2008-01-16

Trance Of Dance

The balance was the core from living philosophy in Bali. In fact the concept of this life was also used in the Javanese community and another part the ethnic group in Indonesia. The values of equality towards nature, interpersonal humankind and the worship against something that was regarded as highest were culture of the local community that could not be separated in the everyday life.

The community believed that to one another would mutually relate and affected each other. In art, the dance was one of the various styles of culture that was most prominent in Indonesia, especially in the style of Balinese culture.

The dance was born as the rhythmic movement would the community”™s response to curiosity, pleasure, the fear, et cetera that happened in the everyday life.

Not surprised if in the long run the Balinese dance often adopted in visual nature and cognition humankind as the creative idea material. The Trance Of Dance time, the movement and the eyes looked in each Balinese dance available always had the story that was not far the difference from the real life.

For the Balinese community, the dance was not only as the form of art, but also as ritual prosperity and the safety. In certain dances was gotten unsure magical that functioned as blocker bad strengths that were connected with the plague of the illness (epidemic) or the other disaster. Here the dance no longer becomes the artistic show, but as ritual that had mysterious intentions.

Intentions that were mysterious with unique rhythms that became one intact unity, made the Balinese dance to be very interesting despite quite a few people who regarded that as the ritual form primitive.- It was different from the European dance that tended to lift heels and straightened foot like as ballet, the European dance tended aim at the view of the eyes above.

In the Balinese dance but also in most traditional Indonesian dances, the concept folded foot and bowed the head was the most important part in unsure this dance. The concept appreciated the earth and the fertility of reflected nature in this movement.

In the traditional dance, trace was the basic incident from the achievement of the aim of this local art. A dancer who did not make the dance aware will experience the incident supernatural that possibly it was considered did not make sense. Strengths magic and kept against the sharp object to the dancer that has did not realist himself was real proof that in fact coexistence humankind with other matter.

Traced of a dancer that was becomes proof that approval relations of a matter that was other with the existence of this humankind. Whereas the dance personally, only connecting bridge relationship humankind with other think.

(source http://www.baliexplorenews.com)

Egg Painting

The Balinese island was indeed rich in the culture and the tradition apart from his nature that really enchanted. It is not surprising afterwards Bali was known as one of he reas f the Cultural tour.

From however many areas of the aim of the tour, more incomplete apparently if you came to the Balinese Island not make use of visited to the upgrading Series, the Rock Village, Sukawati - Gianyar.

In this village you could witness the community around that was doing several good paintings the traditional and modern motive that was so beautiful. Attracted by art work is media that was used not from canvas, paper or wood but an egg.

Very exotic, and it seems untiringly we saw the wonder because apart from beautiful also unique. This diligence was given by the Egg Painting name, because his base indeed came from egg skin. The normal egg used by the craftsman was the duck egg, the goose egg, the egg and the ostrich egg of assowary birds.

Definitely before the egg was used before must e processed. Initially the contents of eggs were issued before with used spait, which the egg is not rotten and skin was not broken. After that the egg drayed, just afterwards in the sandpaper to be refined.

After soft egg skin just afterwards was made the model/ the motive to his surface. The further process is coloring. Normal dye was used by the craftsmen was Acrylic with consideration of the color was not easy faded although being affected by water.

After coloring was finish, the next step is finishing with sprayed clear glosses so that the painting is seen clear and not easy broken.

From subject hat was successful in interviewed by Balinese Explore News, namely I Wayan Kenyat one of the Great employees Putra Egg painting said, that Time that was needed to complete an egg painting that too many depended the motive and big the small size of he egg.

To that was measuring small like the duck egg, usually the craftsman only needs time 1 day, for the goose egg needed time 2 days. To that was measuring was, as the egg of cassowary birds needed time 1 week, whereas to that measuring.


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