Dero Dance, Traditional Dances From Central Sulawesi

Dero or Madero dance is a traditional dance originated from Poso District, Central Sulawesi and one of the Pamona Tribe's traditional traditions that can still be preserved to this day. The Pamona tribe is the original community of Poso District that inhabits almost all of the districts, even to some parts of Morowali district.



The Pomona tribe's ancestors themselves came from East Luwu, which is the region that entered into South Sulawesi region. Pamona tribe is a unity of several ethnic groups in the region of Central Sulawesi. Nevertheless, the Pamona tribe people live harmoniously and side by side. It is depicted from one of the arts that come from this tribe is dance dero poso.



For the Pamona Tribe people, Dero Dance is a dance that symbolizes joy or happiness. This dance has long been maintained by the people of Poso, especially for people living along the valley of Lake Poso. For the local community, this Dero Dance is a form of gratitude for the harvested produce. This dance has been known since people know farming or farming as a livelihood. Formerly Dero dance is commonly done by the community during the harvest, especially during the rice harvest.



This dance is quite simple, generally done in a large area or field, because the number of participants in this dance is not limited. This dance is also called a pontanu Dance or a kind of dance to invite the audience to join the dance. Anyone who wants to follow this dance can join without having to think about talent or skill.



In doing this dance is not difficult, the dancers will make a circle while holding hands with each other and then do the pounding of the foot that begins twice to the left and twice to the right. This movement is done in accordance with the tone or rhythm of the rhythm of mutual conversation. Dero dance is also accompanied by the beat of a double musical instrument is a traditional musical instrument drum and also ngongi is a traditional musical instrument like a gong played by the youth and parents.



Besides as an expression of gratitude for the harvest, the people of Poso also consider this dance as a form of harmony and friendship and as an opportunity to get a mate. This dance can also be considered as a unifying dance because in this dance there are elements of discrimination, religious sentiment and also race and social class is ignored.



Until now Dero Dance is still a tradition that is maintained by the local community. Along with the development of the times, the existence of Dero Dance is also still survived and become cultural assets of Poso district. Dero dance not only can be witnessed or followed at the time of harvest, Dero dance is also usually done on the night after the wedding or at a big event custom.



Musical instruments used were not necessarily double and ngongi, modern musical instruments such as single or electron orgen can also be an accompaniment to this unifying dance. Although there is still, dero dance today can only be found in some villages or regions only in Poso District, even this dance is not often done, in a year maybe only about 3 or 4 times we can follow Dero dance. Conflict and also the ongoing inter-religious and ethnic disputes in Poso district make one of the reasons for this dero dance difficult to find. It seems to be an irony of life in the people of Poso who formerly love peace and famous for its Dero dance.

Yospan Dance, Traditional Dance From Papua

Yospan dance is one of the traditional dances originating from Papua. This dance belongs to the kind of social dance or dance friendship between young men in Papua society. Yosim Pancar or commonly abbreviated Yospan is a merger of 2 (two) folk dances in Papua, namely Yosim and Pancar.



History of the emergence of the dance Yospan, we can run from the origin of both dances before experiencing merger to become Yospan. Yosim is an old dance from Sarmi, a district on the northern coast of Papua, close to the Mamberamo River. Yet another source says that this Yosim originated from the bay area of Saireri (Serui, Waropen). Meanwhile, Pancar is a dance that developed in Biak Numfor and also in Manokwari early 1960s during the Dutch colonial era in Papua. The beginning of the history of his birth is by imitating acrobatic movements in the air, with naming referring to jets. So the dance that mimicked the aerial acrobatic movement was originally called Gas Pancar, and shortened to become Pancar.



Since its inception in the early 1960s, Pancar has enriched its movement from various other sources, including enriching the movement of the natural movement. Because of this popularity, dance Yospan often exhibited in every event such as welcoming activities, events custom, and also the festival of art and culture. Yospan is also often displayed in Abroad to meet invitations or follow the Festival that is there. Even one of these Biak Papuans dances, always held every August. They will dance along the way of Imam Bonjol by accompanying a typical Papuan music.



The uniqueness of the Yospan dance is in addition to its musical instruments, clothing, accessories, clothing, and color, clothing in each of the dance clubs or art galleries of Yospan vary, but still with typical accessories from Papua are almost the same. The musical instruments used in accompanying Yospan dances are like Guitar, Ukulele, Tifa and Acoustic Bass. The rhythms and songs in the Yospan Dance in particular greatly awaken the power of this dance. Another highly visible uniqueness is the freedom of movement in Yosim dance and the dynamic mixing of acrobatic movements.



So the dance of Yosim Pancar consists of two teams, the Musicians Team and also the Dancer. Yospan dancers are usually more than one person or group, with a movement full of exciting, vibrant, and dynamic. In this dance, there are several different forms of dance moves such as Gale-gale dance, Seka dance, Sajojo Dance, Pacul Tiga dance, Balada dance and Cendrawasih dance.



Because Yospan dance is a social dance and there is no limit on the number of dancers in this dance, anyone can follow and enter the circle and can directly move to follow other dancers. It does not matter whether they are male or female, comment or amber, old or young. With the position of the dancers generally, form a circle and walk around while dancing, and accompanied by musicians. So no wonder through the dance Yospan, Papua community communication with the immigrants to be positive, as well as introducing the music and songs of contemporary created by Papuan artists.