What are the dances in Kalimantan?

The dances of Kalimantan are primitive and rugged compared to those of Java and Bali. The most famous dance is the Kudai Mask Dance. Kudai is a city in East Kalimantan, and the Kudai Mask Dance is either soft and feminine or sharp and intense. This dance used to be performed at the Kadagnara Palace in Kutai and is now commonly seen at Kutai weddings and festivals. The Gudai mask dance can be categorized into Mati dance, Grana dance, Gmindu dance, Gunungshari dance and so on.

The popular dances in Kalimantan are: (1) Welcome Dance. Such as the Big Gong Dance of East Kalimantan and the Baksha Gembang Dance of South Kalimantan. (2) Religious dances. Such as the Monon Dance and Zabin Dance of West Kalimantan, and the Sinomang-Hatra-Roda Dance of South Kalimantan. (3) Fighting Dance. The Fighting Dance describes the story of two young men competing for a handsome girl. (4) Dance of Expulsion of Cereal Thieves. This dance glorifies the heroes who have done harm to the people.

In Kalimantan, South Sumatra, North Sulawesi, Timor, Irian Jaya and Maluku, the folk also popular in various types of performance of battlefield killing scenes of the native wind dance, also known as the battle dance. Although the name of the battle dance is different from place to place, in the style of each also has its own characteristics, but they still have a lot of **** between the same. The dancers are generally men who dress up in the traditional manner of their respective ethnic groups. The props used in the dance are ancient fighting weapons - spears and shields. Dancers with the rapid "war" drums, while shouting and shouting, while "chasing and killing", the dance is robust and robust, very masculine beauty. Combat dance is extracted from the actual life for self-indulgence in the folk collective dance, the past is generally only in the folk festival or celebration of joy when jumping, not to the Hall of Harmlessness. Nowadays, it is often used to welcome guests or perform for guests, on the one hand, to show the host hospitality, on the other hand, also to the outside world to show their unique local culture.