Swara
gamelan Anguci, Siangdalu tan
papegatan,Nganter pragina masolah,
Nyedelet, nyeregseg, nayog, ngagem
tandang.... The Sound of gamelan melodies flashing From morning
to night non stop Accompanying
the dancer's movement Glancing
shuffling, stepping, poising .......
This
section of Balinese song tells
you wherever and whenever you
are in Bali, never a day goes
by without the sound of gamelan
or the sight of people dancing,
Gamelan is the rhythm of Balinese
life and dance a representation
of opulence of a place which is
full of nuance. Playing gamelan
and dancing, in fact most other
arts, are cultural pastimes enthusiastically
and routinely carried out by the
Balinese. In the fine arts, sculpting
fantastic forms from wood or stone,
or singing spiritual chants in
the banjar, wherever the arts
are performed, in whatever context,
they are performed with an air
of religious devotion as well
as keen aesthetic expression.
Balinese dance and gamelan are
enchanting for visitors from abroad.
Praised as dynamic in its choreography,
and boasting a musical accompaniment
the complexity of which compares
to any music anywhere in the word,
it's hardly surprising that the
terms legong and kebyar are already
in common use by musicologists
and even laymen the word over.
Legong
is particular is dance which attracts
particular attention. This dance,
which began in the royal courts,
is usually performed by young
girls who are still virgins. With
their beautiful headdresses and
golden costumes, the legong dance
tell, though dance,
a romance, war, the beauty of
flora, and the dance which are
dynamic, full of life never fail
to instill admiration in those
fortune enough to witness it.
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Anybody
who has seen and heard the
explosive style of the Gong
Kebyar are never
likely to forget its glittiergin
character, both visual and
aural. As its name suggest
( kebyar is al little like
the sudden flaring of a
match), this gamelan which
is found in abundance all
over Bali, is indeed a fiery
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Balinese
gamelan uses mostly percussive
instrument which
give it a modern tag, and
fill it with energy and
enchantment. Of course there
are other dances apart from
legong, just as there are
other kinds of music apart
from kebyar. As well as
kecak and barong the Balinese
perform other kinds of dances
which are often peculiar
to certain parts of the
island and are performed
at religious ceremonies
in these respective villages,
especially during relilous
festival at village temples
and as well as Gong Kebyar,
some thirty other musical
forms can be found around
Bali, each with its own
unique nuance.
Source
material: Cultural Affairs
Office Bali Province
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