Kecak | Traditional Dances
Kecak is a Balinese traditional dance has a wide range of unique when compared to other dances.
Kecak is a Balinese performing arts created in 1930 and played mainly by men. This dance is performed by many (tens or more) male dancers who sat lined up in a circle and with a certain rhythm called "top" and raised both arms, depicting the Ramayana when Rama line of apes help fight Ravana.
However, Kecak derived from sanghyang ritual, namely dancers dance traditions will be in unconscious condition, to communicate with God or the spirits of the ancestors and then convey to the public expectations.
The dancers in the circle is wearing a plaid cloth like a chess board around their waist. Besides the dancers, there is also the other dancers who portray the characters Ramayana as Rama, Shinta, Ravana, Hanuman, and Sugriva.
Kecak dance songs taken from the ritual dances sanghyang. In addition, do not use musical instruments. Only used kincringan worn on the feet of dancers who portray the characters Ramayana.
Around the 1930s Wayan modulus worked with German painter Walter Spies to create tradition based Kecak Dance Trance and parts of the Ramayana story. Wayan modulus at popularizing this dance around the world with his troupe of Balinese dancers.
Kecak is a Balinese performing arts created in 1930 and played mainly by men. This dance is performed by many (tens or more) male dancers who sat lined up in a circle and with a certain rhythm called "top" and raised both arms, depicting the Ramayana when Rama line of apes help fight Ravana.
However, Kecak derived from sanghyang ritual, namely dancers dance traditions will be in unconscious condition, to communicate with God or the spirits of the ancestors and then convey to the public expectations.
The dancers in the circle is wearing a plaid cloth like a chess board around their waist. Besides the dancers, there is also the other dancers who portray the characters Ramayana as Rama, Shinta, Ravana, Hanuman, and Sugriva.
Kecak dance songs taken from the ritual dances sanghyang. In addition, do not use musical instruments. Only used kincringan worn on the feet of dancers who portray the characters Ramayana.
Around the 1930s Wayan modulus worked with German painter Walter Spies to create tradition based Kecak Dance Trance and parts of the Ramayana story. Wayan modulus at popularizing this dance around the world with his troupe of Balinese dancers.
