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  2. Balinese theatre - Wikipedia

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    Balinese theatre and dramas include Janger dance, pendet dance performances, and masked performances of Topèng. Performances are also part of funeral rituals involving a procession, war dance, and other rituals before the cremation of the patulangan. [1] Balinese use the word sesolahan for both theatre and dance. [1] Arja (dance), Balinese ...

  3. Balinese language - Wikipedia

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    ^1 In Balinese script, Sanskrit and Kawi loanwords tend use conservative orthography as standard form in Balinese script. The word for language, basa, in Balinese is a loanword from Old Javanese bhāṣa which came from the Sanskrit word भाषा bhāṣā, hence it is written according to Sanskrit and Old Javanese spelling ...

  4. Arja (theatre) - Wikipedia

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    Arja (Balinese: ᬅᬃᬚ), also known as Balinese opera, is a popular form of Balinese theatre which combines elements of opera, dance, and drama. [1] It was created in 1825 for the funeral of a Balinese prince. In the beginning, it had an all-male cast, but since the 20th century, all performers (including those playing men) have been women. [2]

  5. Nusa Penida Balinese - Wikipedia

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    The Nusa Penida Balinese (referred to by its speakers as basa Nosa) is a dialect of the Balinese language spoken by the local Balinese people inhabiting Nusa Penida, an island located to the south of Bali which is administratively part of Klungkung Regency. This dialect is considered the most unique and distinct among Balinese dialects, as it ...

  6. Rangda - Wikipedia

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    Rangda (Balinese: ᬭᬗ᭄ᬤ) is the demon queen of the Leyaks in Bali, according to traditional Balinese mythology. Terrifying to behold, the child-eating Rangda leads an army of evil witches against the leader of the forces of good — Barong. The battle between Barong and Rangda is featured in a Barong dance which represents the eternal ...

  7. iQIYI - Wikipedia

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    iQIYI (Chinese: 爱奇艺; pinyin: Àiqíyì, pronounced in English as eye-CHEE-yee), formerly Qiyi (奇艺; Qíyì), [2] is a Chinese subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Baidu. Headquartered in Beijing, iQIYI primarily produces and distributes films and television series.

  8. Gambuh - Wikipedia

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    Gambuh is one of the oldest surviving forms in Balinese performing arts, [1] [2] [3] dating to the late Majapahit era (ca. 15th century) with very little known change since this time. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Emiko Susilo writes, "when the dance-dramas of Majapahit came to Bali, they had the new task of preserving the tradition of a fallen dynasty" [ 4 ...

  9. Balinese Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The name 'ban' is the ISO 639 code for Balinese. The process of migrating pages from Wikimedia Incubator to the new address took one day to finish on 14 October. On that date, the Balinese Wikipedia officially became part of the worldwide Wikipedia family, which was available in 304 languages at the time. [5]