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Yosim Pancar Dences from Papua

As well as the natural scenery is still beautiful, Papua also has the most famous cultural globalization has not everlasting. Of the myriad cultures and traditions that are owned by the province that has the most extensive in Indonesia has a lot of folk dance types. Such as social dances which they dubbed as Yospan. Yospan itself is an extension from words Yosim Pancar. Or ​​harmonization from two Papuan folk dances, Yosim and Pancar.

Yosim Pancar Dences from Papua

Yosim is an old dance-like poloneis from Dance West and originated from Sarmi, a district on north coast Papua, near the River Mamberamo, but some are saying that Yosim comes from the bay Saireri.

While Pancar is a dance developed in Biak and Manokwari Numfor the early 1960s during the Dutch period in Papua, mimicking the early history of his birth, the movements acrobatics in the air - such as motion tumble from the sky, like a dry leaf fall in the wind - Neptune from fighter aircraft made ​​by the United States Air Force used Netherlands in West Irian. The early 1960s, Netherlands-Indonesian conflict over the status of sovereignty over West Irian is still ongoing. Because of these fighter jets are driven by gas, which mimics the movement of acrobatic dance originally called Pancar Gas, later shortened to Pacar. Since its inception the early 1960s, has been enriched Pancar movements from other sources, including from nature.

Dance Yosim Pancar has two teams in appearance, Team Musicians and Dancers team. Team of musicians playing a musical instrument to accompany the dancers, the instrument he played like a guitar, Ukulele, Tifa, and Acoustic Bass. Ukulele, drums and bass Stem usually made their own. Someone who is adept at playing Bass Stem sometimes can play with the foot that is usually a musical instrument is played by the fingers and hands.

Dancers Yosim Pancar more from one person with basic movements vigorous, dynamic and interesting, well-known example is the movement of Gale-gale, Jef, Pacul Tiga, Seka and others. Then the other thing in this dance you need to know is the unique clothing and accessories. Color and type of used clothing each dance group Yospan vary, but typical for all the accessories in the dances Papua is almost the same.

This dance is called social dance, or a friendship dance (Wikipedia) because anyone can join, no matter whether they are male or female, older or younger.

Yosim Pancar quite popular and frequently exhibited at any event, custom events, welcome events arts and culture festival. Yospan also usually displayed in the Global State of the invitation to meet or follow the Festival there.

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