Kecak Dance a fantastic performances in Bali

Kecak Dance in Tanah Lot. Image: sanur.org

Are you ready for a fantastic adventure? Let's holiday in Bali, the Last Paradise on earth. 

If you are on holiday to Bali be sure to watch the Kecak Dance. This dance is very unique and very popular among the tourists and the Balinese people. Kecak dance is one of the most attractive art performances in Bali. 

Kecak Dance is performed by many dancers tens or more, even with 5000 people demonstrated in the Pura Tanah Lot. The male dancers are sitting in rows in a circle and with a certain rhythm and chanting "cak" and raised both arms.

Kecak dance. Image: bali-dance.com

The dancers are sitting in a circle is wearing a plaid fabric like a chessboard around their waist. Besides the dancers, there are other dancers who portray the characters of Ramayana like Rama, Shinta, Ravana, Hanuman and Sugriva.

Kecak dance sequence depicting the Ramayana as apes help fight Ravana. However, the Kecak originated from the ritual sanghyang, the dancers dance traditions will be in an unconscious condition, communicating with God or the spirits of the ancestors and then convey their expectations to the public.

  Around the 1930s, Wayan Limbak collaboration with Walter Spies, German painter create a dance based on traditional Kecak Trance and parts of the story of Ramayana. Wayan Limbak popularize this dance while traveling the world with Balinese dance troupe.

Fire dance. Image:ian-baliwallpaper.blogspot.com

Kecak privilege is not to rely on instruments to accompany the dance, but a chorus of dancers. Kecak dance is also known as Kecak and Fire Dance. These last show a kind of bonus that can invite the audience amazed.

Before you go to Bali in near future, let's watch this fantastic video. Kecak Dance in Pura Uluwatu, not far from Nusa Dua resorts. 

Travelers who are interested to watch Kecak can choose one of three locations show, among other Pura Luhur Uluwatu, at the Village Batubulan, as well as in Jalan Hanuman.

Let's go to Bali in near future and enjoy Kecak Dance and spectacular sunset in Tanah Lot or Pura Uluwatu. Wow.