Traditional dance: Cakalele

Kid training Cakalele

Cakalele is a traditional dance from Maluku, east part of Indonesia. This dance is originally a war dance for people in Maluku. They usually play it with thirty people in total using "Parang" or Maluku's traditional sword and "Salawaku" or Maluku's traditional combat shield. Now a days, people in Maluku performing this traditional dance to greet their prominent guesses who come to their land.

Cakalele Dance-Maluku