Dabus dancers holding the Anak Dabus used during performances.
Troupes continue to keep alive traditional dances and their folk tales
THE performance is ritualistic. Dancers jab the “anak dabus,” a small mace-like baton with a pointy end and bells on its top, at their arms. Then the khalifah, or leader of the dance troupe, will enter the scene and tend to the wounds, healing them.
