It is a dignified dance, rather than a violent dance as is commonly supposed. This is a social dance. Dancers move in rows of circles clockwise around the drum in a side-step, with the faster moving line in the middle close to the drum and the slower toward the outside, away from the drum. The entire line moves as one body, each in harmony to the rhythm of the drum. These are two of the few dances where men and women dance as partners.
Women choose their partners.
Couples, holding hands, circle the drum, stepping off with the left foot and dragging the right up with it in time to loud-soft drum beats. Dancers follow each other in a single line, moving in and out in a snake like manner. The line of dancers describes the journey of a large snake through the forest and up the mountains, coiling up for a rest - uncoiling and traveling on. In recent years, nearly every tribe has composed a flag song, dedicated to the men and women who have served in the armed forces in various wars. There is no dancing to this song, but all stand in respect.