Preserving the Art of the Dayak Dance
Despite a shortage of funds, dance workshops in Kalimantan are attracting young people to join in the effort to save the Dayak dance.
May 9, 2012
The vibrating sounds of drums filled the West Kalimantan pavilion at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in Jakarta, a fortnight ago. Three male dancers from the Sanggar Bengkawan dance workshop of West Kalimantan, were prancing about, occasionally lifting one leg while singing in Dayak language. A yellow-haired dancer was holding firmly a black chicken and biting into it. Then he pointed it toward an onlooker by reciting a mantra. He plucked out a few fe
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