Ornaments used in Balinese dances. Balinese dance is an ancient tradition that is part of the religious and artistic expression among the of island,. Balinese dance is dynamic, angular and intensely expressive. Balinese dancers express the stories of dance-drama through the 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, the witch, and the great beast.

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Most of dances in Bali are connected to rituals, such as the Dedari sacred dance than invoked spirits that believed to possess the dancers in state during the performance. Other Balinese dances are not linked to religious rituals and created for certain purposes, such as welcoming dance and dance that is social dance for entertainment purpose. Contents • • • • • • • Recognition and conservation [ ] During the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage convention in 29 November to 4 December 2015 in, Namibia, recognizes three genres of traditional dance in Bali, Indonesia, as. The three genres includes Wali (sacred dances), Bebali (semi-sacred dances) and Balih-balihan (dances for entertainment purposes). The Balinese dance has been proposed since 2011, and officially recognized in 2015.

The three genres are represented by nine dances, which describes its function and living tradition in Balinese community, they are: Wali Sacred Dances • (Klungkung District). Sacred ceremonial dance by a young women in traditional ceremonial dress, • (Karangasem District). Sacred trance dance to counteract negative supernatural forces. Performed by two young girls. • (Bangli District) religious dances conveying heroic spirit danced by even numbers of male dancers.

Bebali Semi sacred Dances • (Tabanan District). Performed by masked dancers to neutralize the evil spirits.

• (Gianyar District). Formerly royal theatrical performance, now accompaniment to ceremonies, by 25-40 dancers. • (Buleleng District). Combines dance, epic drama and music. Windows 7 theme 3d fully customized 2011 free download software.

Balih-balihan Entertainment Dances • (Denpasar City). Exquisitely beautiful dance by 2 or 3 girls. Developed from Sanghyang Dedari, and Gambuh. • (Buleleng District). A popular social dance by couples, during harvest season or on important days. • 'Kuntisraya' (Badung District).

Represents a fight between two mythological characters, Barong in the form of a lion symbolizing goodness and, an evil witch. Significance [ ]. Dance with ensemble. In, dance is an accompaniment to the perpetual dissolving and reforming of the world. The creative and reproductive balance is often personified as 's wife,, sometimes called,,. This has significance in, since the common figure of is similar in many ways to. Variants [ ] In there are various categories of dance, including epic performances such as the omnipresent.

Certain ceremonies at village temples feature a special performance of a dance-drama, a battle between the mythical characters, the witch representing the evil, and, the lion or dragon, representing the good. This type of performances was traditionally featured during outbreaks of epidemic diseases which were believed by the people to be a result of disturbance in the balance of the 'good and bad forces', which were represented by the Rangda and the Barong. The battle usually reconciles in harmony or balance of the Rangda and the Barong, instead of a defeat of the evil. Among the dance traditions in Bali are: •, king of the spirits • war dances •, the bird of paradise •, a basic dance, preface to Legong •, a refined dance •, the Ramayana monkey chant dance •, a sitting dance with swaying movements •, a simple dance performed before making an offering at a temple •, a mask dance Traditionally, sacred dances can only be performed in temples. However, new choreographies have been created due to the demand from the tourists. One example, Tari Sekar Jagat (Tari means dance in the Balinese language), is a relatively new choreography that has become popular.