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Pendet dancers offering a greeting. The original Pendet dance is performed by 4-5 young pre-pubescent girls in the yards of Balinese Hindu temples. Pendet is the presentation of an offering in the form of a ritual dance. Unlike sacred ritual dances that demand arduous training, Pendet may be danced by anyone, taught simply by imitation.
Topeng dance is mentioned in the Kakawin Nagarakertagama in a palm-leaf manuscript called Lontar that was written by Mpu Prapanca in 1365 AD. A collection of the National Library of Indonesia in Jakarta A 14th-century Majapahit golden mask.
The Srimpi (Javanese: ꦱꦿꦶꦩ꧀ꦥꦶ, romanized: Srimpi) (also written as Serimpi) is a ritualised dance of Java, Indonesia, associated with the royal palaces of Yogyakarta and Surakarta.
To create what would become panyembrama, Beratha combined the most beautiful moves of traditional dances such as legong, condong, and pendet. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Ethnomusicologist Zachar Laskewicz writes that the continued inspiration of these dances allows similar texts to be interpreted from the panyembrama performance. [ 7 ]
A dancer completing his spinning movements. (Performed by Nyoman T. Usadhi at Sanata Dharma University, 2014) Generally, the kebyar duduk dance is performed by a single male dancer, though his make-up makes him appear almost androgynous. [8]
Kecak (Balinese: ᬓᬾᬘᬓ᭄, romanized: kécak, pronounced "kechak"), alternate spellings: kechak and ketjak), known in Indonesian as tari kecak, is a form of Balinese Hindu dance and music drama that was developed in the 1930s.
The Betawi mask dance (Betawi: Topèng Betawi) is a theatrical form of dance and drama of the Betawi people in Jakarta, Indonesia. [1] This dance-drama encompasses dance, music, bebodoran (comedy) and lakon (drama). [2]
Canang sari is offered every day to Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa as a form of thanking for the peace given to the world; it is the simplest daily household offering. The philosophy behind the offering is self-sacrifice in that they take time and effort to prepare.