The Philosophy of Dance and the Art of War

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Dance of war. After reading a magazine on a commercial airplane -Flight Magazine-, on a missionary journey to Sumatra, I remembered a writing about the caci dance from flores. And told, the dance was dirngi drum from human's abdominal skin.

A more suitable dance is called a martial exercise. Because the highlighted is the race of speed and agility. Whipping and parrying. Bloody cuts are common.

Usually the audience cheers increasingly echoed if a player shrills the face or skin of his opponent. Moreover, can leave scratches minor injuries.

Dances like this, make me nostalgic childhood in my hometown. Parado, Bima, West Nusa Tenggara. Reminds me of the dances taught by the elders in the village.

Our parents in the village called GANTAO. Similar to Caci dance in Flores. Only, gantao often use empty hands. Hit and knock your opponent, without weapons.

But sometimes, wearing a spear. What counts is, spear, hit and parry. Not infrequently, friends fell hit by a blow. It was then that the spectators' cheers, the majority of Adam, rumbled. This event is more festive, if the game is accompanied by drum beat drums made of goat skin.

For today's society, this may be regarded as an artless dance, and seems sadistic. There is no hip and butt, typical of modern dance. Far from the typical cosmetics that make face players face.

But, you know? Traditional dances, such as Gantao & Caci, teach courage and dexterity. The pain and the whipping wounds whip up mentally. Mentally male and jawara grow sprouted in this tradition.

Even if we read history, almost all traditional dances are always similar to the two types of dance above. There are even some types of art in the east, as in Papua teaches the art of war. Sometimes far from musical elements.

With the art of this model, we become aware of the history of this country's struggle. Why is the invaders hard to conquer this Nation? In addition to jihad that characterizes the children of the country, such as Tengku Umar and Diponegoro, and die martyrs as the highest ideals, since childhood children in this country are taught courage, and dexterity, with art flowing in the community.

In my opinion, all their activities, hatta art, instilling the soul of a knight. Better to rouse the ground, than the honor of the men. This is the traditional dance philosophy.

When the West invaded this country, they did not just take the property and natural resources of the people. They also bring their ideology, religion, tradition and culture to the colonies. Tradition dance saru from his country, was brought here. West, deeply belly and under belly. The children of the nation who had been taught by his ancestors of courage, dignity and honor, were finally tempted by the tardisi of the occupying nation.

Naturally it seems, if presumably, in this country, emerging leaders who are pygmy. No matter the honor of the country, serving as a servant for foreign interests. Spread a lie (hoax) in order to defend the throne. Spread terror of hatred against religion, in order to satisfy the sponsors.

Life style, Western culture & culture-Gentiles, became an effective tool for enslaving the nation. Finally, we watch the country boy crying sadly, witnessing the suffering of European drama players, depicted poor papa, betrayed by his friend on the television screen. At the same time there was not a drop of tears from them for the sadness of his brother in Palestine, for Syrian children who had been orphaned, shivering in the midst of a snowstorm, no food, no clarity of fate.

Sorry, here I intentionally did not mention the halal-haramnya music that accompanies the dance dexterity. That's a juristic chamber. I just want to emphasize that the artistic spirit of this nation's tradition, the ancestral heritage, is the art of agility and keperwiraan.

In the modern context, especially after being dyed manhaj salaf, at least the musical smells that are forbidden by the cleric, can be eliminated. Can also be replaced with sports or martial dance. Most importantly, the philosophical value of the dance can be achieved. That is; instilling courage, and the attitude of a knight. Both gave rise to resistance to every tyranny; both colonialism, neo imperialism and others.