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| Libunio Village in Soa Ngada |
Dance is movement of the art, and will become more alive if accomplished by traditional and modern music. One of the Ngadanese traditional dance is Dero. The Dero dance as one comes from Soa sub - district in Ngada regency. Tne Dero dance aims to honour the ancestors, to give thanks for harvest, and build a strong fraternal bond. Dero dance usually performed on Sagi customary or traditional indigenous boxing. The basic movement of the Dero dance is to join hands to form a circle and then move together -equal right and left bacward and then forward to the music
The dancers can from within village or outside the village. To dance Dero the dancers can use the tradirional costumes for man or woman. Nowadays, every person can dance Dero using the modern music instruments and movements can be varied. The Dero dance can be performed in is a formal or informal event such as on a wedding party or the thanks giving day.The dancers can come from teens, or adult. The Dero dance is as mass dance and popular around the village, or in a regency.The people are very familiar to this dance.
By Wara Cypriano
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