Beautiful Statues of Teges Gianyar Village in Bali Indonesia

Not everyone who visits Bali aims to vacation in places typical favorites such as beaches, rivers, mountains and others. There were also among those who see and are interested in Bali from the customs and culture strong. And class traveler as it is usually more interested in visiting rural areas in Bali, Indonesia.

One of them is the famous village Teges with various stone statues and wooden crafts. So for those who are very fond with all matters relating to the statue then be time to visit the village. As you enter the village it will appear almost every house occupants were working craft sculpture by still using traditional means and in accordance with the rules that have been handed down by their ancestors.

Many statues have made them such as Buddha statues, lion statues, sculptures and other old man. Every visitor who came to this village could see the whole making sculpture from beginning to end. The majority of the sculptures that were made in the village favored by many foreign tourists and those many who buy and take home to the country to be used as ornaments or decorations in her favorite rooms in the house. You also can buy and bring patng figurines that you like from here.

For those of you who have their own preferences associated with the desired sculptures can order and showed the statue in question. Most artists sculpture in the village Teges could make a sculpture in accordance with our clients. Where did they get the expertise to create high-quality statues that? Expertise is apparently derived from their ancestors acquired hereditary.

Location
The Teges village is in Peliatan, Gianyar, Bali - Indonesia. The distance is about 22 km from the capital Denpasar or can be reached by a long half-hour travel by motor vehicle.

Rejang Dance, Masse Girls Dance in Bali

Rejang dance is a dance performed by masse girls, her dance movements are very simple (unadorned) that is usually danced in the temple during the course of a ceremony. This dance is performed with great feeling hydrated, full of devotion to Lord goddess. The dancers dressed in ceremonial attire, dance to march circling the temple courtyard or Pelinggih are sometimes done by holding hands. Rejang dance in some places also called "Ngeremas or Sutri".

Rejang dance Types include: Rejang Renteng, Rejang Bengkell, Rejang Ayodpadi, Rejang Galuh, Rejang Dewa and others. In the village of Tenganan are Rejang Palak dance, Rejang Membingin, followed by Rejang Makitut, and Rejang Dewa. Rejang dance in Tenganan accompanied by "gambelan selonding" (Balinese traditional music) are usually performed in a ceremony called the "Aci Kasa".

Jangger Dance, Social Dance in Bali

Jangger dance is a type of social dances (social dance), especially for young people who are very popular in Bali, Indonesia, performed by about 12 people of male and female dancers. During the last dance of the female dancers (jangger) and a group of male dancers (Kecak) dancing and singing shouted that in general the songs are excited according to the nature of their lives.

The emergence of dance in Bali Jangger estimated xx century, is the development of dance Sangyang. While kecak an outgrowth of the women's choir. The plays are usually performed in jangger include, Arjuna Wiwaha, Sunda Upasunda and others.

Jangger dance can be found almost all over Bali, it's just that each region has its own variation according to local tastes. In the area of ​​Tabanan, dance performances Jangger comes with war (dressed as a Dutch army general motion with motion improvisation, sometimes give the command to Jangger or Kecak dancers).

In the village of Metra Bangli, there are Jangger dance at the end of the show the dancers possessed. In the village of Sibang Badung, there Jangger dance accompanied by "Gong Gambelan Kebyar", locals named Jangger Gong. Some "sekaa jangger" who are still active are: Jangger Kedaton Denpasar, Jangger Peliatan, while the gamelan (Balinese traditional music) that was used to accompany dance Jangger called Batal (Tetamburan) equipped with "Gender Wayang".

Sanghyang Dance, a Sacred Dance of Bali

Sanghyang Dance (Trance Dance) is a sacred dance in Bali, Indonesia, because the dance done by the action of spirits, good spirits and animal spirits dedari who have supernatural powers. This dance is a cultural heritage of pre-Hindu aimed refused Reinforcements. Sanghyang dance is a dance of spiritual communication with the supernatural community to sing worship songs to the accompaniment of the Gending (Bali traditional music). In this dance there are always three important elements namely fire, sanghyang music and dancers. And sanghyang dance that common staged in Bali comprises; Sanghyang Dedari, Sanghyang Deling, Sanghyangg Bojog, Sanghyang Jaran, Sanghyang Sampat and Sanghyang Celeng.

Sanghyang Dedari
Sanghyang Dedari dance, performed a pair of dancers who previously consecrated and sung gending sanghyang dedari unconscious dedari sprit who entry sign, where both dancers are dancing in a trance dancing on stage surrounded the man's shoulder. The purpose of the dance performances sanghyang dedari is begging safety from natural disasters or disease outbreaks. This dance of the region, Badung, Gianyar and Bangli.

