The Dada‡ala‡ comes from the At‡a„im like the Kukwadisila or Listener.

During the At‡a„im, the dancer laughs and recreates the actions of laughing, the other dance to depict a laugher is called the laughing dance. When it is shown, the dancer comes out and begins to laugh until the whole audience is infected and they all are laughing.

A human-like face mask represents a male wearing a cedar bark head ring. The eyebrows are heavy and black; the mouth is carved with the lips pulled back and the teeth showing as though the mask is laughing. The ground of this particular mask is left natural (or unpainted) unlike those depicted in the At‡a„im or Dance of the Forest Spirits.

Laugher is also used during the dance owned by Ethel Alfred. In this particular dance, the laugher is stored in her blanket and she throws it out into the audience and then retrieves it. A mask is not used at all in this Dada‡ala‡ dance.

This mask belonged to Hi‡a'mas from the 'Namgis in Alert Bay, BC and was surrendered in 1922 to the National Museum of Man now the Canadian Museum of Civilization. It was returned to the U'mista Cultural Centre in 1979.