Bali Dance – Ubud, Bali
Tuesday, November 8th, 2005We 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.
Weiser Wander