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Indonesian Culture By : Rendra Agung Fanani

Dance Seblang Banyuwangi, East Java

Throne of the dancer who decorated a variety of produce from the population as a form of gratitude to their ancestors.

INDONESIA | Wednesday, 23 January 2013 | Views [696]

Throne of the dancer who decorated a variety of produce from the population as a form of gratitude to their ancestors.

Tags: tradition, dance, unique, mistic

Seblang dancers paraded around the village because it is believed to cleanse the village from the plague and misfortune. Dancers must be a descendant of the previous dancers and dancers should not be replaced when it was alive. Before she started to dance, the shaman would read spells to summon the spirit of the first dancers Seblang so taken possession Seblang current dancers.

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the dancer that looks very agile and strong while dancing like never before that he was not feeling well before the event. maybe ghost dancers Seblang earlier that give strength and ability to dance perfectly.

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