Sanghyang Deling
Sanghyang Deling dance pair of girls who have danced puberty, this dance entered the spirit of Lord Vishnu or Dewi Sri symbolizes fertility. By means of a tree hung with two dolls called deling, that maked from palm leaves. The more the hardness of motion of the two dancers deling signifies proficiency level has conceded the spirit, purpose is to apply the safety dance. This dance is only found in the village of Kintamani, district Bangli.

Sanghyang Bojog
Sanghyang Bojog dance is danced by a man to dress like a monkey. Formerly calling spirit ceremony ape, after conceding dancer spirit dancer proficiency level will then jumping on top of the tree monkeys imitate gestures, sometimes it's hard to imitated by humans. Sanghyang Bojog dance is in Karangasem regency.

Sanghyang Jaran
Sanghyang Jaran is danced by a man riding a rocking horse made of palm leaves sheath. After the ceremony and the dancers are possessed by the spirits of the gods paradise saddler, dancers will walk and trot with leg without slippers, and stepped coconut shell embers were prepared in the arena sanghyangg dance lesson. This dance done when people were concerned about the state of this nature. Sanghyang Jaran dance is located in Badung regency, Denpasar, Gianyar and Bangli district.

Sanghyang Sampat
Sampat sanghyang dance is danced by a girl who has entered into the spirit with a broom or stick intermediaries who digerak movement from left to right or vice versa, or run out of the other intermediaries using a piece of bamboo with the title sanghyangg tube.

Sanghyang Celeng
Sanghyang Celeng dance is danced by a man with a dress made of fibers that resemble pigs (celeng means a pig). After the dancers entered the spirit, the dancers will crawl mimic the behavior of a pig. These dances are Duda village, Karangasem regency.

Introducing the Barong Dance of Bali

Barong Dance is one of the Balinese dance since pre-Hindu culture, besides Sangyang dance. The word comes from the word bahruang barong which means animal bear is an animal mythology that has supernatural powers, considered a protector of animals.

In this development, then Barong in Bali is not only manifested in the four-legged creatures but there is also a two-legged, while the types of Barong in Bali are:

A. Barong Ket (ketet), this barong is the most widely available in Bali and most often performed and has kind of a complete vocabulary of dance movements.

Barong Ketet is a mix between a lion, tiger, cow or bona.
Board barong is decorated with carved fretwork made of leather, glass and feathers attached made from braksok, fibers or also from crow feathers.

In the barong dance is carried by 2 (two) dancers are called interpreters or interpreter saluk Bapang. The play is generally depict the struggle between virtue and vice, where the theme is almost always the basis of the play plays Bali.Gambelan performing arts to accompany the Barong dance is a barreled Bebarongan gambelan pelog. In some places there is also accompanied by gambelan semar pegulingan.

B. Barong Bangkal means the big pig-old old, it resembles a Barong Bangkal called boar barong or barong bangkung. Gambelan to accompany it is gambelan batel, in the play is very rarely accompanied by a play and staging Barong Bangkal is usually by ngelawang (staging) of one place to another) and there is also just mafajar or carried kesekeliling.

C. Barong Asu, this barong mask resembles a dog especially, very sacred temple, located at the top of dawa Baturiti Tabanan

D. This elephant barong barong that resembles an elephant, is very sacred and one of them is on the Village Singapadu.

E. Barong Macan, this barong resembles a tiger, in the play danced by two dancers and some are equipped with a sort dramatari Arja, who DiPai accompanying gambelan is gambelan batel.

F. Barong Landung, this barong is different from the mentioned other. Barong Landung his form is not an animal but two ancient human foot. In general Barong Landung is made in pairs, consisting of Ratu Lanang (Male Barong Landung) and Ratu Luh (Female Barong Landung).

Barong is called so because of its large and high (like ondel-ondel Jakarta). Ratu Lanang very scary face, black face with her teeth out while Ratu Luh like form of an old woman like a woman china.

In some places in Bali Barong Landung there is also equipped with other types of Barong Landung like Mantri, Baluh, Limbur and others. Within the play Barong Landung took the play as drama Arja (especially in Badung Regional) and accompanied by gambelan batel.

G. Barong Blasblasan, this barong is also called Barong Kedingkling. Barong Blasblasan is a form conducted ngelawang staging, dancers wearing wayang masks just with the play footage of Ramayana stories which is generally a battle scene.

Barong is a lot of  show in the day of Galungan and Kuningan, dancers are young and usually there is done by children. Gambelan escorts batel and some sort Bebarongan (Gambelan batel equipped with reyong).

In addition to the types of barong mentioned above, there are also other types of another barong, namely barong brutuk contained Trunyan (a small village east edge of Lake Batur). Barong is wearing fur is dry banana leaves (Kraras) and very sacred by the community Trunyan. Barong (Barong Landung kind that is widely available in the Tabanan area that is usually performed in the cremation ceremony (ngaben).