BARONG KERIS and KECAK DANCE

Barong and keris dance(regularly performance in the morning 09 AM until 10.30 AM,)Barong dance is an exciting dance drawing a giant lion played by two people and Barong it self is symbolizing of the good side. When the Barong dance is performed, it is always performed two side of the life influence 'bad and good'. Rangda is symbolizing the bad which two of them are always apposite each other and Rangda it self is drawing as a woman with the hair raising face and she always want spread the bad influence to all people in the world, however Barong is always rescue the moment when Rangda do the bad thing. Barong Dance is accompanied by Gong Kebyar (the orchestra traditional Balinese instrument) which is played by a group of people. During the Barong dance performance, there is Keris Dance attraction also performed where ‘Keris (the wavy double bladed dagger) are used by the dancer to stick Rangda in order to kill the evil.

KECAK DANCE , (regularly performance in the afternoon from 6.30 PM until 8.00 PM,)Kecak Dance is one of Balinese Dance where the performance is usually taken from the story of Ramayana. This dance is accompanied by 200 until 300 people where most of them stand as gamelan instrument because all of the instrument sound is come from the mouth and the rest of them are become the dancer. The unique of Kecak Dance is no instrument tool to accompany the dance however it is only by mouth. The sounds of the mouth are hearing the constant noisy and have a good rhythm, compact and harmonious. This dance is usually held in the evening due to the lighting tool are used from the traditional light tool where it is surrounded by the dancers. The duration of the Kecak Dance is about 1 hour due to the story of Ramayana is very complex and long, It is only taken a part of the story where the precis story is perform generally in particular the fight of the evil and the good

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