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Butterfly Dance, Traditional Dance From Bali

Butterfly dance is one of the traditional dances originating from Bali. According to the Balinese dance historical record, this butterfly dance was created by I Wayan Beratha in 1960. I Wayan Beratha is a Balinese Dance artist born in 1926, in Banjar Belaluan Denpasar. He currently resides in Banjar Abian Kapas Kaja. I Wayan Beratha is living and big in the family environment of Balinese artists. His grandfather, I Ketut Keneng (1841-1926) was also a great Balinese artist of his time. His grandfather was a gamelan musician and also pagambuhan. Because of the greatness of his name and his work, most of his life was dedicated to the family of Puri Denpasar, as a favorite artist from King I Gusti Agung Ngurah Denpasar until the Puputan Badung War erupted in 1906. So deserve the great artist's blood then flowed in I Wayan Beratha and created a work - great for the people of the island of Bali and Indonesia. Butterfly dance is a kind of female group dance that is played by 5 women or mo...

Manuk Rawa Dance, Traditional Dance From Bali

Manuk Rawa dance is a traditional dance originating from Bali. This dance was first created in 1981 by a choreographer named I Wayan Dibia, and a composer named I Wayan Beratha. Before becoming a freelance dance, this Manukrawa dance was part of the Mahabharata Bale Gala-Gala ballet by a team from the Ramayana or Mahabharata Bali Ballet displayed in the Bali Arts Festival in 1980. From Manukrawa dance history this movement is taken from the classical Balinese dance which is then combined with dance movements derived from Java and Sundanese, which has been modified in accordance with the demands of beauty. Composition of Rawa Manuk Dance In dancing this dance, usually, will be sung by a group (between 5 - 7 people) female dancers. This dance is a new creations dance depicting the behavior of a group of birds (swamps) of water as described in the Wana Parwa story of the Mahabharata Epic. Philosophy of Rawa Manuk Dance As with the Cendrwasih dance and also Belibis Dance from Bali. This Ma...

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...