THE BARONG DANCE and THE KECAK DANCE (BALI)

As a follow-up to my previous Post I am now listing a few postcards showing the BARONG dance and the KECAK dance, which are famous dances of Bali.

When sitting in an audience watching a show, it is usually rather awkward to take photographs, so I thought I would list these few postcards instead, hoping that it will give you a better idea of the dances and the costumes.
THE BARONG DANCE:
The Barong is a mythological creature like a lion, and the Barong dance is a story-telling dance about the fight between good and evil.  On the costumes of the male dancers (first postcard), the white squares represent the good and the black squares represent the evil.

THE BARONG DANCE

 THE BARONG DANCE

(The barong, and a male dancer dressed as a monkey).

 A BARONG DANCER

(The costume of a Barong dancer).

THE ORCHESTRA

(The Barong dance)

THE KECAK DANCE:

The Kecak dance is a unique dance which is not accompanied by an orchestra, but by a choir of seventy men.  The choir is famous for its' "clucking" sound.  It has its' origin in an old ritual dance, "SANGHYANG" or "trance dance".  In the Sanghyang dance a person in a state of trance communicates with the deities or ancestors.  Using the dancers as a medium, the "deities" or ancestors convey their wishes.  In the 1930's the old Indian epic Ramayana was included into the dance.

 THE KECAK DANCE

 ENJOY!

Carole

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MY VISIT TO INDONESIA (BALI), and dolls from BALI

I have recently arrived home from the beautiful ISLAND OF BALI. (I also visited the Island of LOMBOK so I will be listing dolls which I purchased from there, as soon as possible).

I have also added some photos of Bali, including the Barong and Kekac dancing.

BALI is such a beautiful and colourful island and is famous for it's dancing.  I was fortunate to see a performance of the famous Barong dancing, a very colourful dance which was performed outdoors, and also a performance of the Kecak and Fire dance which was performed outdoors at the Temple of Uluwatu, at the same time, being able to see a fantastic sunset.

INDONESIA (Bali) - Barong dancer

Website Id:  (Asia - Indonesia (Bali) - 006)

 INDONESIA (Bali) - Dancer

(Website Id:  Asia - Indonesia (Bali) - 007

 INDONESIA (Bali) - (Wayang-Golek puppets)

(Website Id:  Asia - Indonesia (Bali) - 008)

BARONG DANCE:  The Barong is a large mythological creature like a lion, and the Barong dance is a story-telling dance about the fight between good and evil.
KECAK DANCE:  The Kecak dance is a unique dance which is not accompanied by an orchestra, but by a choir of seventy men.  It has it's origin in an old ritual dance, "Sanghyang" or "Trance" dance.  In the Sanghyang dance a person in a state of trance communicates with the deities or ancestors.  Using the dancers as a medium, the deities or ancestors convey their wishes.   In the 1930's the old Indian epic Ramayana was included into the dance.

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PHOTOS FROM BALI

THE BARONG DANCE

(THE ORCHESTRA)

(THE BARONG - mythological creature)

 THE "MONKEY"

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THE KECAK DANCE

 THE FIRE DANCE

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SOME INTRICATE WOOD CARVINGS

 A RELIGIOUS PROCESSION

(at the Ulan Danu Temple)

 THE FAMOUS FLOATING TEMPLE

 PART OF THE ROYAL PROCESSION

(in the grounds of Ulan Danu Temple)

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ENJOY!

Carole