INDONESIAN CULTURE - If the dance in Indonesia are generally filled with tenderness and a smile, then it will not be found in traditional dance Minahasa in North Sulawesi, Kabasaran. Traditional dance performed by men mostly complete with sharp weapons such as swords and spears. Kabasaran dance is synonymous with the movement that mimics a rooster fights.
According to figures from the Minahasa culture, Jessy Wenas, Kabasaran dance is a traditional dance for war or dance to escort one of the important traditional leaders in Minahasa.
Formerly this dance is only issued when the celebration ceremony ceremony in Minahasa, but often with its development, even this sacred dance can be watched now public for tourism activities.
"This dance is actually a sacred dance. The dance is danced for generations by generations of dancers Kabasaran. In traditional ceremonies Minahasa, Kabasaran is indigenous warrior who has full authority in the course of a traditional ceremony, they used to be able to kill or repel the evil that disrupt the ceremony, "Jessy Wenas said.
This dance is generally composed of three parts consisting of
1. Cakalele
Which is derived from the word "saka", which means competing, and the word "lele" which means chasing hopping.
This part used to be danced when the warriors went to war or returning from war, this chapter shows the ferocity of their fight to important guests, as well as to provide a sense of security to important guests who come to visit, where they can make the devil afraid to disturb guests of the Kabasaran dancers .
According to figures from the Minahasa culture, Jessy Wenas, Kabasaran dance is a traditional dance for war or dance to escort one of the important traditional leaders in Minahasa.
Formerly this dance is only issued when the celebration ceremony ceremony in Minahasa, but often with its development, even this sacred dance can be watched now public for tourism activities.
"This dance is actually a sacred dance. The dance is danced for generations by generations of dancers Kabasaran. In traditional ceremonies Minahasa, Kabasaran is indigenous warrior who has full authority in the course of a traditional ceremony, they used to be able to kill or repel the evil that disrupt the ceremony, "Jessy Wenas said.
This dance is generally composed of three parts consisting of
1. Cakalele
Which is derived from the word "saka", which means competing, and the word "lele" which means chasing hopping.
This part used to be danced when the warriors went to war or returning from war, this chapter shows the ferocity of their fight to important guests, as well as to provide a sense of security to important guests who come to visit, where they can make the devil afraid to disturb guests of the Kabasaran dancers .
2. Kumoyak
Which is derived from the word "Koyak" means swinging a sword or spear weapon up and down, back and forth to reassure ourselves of anger when war.
3. Lalaya an
In this part the dancers dance free and delighted releasing themselves from angry feelings, this dibabak the dancers can express carefree, compared to the two previous round they faced fierce mengaharuskan without a smile.
Generally, the clothes used in this dance in red, while the dancer's headdress made of cloth headband ornate rooster feathers and birds.
There are also ornate flower stalk canoes or Tiwoho. Other decorative ornaments used are lei-lei, namely necklaces neck, wongkur which cover calf, rerenge en namely bells made of brass.
So if you want to see this dance, try to see the schedule of traditional party in Minahasa.
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