Articles tagged ‘Wayang Wong’

Wayang Wong: A traditional Balinese dance

By Nick | July 28th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

Bali has many traditional dances, one of which is the Wayang Wong. Wayang Wong is a dramatic dance drama and is taken form the Indian epic, the Ramayana. The word ‘wayang’ means shadow puppet, and the Ramayana used to be performed as a shadow puppet theatre. The word ‘wong’ means people, and with a simplification [...]

 

Dances Mesmerize Urban Balinese: Denpasar, Bali

By BootsnAll | June 9th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

There was an extremely interesting article by I Wayan Juniartha in yesterday’s Jakarta Post, and, rather than post the link to the article I have included it for your perusal.