Friday, January 28, 2011

What It's BARONG ?

BARONG - BALI.

Barong Dance is a Balinese dance which is a relic of the Pre-Hindu culture. This dance illustrates the struggle between virtue (dharma) and evil (adharma). using tangible doll quadruped or early humans who have magical powers
Barong mask is made from wood taken from haunted places such as tombs, and therefore sacred Barong is an object that is sanctified by the Hindu community in Bali. This dance show with or without act, always beginning with the show opening, accompanied by gamelan different like Gamelan, Gamelan Gong Kebyar, Gamelan Babarongan, and Gamelan batel.
 


Barong is carried by two dancers called Saluk Interpreter / Interpreter Bapang, a dancer in the head and the other in the buttocks and tail. Barong Dance Keket depicts the never-ending battle between virtue (dharma) and bad (adharma) which is a blend that is always opposite (rwa bhineda).

Barong types that still exist in Bali are as follows:
1. Barong Ket.
2. Barong Bangkal
3. Barong  Macan
4. Barong Gajah
5. Barong Asu
6. Barong Landung
7. Barong Lembu
8. Barong Brutuk
9. Barong Sai
10. Barong Gagombrangan
11. Barong Kedingkling
12. Barong Kambing.

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