Olympia Stadion Germany

Berlin - Germany, March 2007

Berlin - Germany 2007

Berlin - Germany, March 2007

Hudoq Dance from Dayak Tribe - Indonesia

ITB Berlin - Gemany, March 2007


Hudoq Dance. The dance is performed by wearing a wooden mask resembling a beast and also two pieces of banana leaves or coconut leaves which wrap the dancer's body.

This dance has close relation with ritual ceremony from the tribes of Dayak Bahau and Modang. The purpose of Hudoq dance is to obtain strength in overcoming the disturbance of the pests or bad/evil spirit and in a hope of land fertility to produce abundant harvest. (teks from : www.kutaikartanegara.com)

'Sampe' musical instrument from Dayak Tribe - Indonesia

ITB Berlin - Gemany, March 2007


Dayak tribe has various musical instruments, such as plucking instrument, beating instrument and woodwind instrument. In its daily life, music is also important means of communication and praising to the powerful, either the spirits or human being. Besides, these musical instruments were also used for accompanying various dances. Just like in the dance, they also have some forms of rhythm in the music and also certain songs to accompany a dance or certain ceremony. Each has its own uniqueness. Sampe : It is a kind of guitar or plucking instrument with 3 or 4 strings. It usually decorated with special Dayak ornaments or carvings. (teks from: www.kutaikartanegara.com)

Warrior Dance from Dayak Tribe - Indonesia

ITB Berlin - Gemany, March 2007


Kancet Papatai Dance / War Dance. This dance tells about a Dayak Hero, from Dayak Kenyah who fights against his enemy. It describes about the brave men (Ajai) from Dayak Kenyah tribe in war.This dance tells about the beginning of war until the given title ceremony for the Ajai which have succeeded to won the war.

The movement in this dance is very energetic, agile, and full of spirit and sometimes followed by dancers' shouting. In this dance, the dancers wear traditional clothing of Dayak Kenyah tribe, along with war equipments such as mandau (Dayak sword), shield and armor. The dance is accompanied by Sak Paku song and it only uses Sampe instrument. (teks from: www.kutaikartanegara.com and www.dayakborneo.com)

ITB Berlin 2007

ITB Berlin - Germany, March, 2007