One of the traditional dances from West Papua is the Aniri dance. This dance comes from the Kokas District, Fakfak Regency, West Papua. This sacred dance depicts the liberation of a child’s liberation from demonic interference after being abandoned by his parents who went to the village.

The dance is performed in groups by male and female dancers, and is performed in the afternoon or evening. The composition of this dance is divided into four parts, namely the parents and small children who live alone at home. Then in the third part there is a scene of an evil spirit coming to a small child in the house. The fourth part is parents who come looking for their children. After his parents met his son who had been freed from the power of the devil.

At least, there are three special movements in this dance that make it different from other Papuan traditional dances, namely wae ndi (a movement that protects children from demonic disturbances), aniri ndi (the movement of feeding demons to release their children), and wapa (movement of the liberation process). child of satanic power).

Orok Dance Orok dance is a traditional dance typical of the Tehit people who live in Sawiat District, Sorong, West Papua. Reporting from the kemdikbud.go.id website, this dance is considered to have a higher degree than other traditional dances. Scrooge dancing and singing developed in the culture of the Tehit people who live in the Sawiat district. Song lyric in snore dance, containing praise or psalms. Snoring songs were created by an ancestor named “Semitic Bolo Majefak”.

No musical accompaniment

The Tehit people have three types of dances, namely orok, dirkehen, and say kohok. The dance is played without musical instruments to accompany it. This dance relies on the sound or rhythm of the song or song sung by the dance leader.

The chant will sometimes be reciprocated by other participants or other dancers. Then, the difference between the three types of traditional dances is in the song’s lyrics, the moment of the stage and the rhythm of the pounding of the feet.

Orok dance is usually played during traditional ceremonies, the dirkehen dance is usually danced at the inauguration of the kehen traditional house, while the say kohok dance is usually danced when the dowry is paid, in a traditional house called mbol or bol kehen. Orok songs that are created or sung are usually inspired by natural conditions and conditions.