TARI SAMPELA LEMPO AJO HONGGO

This traditional dance is adapted from the habit of Wawo girls’ in the past, especially Maria girls who were entering puberty. In their distinctive clothes, they walked to water springs called Oi Wobo and Oi Wontu to take water, wash, and bath. They brought roa dana (a kind of cooking pot made of clay) and long pepper, the seeds of candlenut, and dried green mangoes to mix together for shampoo. In general, most girls in Wawo had long black hair. It is because they treated their hair regularly using such kind of shampoo. They did these activities happily near the water springs eventhough the water springs were far away from their house. To protect themselves along the way, they were taught the basic self  defence called gantao, manca, buja kadanda, and mpa’a sampari.

Presented by: Sanggar La Diha

Directed by: Minarni, S.Pd