Balinese Dance 💃🏻Night | Kacak Fire 🔥 Dance | Sauna & Spa | Southeast Asia Series 2024 | Episode 21

Balinese dance culture incorporates ancient Hindu traditions with drama that tell stories through dance and music. Dances can represent how the character from Hindu scripture fights demons and evil spirits.
In the early 15th century the art culture of Bali changed when artists fled from Java. At this time cultural beliefs of the Balinese and Hindu came together through dance. Balinese traditional dance culture has a unique history that includes various types of dance. Part of the history includes understanding historical events that inspired many forms of dance practiced in Bali today. Before Bali adopted various forms of dance people identify with the culture today and before the adoption of Hindu religion, people used dance as a way to fend off evil spirits through dance rituals.
Ubud hosts traditional and gamelan dance performances daily and has been a hotspot for entertaining royal courts since the early 1900s. Dance teachers and experienced dancers are attracted to this area because of its unique cultural influence and history. You will find an abundance of temples and palaces that host dance performances. Epic Hindu tales from the Vedas, the Bhagavad Gita like the Mahabarata and Ramayana are common stories usually played out in Balinese dance. Some stories feature men playing women roles and their dance movements help depict their character.
Dance Descriptions
There are various types of Balinese dances based on the history and culture of Indonesia. These are religious dances performed in places throughout Bali and Indonesia. They are performed during special events, ceremonies, and anniversaries. Dances popular with visitors are the Kacak Dance, Legong Dance, and the Barong Dance. Here is a general list of Balinese traditional dance descriptions to learn more about them:
Barong dance
Features a fight between good and evil as it features a lord of the forest and a witch whose spirits compete in darkness. It is a story of a Balinese village protector.
Frog dance
Features frog like moves inspired by a Balinese fairytale of a frog and a princess.
Joged dance
The dance features movements which involve shaking the hips. Dancers may dance with an audience member. Also referred to as a social society dance, it has a long history of being a form of dance in Bali.
Jegog dance
Performed in many social settings, dancers may invite audience members to join them. The music features a soulful, impressive sound made with bamboo.
Kacak dance
Performed by chanting males, it is sometimes referred to as the fire dance because it is accompanied by flames of fire.

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