Yospan dance is one of the traditional dances originating from Papua. This dance belongs to the kind of social dance or dance friendship between young men in Papua society. Yosim Pancar or commonly abbreviated Yospan is a merger of 2 (two) folk dances in Papua, namely Yosim and Pancar. History of the emergence of the dance Yospan, we can run from the origin of both dances before experiencing merger to become Yospan. Yosim is an old dance from Sarmi, a district on the northern coast of Papua, close to the Mamberamo River. Yet another source says that this Yosim originated from the bay area of Saireri (Serui, Waropen). Meanwhile, Pancar is a dance that developed in Biak Numfor and also in Manokwari early 1960s during the Dutch colonial era in Papua. The beginning of the history of his birth is by imitating acrobatic movements in the air, with naming referring to jets. So the dance that mimicked the aerial acrobatic movement was originally called Gas Pancar, and shortened to become Pancar
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