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dancing in Shiong at reception of head |
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At first they dance for a few minutes in front of the Longokoa morung, then in front of the Ang's house, and finally most extensively in front of the Wang-hem morung. Here too the dancers move in a circle but not next to each other in a drawn out row, but as a concentrated group. They step around the open area and again and again they stop, facing the centre. More than in Wakching, here I notice the bending of the knees as a movement in the dance. At a certain point of the song, the entire group bends their knees so that the palm leaf bundles in the baskets sweep the ground |
