Activity 12Read the text aloud, in turns.
Answer the following questions.
a variety of distinctive dance traditions. Alike other areas of Indonesia, dance is important to the people of
The Indonesian Island of Sulawesi is divided into six provinces, with each ethnic group birthing
Sulawesi, as their spiritual norms, ritual practices, and artistic expressions are intertwined as one. The
dance traditions of Sulawesi remains focused on indigenous forms, and have attracted surprisingly little
scholarly attention from the dance world.
One of the dances is known as Tari Pakarena. It is a traditional dance from South Sulawesi. The slow
and graceful movements of female dancers are accompanied by two double-headed barrel drums, or
gendang played with fast interlocking patterns. The contrast between the subdued dance and live music is
often interpreted to represent essential gender differences.

Questions:
1.What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
2.
Why does dance have an important role to people in Sulawesi?
3. What is the special characteristic of Tari Pakarena?
4. What kind of music accompanies this dance?
5. Why do people usually interpret essential gender difference from this dance?​