exercise 4

LULO DANCE

Lulo dance is one of the traditional dances in Tolakinese culture. Lulo dance has meaning to tighten the bonds of friendship intersocieties and for the young people, this dance be an arena to seek marriage partner. In former times, Lulo dance was shown in the marriage party or in special ceremonies which was accompanied by a music instrument that called “Gong”. On the other hand, it had some rules such as; when someone entered in line of Lulo dance, the people in line of Lulo dance could not went out from those lines. Then, when someone entered in line of Lulo dance, they could not enter to separated a woman and a man in those lines. The last, when someone want to went out from line of Lulo dance, he must to unite the hand of the people in the next to him, both in the left side and in the right side. But nowadays, that music instrument and the rules are not prevail again, because the Lulo dance has used sophisticated music instrument that called “Electon or Keyboard” and it has become a popular dance not only in Tolakinese but also at the other ethnics. So that the originality of Lulo dance can not be defended again.