Foti Dance

Thursday, August 19, 2010 · Posted in

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Foti Dance always played by the 1st group and all-male. Consisting of 5 men dancers and 10 musicians. Although a relatively large number of music players, this dance is accompanied only by 2 musical instruments.

Among them, 9 units that have a different tone gongs and drums 1 fruit, a type of drum. All players-always wearing a traditional outfit East during the performance took place. Like, hat, scarf-shaped woven fabric that is placed on the shoulders and a long robe or dress. Not only this, they also use a series of triangle, ornaments made of brass material strapped to his right leg.

Uniquely, accessories triangle that is considered to be making this more and more impressed Foti dance gala. Because ............ when the dancers stamped his foot on the floor, triangle-it will also be sounded and enliven the atmosphere. Players dance Foti, Boni also revealed, Foti also features dance you can see from the movement of the dancers. When a drum is played with a rhythm tone that is relatively high, these dancers will rotate to the right. Meanwhile, the dancers will come back around to the left, when players started to play drums a low tone.

"A feature of this dance is a combination of footwork with a beating gongs and drums are beaten it in tune. Spectacular, but a dynamic dance. When he hits the higher tone, the dancers have to turn to the right. When it comes down to low, the dancers spin left. So tune up, the dancers spin to the right. When the tune down 1 tone, he'll come back around to the left. "

I do not know since when ................. Rote island society, NTT hereditary often assume, Foti dance is not just the traditional arts. As if he had become a tradition, when obtaining a happiness in life, they always held a dance show Foti.

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