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Maengket Dance is a traditional dance that comes from Manado, North Sulawesi Province. The word maengket itself comes from the local language that is a crank, which can mean lifting the heel of the foot up and down. With the addition of the ma prefix on the word crank, it can mean dancing up and down. This Maengket dance is one of the traditions of the Minahasa community that is still preserved to this day. The Minahasa people themselves are indigenous people of North Sulawesi. The Minahasan people are from Austronesians who have lived in North Sulawesi for thousands of years before Christ. Minahasa tribe is a unity of several sub ethnics that have inhabited the North Sulawesi region such as Tombulu, Tonsea, Tontemboan, Tolour (Tondano), Tonsawang, Ponosakan, Bantik, and Pasan. Although the Minahasan community is composed of various tribes and religions, but the Minahasan people live side by side and get along. It also affects the cultural features of the Minahasa community, including ...