Bali Dance – Ubud, Bali
We are now in Ubud which is considered the cultural center of Bali. There is great deal of artistic history here that includes I Gusti Nyoman Lempad and Don Antonio Blanco to name two. Most of you that know me, know that I don’t know anything about art so if this sounds silly, you’ll know why.
We have seen a couple of really great museums in the last two days including the ARMA (can’t remember what it stands for) and the Antonio Blanco museum. I would highly recommend both. It had never hear of this Blanco character but let me tell you…his stuff is crazy. Very different but very enjoyable at the same time. I haven’t checked him out online yet but it would be worth it. Very cool.
We have also had the opportunity to check out a couple of local dance troupes perform two of the traditional Balinese dances. WOW!!! Did we see a hum dinger last night!!!! I couldn’t do it justice by trying to describe it here so I’ll just list a few of the attributes:
-no musical instruments, all sounds were made by a group of bare-chested men who hummed, chanted and “sang” for over two hours. it was amazing
-beuatifully choreographed dancing by two young ladies who couldn’t have been more than 7 or 9 years old
-a male dancer on a make shift “horse” dancing on and kicking a flaming pile of burning coconut shells
not for the faint of heart but definitely worth the price of admission!
still trying to get some pictures uploaded.
Tags: Bali, dance, museums, Ubud
Weiser Wander
I wonder if you are still in Ubud. We loved it there. We stayed at the Bali Spirit on the opposite side of the monkey forest from the town. Just FYI in case you come across it. I’m sure it is spendier than most places in that area. 🙂
Also, right at the entrance to Bali Spirit is a little laundromat I thought I’d mentioned. They will clean clothes for only .10 cents per item – a great deal.