Asmat People

Asmat comes from Papua Province. Asmat were among the tribes Mappi, Yohukimo and Jayawijaya between various tribes in the Papua island. As with other tribes that are in Papua island, there Asmat tribe who live in the coastal areas with the distance of 100 km to 300 km, even Asmat are located in the countryside, surrounded by heterogeneous forests containing rattan plants, wood (aloes) and tubers. Asmat tribe scattered and inhabit around the coast of Arafuru sea and Jayawijaya mountains. In the life of the Asmat, stones that we usually see on the street is very valuable to them. The residence...

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Yospan Dance

Yospan Dance is one of the social dance originating from the two regions, namely Biak and Yapen Waropen. In the beginning of this dance consists of social dance Yosim and Pancar which are two different dance but eventually combined into one dance. In Yospan dance performances from Yapen Maropen, the dancers are so graceful dance that brought the audience swayed. This dance is accompanied by song and the musical instrument ukulele and guitar that comes from outside Papua. Also there is an instrument that functions as a bass with three straps. Bass strap is made of pandan leaves...

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Papua Dance

Indonesia has thousands of traditional dances that spread throughout the archipelago . One of the areas that possess a variety of traditional dances is the island of Papua . Papua Island is an island located in the eastern part of Indonesia. Folk dance is a traditional dance known almost all ethnic groups in Indonesia. Dance is an expression of the soul known to mankind since humans know the culture. Essentially folk dance is a ritual, a joyous celebration, for example, harvesting, and ceremonies of worship. Not infrequently in some areas assume that folk dance is merely strengthen the brotherhood....

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