Abstrak
Adonara island community in east Flores of East Nusa Tenggara has one of traditional dance called “Tenarere Dance”. Tenarere dance is a term of traditional dance, which is always performed by the ladies dancer, adults as well as children. This dance is considered as a “Sacred” as it has a strong related with “Knirek Wuun Matan” (this ceremony which is always done by a group of ladies dancer to renewing relationship among their family which symbolized by purifying the new plants is “Corn”).
Tenarere Dance is aimed to name the dance, which is telling about ancestor’s trip by boats from Seran Goran of Maluku to Adonara Island, East Flores. Tenarere dance is only owned and performed at Redontena village, Adonara island-East Flores. The traditions of Tenarere is still kept everlasting by the community as the consider that it has culture value that can be bequeathed to the young generation
