Drum dance spear .. long and straight, you'll get the point

The drum dance spear not just for dancing because long, long ago when ”Man” was king of his castle, when ”Man” was the food provider, when ”Man” was the defender of his family with only a wooden spear at his side.

This spear was not just your average run of the mill spear, this spear needed to be from a tree branch that was as straight as a line, but also with the flexibility of a gymnast. The strength of this branch was the core to catching and putting food on his table.

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Like a javelin his spear needed to fly through the air with the least amount of resistance, so it was important to get the aerodynamics correct, this would give him greater distance to pierce his moving delicacies. This spear needed to have a sharpened head, be well weighted for the over all balance required for this instrument of power and presence.

But with this power comes great responsibility, to remember ancestors who have gone before them, so with that, the challenge of providing food for the table was complete. This would bring on the drum dance spear hula, where he would use his spear to imitate how he conquered the beast to feed his family.

Spear dancing, having that power in his grasp he would stand tall but humble just like his spear, the strength to go straight forward, but also the flexibility to change. What a bond to have with an instrument that is not just a provider, defender, but also a ceremonial dancing accessory

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