Bali: Barong Dance

Short Annoucement: I'm Employed... :(

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This is our first station of the trip. A dance play called Barong. The play was about the story of the mystical creature of Bali, the Barong.

Barong was said to be the king of all spirits and the leader of good spirits.

The play was separated in a several chapters but it made not difference because I had no idea which chapters it was in all the time.

The play was in Balinese language and I really had no idea much idea what is going on. A piece of script is given to us but it doesn't really help much.

The Barong dance was rather slow, since the Barong itself moved like a sloth. :| But still it is very cute in some way. (See how cute it lied on the ground :D)

I myself loved mystical creatures or strange looking creature very much. I found those who created or designed them are rather creative :).

If it wasn't for this performer, the whole play would be very boring. He kept on giving funny expressions and actions throughout the play.

He was quite sporting too, and even posed for my camera twice. XD At first, he gave me the first pose but I wasn't ready yet. So I shouted "One More One More" and he turned back and gave me the second one and "KachaK!!. What a nice guy ^^

After a while, out came Monkey Hao's Friend. Seriously, it didn't looked like a Monkey at all. Even our Monkey Hao here looked more like a monkey than him...Even Without A Make-Up!

Do you guys know about Popping Dance? If not, please google...its like robot dance. I asked this because in Bali they start do this popping in the old days even before the creation of hip hop. XD

Hahaha...its actually not really popping but they did lots of pausing in the dance. Its really creepy in my opinion. Especially when they pause their whole body and move only their big eyes around. @@

My friend recorded the dance in her camera :|. I wondered what she gonna do with it? Its way too creepy~

Oh ya, this Rangda fella here is the rival or enemy of Barong. She is the queen of all demon and leads an army of evil witches.

This was one of her form, in another form she wore a black feather cape instead of a white one. But sadly, I didn't manage to take a good shot of it. She was standing way too far from my seat.

Anyway, the two mystical creatures had a fight or two later that. In the end, Rangda lost the battle and fled. (I think...Hahaha )

Okay, I think that's all for my Barong Dance photos, I think its not much. But if you wished to see more of them, you can go to my friends' blog. :) Kimfei and SleepyHao