Saturday, July 3, 2010

BALI IS PARADISE



Bali Island is an island that has a culture that is very interesting and unique, wilayag Indonesian island of Bali is part of the east. Hinduism is a religion which embraced people of Bali. Then in bali temple building lots. One of the very famous temples are: "Pura Besakih" there a place to pray for Hindus.
there is a big day where the entire community to stop the activities to commemorate bali big day. The big day is "day of Nyepi"
Normally on these days the town is very quiet bali, bali everyone to pray in temples.
Bali is unique, indeed Beautiful Bali, Bali is a paradise.
Bali's culture is still a lot more interesting and more wonderful for us to come to the island of Bali.


Hinduism is one of the main religions in Bali. Balinese culture based on the form of this religion, so-called "Hindu Darma". This religion reached the island during the eleventh century. Most of the family customs and traditions and lifestyle of the Balinese people affected by this. Religious influence even expands widely into the arts, which makes Bali is different from other regions in Indonesia.
Although the influx of tourists to the island, Balinese people have managed to preserve their culture. Almost every native of Bali is an artist in some form or another. Parents and villagers who have passed on their skills to their children, who all seem to have a good tendency for music, dance, painting, and decorating.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

KECAK DANCE FROM BALI




Kecak Dance Bali Tradition Special Feature
In Bali there is a kind of dance that is quite unique, and is played mainly by men, where the number of players in the tens or more dancers who sit in line and a circle with a specific rhythm called the vote "smack" as he raised his hands. It is described as rows of monkeys helping Rama against Ravana in the Ramayana story.
Kecak from Sanghyang ritual, that is the tradition in which the dancers will be unconscious for communication with the gods, or spirits of the ancestors who then convey to the public expectations. In kecak dance does not use musical instruments and using only kincringan imposed on the feet of the dancers who are playing characters of Ramayana. While the dancers in the circle wearing a checkered cloth wrapped around their waists.
Kecak dance is created in the year in the 1930s by Wayan Limbak and with a German painter Walter Spies. They create a dance based on ancient traditions and take sanghyang from other parts of the Ramayana story. This dance became popular when Wayan Balinese dancers Limbak with his tour around the world to introduce the Kecak dance. Until now, dance dance kecak become famous Balinese art.