Its dancing time @ Cecar Village Flores- Indonesia

Upon reaching Flores Island, we realized the popularity of Caci dance of Cecar village. Cecar Village is in Manggarai district in Flores Island.
On second day of our visit, we were supposed to visit Cecar Village. It was a cool breezy morning up the hills. Surrounded with picturesque greenery and beautiful views of sea, Cecar village is a beauty in its own. As we reached the venue, there was a traditional welcome ceremony. Dancers group leader welcomed our group leader and there was a pleasant exchange of dialogue between both leaders.

Welcome by the leader

Then we were served sopi drink of palm tree as a welcome drink. 

Exchange of dialogues between our group

This was followed by the most popular Caci dance. There was a balcony area set for us to view the dance. But we were so engrossed with the whole concept of dance and costumes and drum sounds of dance that we sort of got hypnotized and stood where we were to see the magnetic performance.

Caci Dance at Cecar Village

It was a very synchronized performance. After a dialogue, a dancer would stand with vado( chabuk) in front of another dancer who would defend himself with 'Koret' and 'Toda'. This dance symbolizes the harmonious togetherness in a family where the vado signifies the problem and Toda signifies Mother and Koret signifies Father.

Rangkuk Alu Dance

Tiring Mawo Dance pose

Overall a fantastic experience leaving memories of lifetime. It was a great show and one should never miss it. Specially, if you want to know about traditions and culture. I strongly recommend to see this dance performance to everyone visiting Flores Island, Manggarai dostrict

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Nidhi KM