Cakalele dance

{{short description|Indonesian traditional war dance}} {{for|scientific journal|Cakalele (journal)}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Cakalele'' dance}} {{Infobox dance | name = ''Cakalele'' dance | native_name = Tari cakalele | native_name_lang = | etymology = | image = Calalele.jpg | alt = | caption = ''Cakalele'' dance performance | genre = | signature = | instruments = | inventor = Eastern Indonesia | year = | origin = Indonesia }} {{Dance drama of Southeast Asia}} '''''Cakalele'' dance''' (pronounced "cha-ka-leh-leh", spelled '''''tjakalele''''' by the Dutch) is a war dance from the Maluku Islands in Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6f8yDAAAQBAJ&q=Cakalele+war+dance&pg=PT68|title=Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia: Christians and Muslims in the Moluccas|last=Qurtuby|first=Sumanto Al|date=2016-05-20|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317333289|language=en}}</ref> Hybrid versions also exist among the natives of Sulawesi (''Kabasaran'' or ''Sakalele'' dance of the Minahasan),<ref name="Kaya2">{{cite web | title=Tari Kabasaran, Tarian Ksatria Minahasa | website=Indonesia Kaya | date=2023-02-03 | url=https://indonesiakaya.com/pustaka-indonesia/tarian-kabasaran/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512070508/https://indonesiakaya.com/pustaka-indonesia/tarian-kabasaran/ | language=id | access-date=2024-06-13| archive-date=12 May 2024 }}</ref> East Nusa Tenggara (Abui ''Cakalele'' from Alor),<ref name="abui">{{cite journal | last1=Arba | first1=Hastuti Milinadya Nuhardi | last2=Dominikus | first2=Wara Sabon | last3=Udil | first3=Patrisius A. | title=Eksplorasi Etnomatematika pada Tarian Cakalele Suku Abui di Kabupaten Alor dan Integrasinya dalam Pembelajaran Matematika | journal=Haumeni Journal of Education | publisher=Universitas Nusa Cendana | volume=3 | issue=2 | date=2023-12-10 | issn=2798-1991 | doi=10.35508/haumeni.v3i2.12220 | pages=26–33| doi-access=free }}</ref> the Tanimbar Islands,{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}} and Fakfak (Mbaham-Matta ''Cakalele Mbreh'').<ref name="mbma">{{cite book|title=Peran Sistem Kekerabatan dalam Sistem Kehidupan Toleransi Beragama Kabupaten Fak-Fak|url=http://kebudayaan.kemdikbud.go.id/bpnbjayapura/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2015/11/KEKERABATAN.pdf|year=2014|location=Fakfak|publisher=Kepel press|access-date=2024-09-04}}</ref> The dance is performed by men, two of whom represent opposing captains or leaders while the others are the warriors supporting them. After an opening ritual, the captains engage in a mock-duel with a spear (''sanokat'') and a long parang (''lopu'') while their supporters use a lopu in the right hand and a long shield in the left hand.<ref>{{cite book|author=Albert G Van Zonneveld|title=Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago|year=2002|publisher=Koninklyk Instituut Voor Taal Land|isbn=90-5450-004-2}}</ref> The shield is referred to as a salawaku, or by a local name such as the Tobelo ''o dadatoko''.<ref>{{cite book|author=P. E. De Josselin De Jong|title=Unity in Diversity: Indonesia as a Field of Anthropological Study|year=1984|publisher=Foris Publications|isbn=90-6765-063-3}}</ref> The cakalele originated as a way for the warriors to celebrate after a successful raid. Dancers dress in full warrior costume and are backed by the rhythm of the drum (''tifa''), gong, and fife (''suling'').

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Cakalele.jpg|Cakalele dancers wearing traditional clothes Cakalele - Maluku.jpg|''Cakalele'' dance performances in Maluku File:cakalele.gif|''Salawaku'', the shield used in performances File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Honitetoe-Alfoeren voeren de 'Tjakalélé' krijgsdans op Seram TMnr 10003481.jpg|''Cakalele'' dance performances in the 1900s from Seram File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM 'Tjakalélé' dansers voeren een dans op in kampong Bora te Biromaru Donggala Celebes TMnr 10003467.jpg|Two ''cakalele'' dancers holding kanta shields from Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Groepsportret van Ambonezen met muziekinstrumenten TMnr 10000859.jpg|''Cakalele'' performance Sambutan Pj Gubernur Temongmere di Kampung Kotam.webp|A boy holding qpod-qpod performing ''cakalele mbreh'' dance in Fakfak, West Papua </gallery>

==See also== {{Portal|Theatre|Indonesia}} {{commons category|Cakalele}} * Kabasaran * Arnis

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==External links== * [http://www.museum-maluku.nl/ Museum Maluku]

Category:War dances Category:Maluku (province) Category:Dances of Indonesia Category:Theatre of Indonesia Category:Traditional drama and theatre of Indonesia