Cakalele Dance

Cakalele dance is a traditional dance from Maluku Province that is performed by 30 people either male or female. Male dancers wear war clothes dominated by red and yellow color. Not only that, they also hold parang (swords) on the right hand and salawaku (shields) on the left hand and don aluminium hats decorated with slipped feather on it.

Female dancers wear white dresses while holding handkerchiefs – in local language called lenso. During the performance, they play in groups consisting of two dancers while keeping dancing followed by the music of tifa (percussion), flute, and bia (flute made of big sea shell).

Tari Kebesaran, another name of Cakalele Dance is commonly performed to welcome honoured guests such as religious scholars, and government officials visiting Maluku. Tari Kebesaran means the pride dance.

Some of the distinctive features of the dance are the clothes, the swords, and the shield (salawaku). Each of them has its meaning such as red clothes symbolizing heroism, bravery and patriotism of Maluku people. Likewise, the swords symbolize the dignity of Maluku people that must be kept. The last one is the shield (salawaku), the symbol of protest againsts injustice government.

Cakalele Dance Location

Cakalele Dance can be watched in Haruku Island, Central Maluku District, Maluku Province, Indonesia.Accessing the island from Ambon City, you can take public transportation passing by Tulehu with IDR 7500 for its cost. Then the trip must be continued by taking speedboat wading across Tulehu Strait to Haruku Island for about 30 minutes with IDR 30000 per person for its cost.Around the location, in Haruku Island, you can surely find some hotels or guesthouses and food stalls offering local cuisine of Central Maluku District.

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The Uber Bay Beach

The Uber Bay Beach

May be, The Uber Bay Beach is not as famous as the other beaches in  Sungailiat sub-district, Bangka district.  However, this 25 ha wide beach is an untouched territory which has the white  sands and the indented formation of the coastal rocks. The wild plants growing  up covering the coastal rocks and the pounding waves offer you a wild nuance  but pleasance. 

Besides its virginity, the Uber   Bay Beach  is a right place for escaping from the uproarious atmosphere of city life. It  is proper destination to get your easeful holiday ever. At morning, when the  sun is going to raise, the bright shinning sea reflecting turquoise water is  the right time for visiting the destination. You will see some traditional  fishers‘ boats which are drifted and buffeted above the sea surface. It is  proper for you who want to enjoy your leisure time above the coastal rocks in the  small huts made of woods while talking around the bush and jesting with family  or friends.

Where The Uber Bay Beach Location?

The Uber Bay Beach is  located in Rambak village, Sungailiat sub-district, in the district of Bangka,  Bangka - Belitung province.  The access to The Uber Bay Beach is about 40 km from Pangkal Pinang  and three km from Sungailiat. From Pangkal Pinang, you may use your own transportations  for about 45 minutes. You may also take any public transportation from  Sungailiat, but you must take becak motor (The motorized pedicab  transportations) from Sungailiat bus station. However, you must consider that  the cost of taking becak motor will be more expensive than any public  transportation. There is no public transportation in the evening. Therefore, it  is better for you to take your own cars, but you have to be careful in driving  since in the some parts of the access to the destination are broken. In  addition, around 30 meters from Rambak village‘s intersection, there are many  holes in the road, so you must be more careful. There is Sedjati Chinese Temple  nearby the Uber Bay Beach  that was built in the 19^th century. In addition, a hotel nearby the  location can be an alternative for spending more days there.

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