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A rain dance being performed in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia Rain dance, ca. 1920 (from the Potawatomi agency, presumably Prairie Band Potawatomi people) Rainmaking is a weather modification ritual that attempts to invoke rain. It is based on the belief that humans can influence nature, spirits, or the ancestors who withhold or bring rain. [1]
Papuan tumbu tanah dance. Prior to their contact with the outer world the people of the Indonesian archipelago had already developed their own styles of dancing, still somewhat preserved by those who resist outside influences and choose tribal life in the interior of Sumatra (example: Batak, Nias, Mentawai), of Kalimantan/Borneo (example: Dayak, Punan, Iban), of Java (example: Baduy), of ...
Gendang Beleq dance is a sacred folk dance tradition of the Sasak people [1] of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. [2] This dance performance is usually accompanied by big drums, called gendang beleq. [3] Gendang beleq can be performed during life-cycle ceremonies, such as celebration of birth, circumcision, wedding and funeral.
Ronggeng dance (Jakarta, Central Java and East Java), a type of Javanese dance in which couples exchange poetic verses as they dance to the music of a rebab, violin and gong. Rudat dance ( West Nusa Tenggara ), a traditional dance of Sasak people, demonstrates pancak silat martial art movements.
The cendrawasih dance is often performed outside of Indonesia when promoting Indonesian culture, such as in Peru in 2002, [6] at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in 2008, [4] Japan in 2008, [7] and the Netherlands in 2008.
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