BARONG KERIS DANCE FROM BALI

Apart from the nature tour that really enchanted, the Balinese island also was varied cultural art that had an interest taken in him by the domestic and foreign tourists. Like the Barong and kris dance that normally are displayed in Batubulan the Gianyar Regency. The dance barong was a dance show with the Kebyar accompaniment of the gong, the traditional Balinese musical orchestra that depicted figh between “Good evil” opposed “Bad evil”.
Barong was the creature mythology had the shape of the giant’s lion, described the service. Whereas the Rangda was great horrifying was played a bad female noose had a hair-raising face with the long nail and two long breasts dangled, depicted evil.
The dance barong was packedin five show rounds. Preceeded with gending the opening and in stage emerged Barong and monkey was being in the luxuriant forest. Afterwards came three people wore mask that depicted was making the monkey and finally fought, where the monkey could cut off the nose one of them.
After the opener scene ended,entered the first round. In the stage appeared two dancers. They were the follower of the Rangda was looking for Kunti follower of the Goddess that was in the trip met Patih.
The second round, the Kunti followers of the Goddess arrived. One the followers of the Rangda changed to the devil (a kind of Rangda) and put the bad spirit to the Kunti follower of the Goddess who caused them to be able to become angry. Both of them met Patih and together appeared before the Kunti Goddess.
The third round, emerged the kunti Gooddess and his child were named Sahadewa. The Kunti goddess promised to Rangda to hand over Sahadewa as casualties. In fact the Kunti Goddess not until the heart sacrificed his child to the Rangda. But the devil ( a kind of Rangda ) put the bad spirit to the Kunti Goddess who caused him to be able to became angry and intended sacrified his child as well as ordered Patih to throw Sahadewa into the forest away. And Patih did not escape from the bad spirit by the devil into the forest and binding Sahadewa in front of the palace the Rangda.
The fourth round, descended the Siwa God and gave the permanence to Sahadewa without the Rangda foreknowledge. Afterwarsd the frame work came to lacerated and killed Sahadewa. But, Sahadewa could not be killed because of having immunity that was given by the Siwa God. The incident made the Rangda surrender to Sahadewa and ask to be rescued in order to be able to enter heaven. Sahadewa granted the request and the Rangda also finally entered heaven.
The fifth round, Kalika was a follower of the Rangda appeared before Sahadewa but was refused. This refusal caused the fight between Kalika that changed the shape became the wild boar and Sahadewa. In the fight of the wild boar lost and changed the shape still becomes birds. But the efforts were in vain because continue to be able to not overcome Sahadewa. Finally birds that too returned to the shape originally as the Rangda. Although could be overcome, but Sahadewa could not kill the Rangda who had the supernatural powers. And so Sahadewa the had finally changed the shape became Barong to be able to kill the Rangda. But, efforts that too was not successful. The struggle “Goo Evil” opposed “Bad Evil” took place continued eternal.
Finally the Barong followers in an armed manner the intent kris helped waged war on the Rangda. However, not any could overcome the Rangda’s supernatural powers. In this dance show, Barong was played by two male dancers, a person played the head part Barong and the foreleg, as well as a dancer still play the back leg part and the tail.
Barong that had the shape of the animal mythology this plenty of his sorts, there are those that his head had the shape of the head of the lion, the tiger, the male wild boar ( bangkal ), the elephant, the ox or keket. Keket by Balinese was regarded as the King of the forest who was mentioned also by the name of Banaspati King.
The dance barong with or without the act, always was preceeded with the demontration of the show that was accompanied with the different gamelan like the Kebyar Gong gamelan, the Babarongan gamelan, and the Batel gamelan.
The show was displayed every day in a studio that named Sahadewa. He studio building resembled the hall with the seat had a capacity of 300 visitors. The show was opened for the public was begun in the morning around struck 09.30 WIT ( Indonesian Time Middle ).