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Pendet dance ( Balinese: ᬧᭂᬦ᭄ᬤᭂᬢ᭄, igélan pendet) is a traditional dance from Bali, Indonesia, in which floral offerings are made to purify the temple or theater as a prelude to ceremonies or other dances. Pendet is typically performed by young girls, carrying bowls of flower petals, handfuls of which are cast into the air at ...
2009 Pendet controversy. In 2009, an advertisement promoting the Discovery Channel program Enigmatic Malaysia featured Balinese Pendet dancers, incorrectly identifying Pendet as a Malaysian dance, leading to anger in Indonesia . The advertisement was shown by a private company in Singapore for a Discovery Channel programme on Malaysia. [1]
Dance in Indonesia (Indonesian: Tarian Indonesia) reflects the country's diversity of ethnicities and cultures. There are more than 1,300 ethnic groups in Indonesia. [1] Austronesian roots and Melanesian tribal forms are visible, and influences ranging from neighboring Asian and even western styles through colonization. Each ethnic group has ...
Balinese dance is dynamic, angular, and intensely expressive. [1] Balinese dancers express the stories of dance-drama through bodily gestures including gestures of fingers, hands, head, and eyes. There is a great richness of dance forms and styles in Bali; and particularly notable are those ritualistic dance dramas which involve Rangda, the ...
Kecak was originally a trance ritual accompanied by a male chorus. In the 1930s, Walter Spies, a German painter and musician, became deeply interested in the ritual while living in Bali. He adapted it as a drama based on the Hindu Ramayana and including dance, intended for performance before Western tourist audiences.
Kingkara. Vietnam. Nhã nhạc. v. t. e. Panyembrama ( Balinese: ᬧᬜᭂᬫ᭄ᬩ᭄ᬭᬫ) is a secular Balinese dance form designed by I Wayan Berata and first performed in 1971. It includes movements from several sacral Balinese dances. The dance was intended to replace for performances in front of tourists.
Piring dance ( Minangkabau: Piriang; Jawi: تاري ڤيريڠ) is a traditional Minangkabau plate dance originated and performed in West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is also performed in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The dance might be performed by a group of women, men, or couples; each of whom holds a plate in each hand, and vigorously rotates or ...
v. t. e. Indang or Endang, also called Dindin badindin, is a traditional Minangkabau Islamic dance originating from West Sumatra, Indonesia. Indang dance grows and develops in the Minangkabau community as a portrayal of the arrival of Islam in West Sumatra in the 13th century . historically this dance was the result of acculturation of Minang ...