Barong Dance

Barong Dance is a performing art most popular and in demand by tourists in Bali such as Uluwatu Kecak Dance. Not yet complete vacation to Bali, before watching the show this quality art.

Our Barong dance is in two places, namely in Kuta and Batubulan. With the availability of these two places will allow you to reach our place.

Batubulan tourist attraction is one of the village is famous for its arts such as sculpture, dance art, batik art as well, we could see the batik with traditional Balinese motifs. The art of batik which are the legacy of our ancestors has a motif typical of Bali, batik Regarding the quality of the resulting prefer the quality so get very serious attention from consumers, and the results are very salable in the market both domestically and abroad. and for sculpture and carving on the highlight in the form of sculptures made from rocks and sandstone.

Barong Dance is a dance that is danced by two male dancers, one plays the head of the barong and the front legs, and another plays the hind legs and tail. In its development, then Barong in Bali is not only manifested in the four-legged animals but some are animal-shaped legs dua.Barong this mytologi many kinds, there is a head-shaped head of a lion, tiger, wild boar male (Bangkal), elephants, ox or Keket. Keket by the Balinese considered the king of the jungle which is also called by the name Banaspati Raja.Tari barong describes the battle between good with the bad. Barong dance is played out as part of the ceremony at the temple, usually taken seriously.

This dance is a Pre-Hindu cultural heritage that uses tangible stuffed quadruped or ancient humans who have magical powers. Presumably the word comes from the word bahrwang barong or construed bear, an animal mythology that has supernatural powers, regarded as a protector. But in Balinese Barong, in fact, not only embodied in the four-legged animals but there is also a two-legged. Barong mask is made from wood taken from places such as the haunted cemetery, and therefore sacred Barong is a highly purified by the Balinese Hindu community. This dance performance with or without play, always beginning with the demonstration accompanied by gamelan performances are different as Kebyar Gong gamelan, gamelan Babarongan, and Gamelan Batel.

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