddan wasberkembang likelypesat developed in thepada era of [[Majapahit|kemaharajaan Majapahit]] empireyang basedberpusat indi easternJawa Javabagian datestimur backsejak toera 12thabad century erake-12. DueKarena to its influencepengaruhnya, nowadayskini thetradisi ''Joget''traditiondapat canditemukan bedi foundseluruh all across {{lang|kaw|[[Nusantara]]}} (the conquered territory of Majapahit). OneSalah ofsatu thepenyebutan earliestpaling mentionsawal candapat beditelusuri traceddalam innaskah the early 14th century manuscript of ''[[Hikayat Raja-raja Pasai]]''({{lit}}awal 'Historyabad of [[Pasai]] kings')ke-14:<ref name="AC">{{cite book |last1=Reid |first1= Anthony |title=Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce 1450-1680 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bh8aDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA234&dq=joget+majapahit&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjD_IKS8sv7AhX7TmwGHWr4AqgQ6AF6BAgNEAM#v=onepage&q=joget%20majapahit&f=false |language=en |year=1988 |location=Yale |publisher=Yale University Press, New Haven and London |volume=1 |isbn=9780300047509}}</ref>
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|quote = ‟''... Maka terlalu ramainya negeri Majapahit itu, sentiasa dengan gong, gendang dan '''joget''', dan pelbagai jenis segala bunyi-bunyian, ingar-ingaran bunyinya dengan pelbagai warna permainan ...''”<br>
Translation:<br>‟... And the country of Majapahit was so vociferous, always [serenaded] with [[gong]]s, {{lang|kaw|[[gendang]]}}s, and '''{{lang|kaw|joget}}''', and all kinds of sounds, loud noises with various types of games ...”
