CAKALELE DANCE https://www.youtube.com/live/dHHnumHBqLw?si=CHYxMHI-FaltVPVj

Aural Archipelago on Instagram: "I’m welcomed to the village of Bonepuso with an old war dance, balatindak, performed with incredible verve by Bu Mariam Toluuk. Here in the Banggai archipelago of Central Sulawesi, this dance is performed when greeting visiting dignitaries or royalty (or roving DIY ethnomusicologists.) The dance’s moves rhyme with war dances called cakalele which are common in nearby Maluku, echoes of a past where coastal Banggai people would assert their bravery and strength thr