Tuesday, March 20, 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)

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