Art and culture in Bali
Art and culture in Bali
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| Barong Dance |
Balinese art and culture had existed prior to entry into the Balinese Hinduism. The majority of Balinese are Hindu adherents, but the Balinese people are very tolerant and live in peace with followers of other religions such as Christianity, Catholicism, Buddhism, Islam and other faiths such as Confucius who believed the Chinese also have become part of the Balinese. Now Balinese art and culture is growing and still exist in the middle of the modern world and globalization.
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| Baris Dance |
Balinese art and culture are basically divided into two, namely for ceremonial or sacred art and art for entertainment. Dance and Balinese architecture can be found in the temple. Art for entertainment with our easy we can see especially for tourists. Ceremony at the Temples (holy place) cannot be separated from sound art, dance, gamelan, painting, art and literature.
Temple was built in such a way as an expression of aesthetic, ethical and religious attitudes of Hindus in Bali, so you can see the house and Temples in Bali is a mix of Balinese architecture that is based on the symbol of Hinduism, but not identical to the Hindu shrine in India. The Balinese can have a unique artistic expression. Sacred dance in Bali, among others Rejang Dance, Line Dance, Dance Sang Hyang and so forth.
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| Rejang Dance |
Everything should not be used carelessly. The sacredness is also there in the dancers themselves, for example, a dancer or dancers Sang Hyang Rejang must display the young dancers, has never married, and have not menstruation. Or the dancers have to do pewintenan (purification ceremony) before they danced the sacred dance. In the history of this guardian of dance most associated with religious mythology that developed in certain areas.
This mythology may be made simultaneously or after the dance was created or the previous guardian. Though this dance was created human beings, but because it is the consensus of the community supporting the mayor this dance got a special place in the hearts of the community in relation to religious beliefs, especially Hinduism.
A sacred dance created in Bali is based on the ritual dances of India. According to mythology guardian dances were created by Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva which is famous for cosmic dance, which is Shiva Nata Raja. Where is Lord Shiva plays the world with the movement of a magnitude unseen mudra. Each attitude hand with the movement of the body has a specific meaning and strength so that the dance is not only showing the beauty of art or clothing, but has the power scale and abstract.
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| Balinese Temple in Lake Beratan, Bedugul |
Pasupati means king shepherd animals. That is for the dancers like animals and shepherd who governed entirely by the shepherd, that Ida Betara, so every movement the dancers are not entirely derived from itself, in part its motion animated by Ida Betara (Gods) being applied. So that the dance would have magical powers.
If you are going to Bali, you will often find the ceremony at Temple or house of Bali, at which time you can witness the dance of Bali and the facilities of the ceremony are beautiful and colorful ceremony.
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