Traditional Dance in Kalbar

      Traditional Dance in Kalbar

       There are many traditional dances in Nusantara. But in this era, traditional dance is not really popular. Because shift of globalisation. Traditional dances usually used to entertain, receiving the guest, war, curing the disease. Traditional dances in Kalbar among others are monang dance, pingan dance, kondan dance and many others. All of the dance have special characteristic and difference rules.
       Monang dance is cure dance from dayak tribe. This dance is also part from Bemanang ceremony. In this era, this dance often performs to welcome the guests. In this dance, dancer be caprious like dukun to cure the patient. it's alsoperformed in art party.
       Pingan dance comes from dayak mualang tribe, regency Sekadau. The function is entertaining and thank to God. Dancer brings two pinggans, pinggan's made from stone or made from fragment and a pair of ring made from tin. The ring is used at fingers of the dancers. In this era Pinggan dance sill keep well. This dance is spreaded in Belitang Hulu, Hilir and all Dayak tribe.
       Kondan dance is associate dance and accompany with quatrain and traditional music. This dance is come from dayak tribe, regncy Sanggau. It's function is to say thank to passangers, to welcome the year of planting and thank to God who give luck.
       Uut Danum dance is war dance from dayak kinyah Uut danum tribe, that show about nimble and cautions when fight with enemy. This dance use original ahpang (mandau), completly with war clothes and protector.
       Zapin dance come from melayu, Kalbar. It's a social dance in society, usually as the media to say happines in society. In this dance, dancers wear telule belang clotkes. This dance accompany with gambus, two ketipungs and a gendang. Zapin that use tembung property called zapin tembung, zapin that use fan property called zapin fan. Basic movement of zapin is same with public in West Sumatera. Before 1960 only boys may dance this dance, but now, girls can dance this dance too.