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. Traditional dance is a dance that combines all the movements that contain a specific meaning. In traditional dance music rely on precision, fluidity of motion, compactness movement , and composition settings .

Almost all dances in Papua is considered sacred dance. Here is some dances in Papua.

1. Det Pok Mbui Dance
Det Pok Mbui Dance is located in three districts namely Agats, Sauwa Ema, and Pirimapun located in Merauke, Papua province. Det dance Pok this Mbui existed before the independence of the Republic of Indonesia. Origin of the word is Det Det Mpok Mbui which means mask-like demons, and Pok Mbui which means party or ceremony. So Det Pok Mbui are demons masquerade.

This dance is performed by a group of men and women who performed in the afternoon or evening, after harvest or look for a bunch of old sago show two or three hours. The venue is usually on the banks of the river, because there adengan up the boat, there are several boats mask, performed by some of the dancers.

The female dancers dressed in Awer the form of a skirt made of grass, while the male dancers wearing skirts original plain or cassowary feathers. Jewelry worn in the form of ankle, wrist strap, and bracelet sleeves. On the neck wearing a necklace made from the teeth of dogs, pigs, or beads. For the face and body of the dancer were black from charcoal, white chalk, and red from the soil or fruit.

In this dance performance accompanied by musical instruments fu or bamboo trumpets and drums. While the accompanying song is Jipa So that means devil or spirits.. Several scenes in the dance as follows :

1. The leader of party or ceremony stood in the middle of the arena and call with the code of fu or bamboo trumpets sound as a sign that the ceremony is immediately begins.
2. The dancers or participants of the ceremony came and gathered in stage

Aya  Nende Dance
Aya Nende Dance contained in Mimika part bordering the Asmat region, Merauke, Papua province. The area is inhabited by tribes in Mimika. This dance has four dance sequence, as follows:

• Part 1: Head custom enters the stage, then call the wives of the hunters in the vernacular: "Ajendei Dendera waee suma".
• Part 2: A group of women as wives of hunters welcome the hunters (their husbands).
• Part 3: The hunters hunted submit to the wife.
• Part 4: Core ceremony, thanks to their ancestors.

This dance performance danced by a group of women and men, who carried on the afternoon and evening during the whole night. The dancers wear consisting of: Tauri, which is like a skirt that is mainly made from sago palm leaves or shoots. Tumii, namely anklets and bracelets are made up of buds or shoots sago palm leaves. Aye Nende dance lacks the musical instruments or drums and tumuu or bamboo. With the soundtrack titled Ayedendei.

Aniri Dance
Aniri dance originated from the village Koakwa, Fak-Fak regency, West Papua Province. Anriri associated with magical dance, dance illustrates the release of a child against evil, since abandoned by his parents who went to the village. Aniri have a sense of liberation child.

Aniri Dance have some dance composition, as follows:

• parents
• The little boy who lives alone in the house.
• Satan came to see small children in the house and made his son.
• Parents looking for his son, met then released.

Movements in this dance is natural, but there are some special motion, as follows:

• Ndi wae motion, which the motion to protect children against evil
• Ndi Aniri motion, which feeds a vicious movement to release the child.
• Wapai motion, which the release of children from demonic power

Dancers dressed tauri or rogoi or sago leaves equipped with Cassowary feather jewelry, Cengerawasih, and the white cockatoos. While makeup using lime and red soil. Tao Awito song used as soundtrack, and accompanied with the accompaniment of musical instruments drums. This dance is performed by a group of men and women, the, usually in the late afternoon or evening.

Dow Mamun Dance
Dow Mamun dance comes from the Biak, of Paradise Bay District, Papua Province. Dow Mamun

Papua's Dance

dance existing before the independence day the Republic of Indonesia, this dance describes the battle and victory. This dance is performed by a group of men and women and is done in the afternoon or evening.The male dancers wear clothing or mar loincloth made of bark, equipped with some carved bamboo comb jewelry and carrying machetes, arrows, or in mariam, and spear.

There are some dance scenes, which are as follows:

1. The Tifa beater or siwer which consists of two people entered first, and then followed by the other dancers.
2. The dancers perform motion jump twice in a rapidly.
3. The Male dancers stepped two steps to the left and right side, while the female dancers facing each other while holding hands.
4. The Tifa beater make triple jump backwards, forwards, and surround the dancers.
5. The male dancer back to their position, Tifa beater remains in starting position.
6. The dancers make a semi-circle and they are in a row, whereas the Tifa beater make a jump action.
7. The dancers make two circles. The female dancers circle are on the inside, whereas male dancers circle on the outside around the female dancers