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Kecak Dance, Traditional Dance From Bali

Who does not know the typical Kecak dance of Bali? How many years ago this Kecak dance ever danced about 5000 people and set a world record. So who created and for what created the dance. Kecak Dance is generally called Cak dan Api (Fire Dance). This dance is a dance of mass performances or entertainment and tends to be a dance, which is the art of drama and dance, as it all describes the role of the puppet play, such as Rama Sita and not specifically used in Hindu religious rituals such as odalan, worship, and other ceremonies. Kecak dance was created by someone named Wayan Limbak and Walter Spies, a German painter in about 1930. Actually, this Kecak dance comes from a sanghyang ritual, a dance tradition that the dancers will be in unconscious condition, communicating with God or the spirit of the ancestors and then conveyed his hopes to the people. It's not hard to take away from the definition or why it's called Kecak dance. When the male dancers dance the dance, it will sou...

Belibis Dance, Traditional Dance From Bali

The appearance of this Belibis Dance In contrast to other dances in Bali, such as cendrawasih dance, Kecak dance, mask dance, manukrawa dance. In the grouse dance, there are 2 people involved, and these 2 people are different in composition. In the first composition of the choreographer, which was created by Swasthi Wijaya Bandem, while for the second composition of the composer, created by I Nyoman Windha. Belly dance performed by the dancers as many as 7 people. These grouse dancers are mostly danced by women. This philosophy of Belibis Dance has several versions including: Describes the life of a group of grouse birds who are enjoying the beauty of nature. Suddenly they were startled by the emergence of another grouse which is the incarnation of a King Angling Dharma after being exposed to the curse of his powerful wife (in the Tantric story). In the wandering, Angling Dharma meets a giant man-eating princess. This giant feels very worried about the secret is known by Angling Dh...

Baris Dance, Traditional Dance From Bali

Baris Dance is one of the traditional dance that comes from Bali. This dance is estimated to have existed since the mid-16th century. This assumption is based on information contained in the Sundanese Kidung, estimated to date from 1550 AD. In the text, there is a description of the existence of 7 types of baris dance that are performed in the cremation ceremony in East Java. In addition, there is also a description that at the beginning of the emergence of this baris dance is part of religious rituals at the time. The type of baris dance associated with religious rituals is also called the ceremonial baris dance or the big baris dance. The dancers in this dance are usually performed between 8 and 40 people in groups, with various complementary items such as various traditional weapons, depending on the origin of the area of each dance. The baris dance row is allegedly drawn from the night row, the storyline that began in about 1849 when it was initiated by Cokorda Gde Ngurah Saren who...

Bumbung Dance, Erotic Dance From Bali

On the Island of Bali who does not know the bumbung dance? Bumbung dance is a phenomenal dance and very well known by the people of Bali. This dance comes from the Village Kalopaksa, District Seririt, Buleleng District. Bumbung dance is quite phenomenal due to experience a shift in the meaning of dance contained in it. From a simple dance then became an erotic dance and even got a nickname of porn dance. History of the beginning of the creation of this dance statue began dance performances by a group of farmers in the village Lokapaksa. Accompanied by a set of gamelan instruments made of bamboo or called "ting klik", they fill the spare time in the midst of exhaustion in the cultivation of rice fields by displaying a simple dance. Although working with a simple, in fact dance this bumbung able to entertain the farmers at that time. Moving from Lokapaksa Village, this art then expanded to several other villages in Buleleng District as well as in other districts in Bali to form...

Pandanus War, Bloody Tradition in Bali

Bali has a tremendous cultural treasure, one of Bali's unique indigenous culture of pandanus war tradition. The tradition of pandanus war is held every year in the village of Tenganan, Karangasem. This tradition is called Mekare-kare. In that tradition, the youth will wear Balinese traditional clothes and bare-chested. This tradition begins with a tour of the village to ask for protection and safety in living this tradition. The main tool in the tradition of war pandan is shield or shield. They are usually made of rattan or bamboo and pandan leaves. The tradition of war is done by a pair of youth. This paired youth will be the opponent and will compete with how to whip the pandan leaves on the body of his opponent. The young men who treated traditional herbs In this game, there is someone as the referee in leading the game. The match will end if one of the participants wins, surrenders or the referee considers the match is enough. Pandanus leaves used in the match is a leaf that is...

Dance Bines, Traditional Dances From Aceh

Dance Bines is one of the dance art in Gayo Lues that is danced only by a group of women or girls. No one can interpret the word Bines itself. Bines itself is called dance because it has a rhythmic motion that follows the expression of the souls of the dancers. Based on the choreography, Dance Bines include group dance, because dance bines can not be displayed individually. Generally, dance bines are needed by dancers in even counts such as 10, 12, 14, 16, and so on. Based on the pattern, dance bines belong to the traditional dance art, the dance whose presence has existed since tens of years ago. Bines has undergone a long development. Bines dance is dominated by girls by way of self-learning from the generation on it since they were small, that is when they have begun to be able to mimic the movement. There is no special studio in this dance. There is also no law that requires them to master the bells. Just instinctively, as girls, they feel like learning Bines. At a certain age, the...

Dance Tarek Pukat, Traditional Dances From Aceh

This traditional dance is a typical dance from the province of Aceh which tells the activities of the fishermen when fishing in the sea. The name of this dance is Tarek Pukat Dance. Tarek Pukat dance is one of the traditional dances originated from Aceh. This dance is usually performed by a group of female dancers who dance by using a rope as a dance tool. Dance Tarek Pukat is a dance that describes the activities of the fishermen in Aceh when fishing in the sea.Tarian this is generally often displayed at events such as welcoming ceremonies, cultural events, and traditional events. History of Tarek Dance Pukat Historically, Tarek Pukat Dance is inspired by the tradition of gazing or trawl nets that are often done by the people of Aceh, especially coastal communities that most of the population eyed search as fishermen. It is said that these activities have been done by coastal communities of Aceh since a long time. At the time of catching fish, they took off and pulled the net together...