Kabasaran is a traditional Minahasan martial art and war dance from North Sulawesi in Indonesia.

It is performed by several men clad in red costumes, wielding a sword with a shield or a spear.

The dancers are called kawasalan, which implies imitating like a pair of fighter cocks.

[1] In general, the basic structure of the dance consists of nine movements (jurus) using the sword (santi) or spear (wengkouw), also the stance moves which consists of two steps to the left, and two steps to the right.

The dance is accompanied by percussion instruments such as gongs, drums, or kolintang called pa 'wasalen.