Ain´t she pretty

[DKITNG]

Wonderful Indonesia, Proud to be an Indonesian.

[SithSereyPheap1]

She's a pearl beyond price.A living expression of grace and beauty.Poetry in motion....

[SithSereyPheap1]

She is out of this world....farrrr ouuut duuuuude !!!

[MrCagivaman]

This dance is from The Barong, the mythical beast that roamed the Balinese forests and fought evil.

[july071992]

why should a balinese dance video include stupid quarrels between malaysians and indonesians? come on, the music should soothe your souls, not PROVOKE your anger or temper!

[goblingrocks]

@july071992 oh yes, you are actually right. hehehe.

[kumarsa108]

Amazing Bali! This dance is exquisite.

[callmetricia]

I wish I never cut my hair. It would look just like that :-(.

[zndernaam]

pretty ya iyah bagus lah

[Luftiger]

who is going to Bali in Juli? I am going to Bali in Juli for 4 weeks :D

[MrAdamAU]

She looks possessed!!!

[4uli4rd]

It's one of Indonesian beautiful culture...mwah mwah...

[4uli4rd]

@charles: please don't use Serumpun sentence for recognize indigenous cultures of other nation, what you mean by kongsi in adat? helloo..we eat pizza for example but we never claim that is as ours..it's italian..do you understand ?? you eat rendang but it's still ours, start from yourself first dear..

[charlesbadamson]

@4uli4rd : did you read the comment properly?? No one is claiming anything. It's shallow minded people like you who are the roots of evil in this world. Barangkali kamu lebih betah makan tempe aja. Pizza itu mungkin sekali seumur hidup. Memang dasar kampungan.

[4uli4rd]

@charlesbadamson : hahaha..you need educate yourself, hope that's true that there is no another travel ads or web official from your country again that using another nation culture, it's the fact that all of us found & your ministry already apologize too after we're protest. I just said that's the fact, if you want too argument use the logic, but I think it show your quality. About tempe many my foreigner friends love it, hope that not will be claim again,see you in manner intellectual argument

[charlesbadamson]

@4uli4rd : what do you mean my ministry. Since when can't Indonesian Ministry use their own info?? Oh you think I am not Indonesian?? That must be because of your fake blond hair. So it's true that they said Blonds are Dumb especially bottle blonds. ha ha ha what a waste of time and space. it's people like you who should try to be more understanding and not jumping to conclusion. your hatred towards others are too strong.

[4uli4rd]

@charlesbadamson : hahaha...you search me..? that's mean your shallow mind you debate me by insult me ? oh you really need educate yourself...hope your said quite true only you and GOD know is...open your head honey...see the real..adios..

[charlesbadamson]

@4uli4rd : you posted your pic you stupid bottled blond!!!!!!!!!!! would not waste my time to search on bottled blonds who is trying to be westernised. get a real life and be your true self instead of spreading hatred. ha ha ha what a waste of space.

[4uli4rd]

@charlesbadamson : your message and you own word is totally contrast

[charlesbadamson]

what a shame. here we are all from the same root. Kita orang serumpun, sama berjiran tetapi saling membenci dan mengutuk sesama sendiri. dimanakah martabat kita? Ugama dan adat mungkin berbeza tetapi kita kan tetap serumpun dan berkongsi dalam banyak adat, musik, budaya dan cara hidup. So why can't we live in peace and enjoy the beauty of each others culture. only love and respect will bring peace. hatred will only bring more pain. cintai orang lain sebagaimana kamu ingin dicintai.

[TheGoodintention]

@charlesbadamson true! we shouldn't hate each other especially because we're neighbors who share many in common. it's also true that sometimes we Indonesians have prejudices about Malaysians (and vice versa), but we really have to get over it and live side by side peacefully :)

[goblingrocks]

@TheGoodintention all raise our glasses to the british, dutch, and spanish colonials! now we can never be united :) the boundaries between malaysia, indonesia, singapore, brunei, and philippines were drawn by these despicable colonial powers. and now we are fighting over who owns what? we are still dumb, not learning from years of colonization. for all we know, all the nusantara "rumpun" originally came from the taiwanese highlands. our ancestors were brothers and sisters!

[kumarsa108]

@goblingrocks It is small minded to think that the old colonial powers were the epitomy of all that is wrong and the cause of your devisions. There was never any united force in that area of the world. Even the great Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms of old did not unite the entire region and often were at war with each other. The fall of Mataram was the big failure in what is today Indonesia. Bali is the only shining star left.

[goblingrocks]

@kumarsa108 but the old nations did not fight over culture did they? they shared them happily. shining star? that depends from where we look at. hindu heritage? bali is a yes point. but we have to remember and accept the fact that a majority of the population are now muslims. i consider the king states of malaysia to be shining stars of heritage as well- we only have these to refer and analyze the past glories of the aceh, melaka, and sulu governments.

[goblingrocks]

@kumarsa108 i don't know. it looks to me that Bali, apart from its cultural heritage, is also limping in terms of royal heritage. i heard the last heir to the throne is a princess, half-Australian?

[kumarsa108]

@goblingrocks royal heritage does not matter. If this land ever becomes an independant state it would not be a monarchy. More likely a republic.

[goblingrocks]

@kumarsa108 is it not already independent now?

[kumarsa108]

@goblingrocks Bali is not, no.

[goblingrocks]

@kumarsa108 just because balinese are hindus in a predominantly muslim country, does not mean that they are not independent. in fact, balinese are very closely related to javanese, most of whom still practice rituals inherited from hinduism. if we apply your idea to all of nusantara, each of the tribe will have their own "country".

[kumarsa108]

@goblingrocks Indeed they are closely related to the Javanese and the Javanese are more like Hindus in truth than muslims. However there is an ever increasing unsavory element amongst some muslims that seek to undermine this harmony. If that increases unabated eventually the Balinese amongst many others will break away. Remember Bali was an independant kingdom until the begining of the 20th century.

[goblingrocks]

@kumarsa108 well, it takes two to clap. both parties need to discuss this matter. i believe this situation is not unique to balinese. there are also other non-muslim regions in indonesia.

[TheGoodintention]

@charlesbadamson so let's not call each other bad names again. ;)

[MissUNIQUEROSE]

INDONESIAN DANCES are mystic!

lovely and so smooth their body!

[Grendalhawks]

agree lol

[iksuperbrams]

goed filmpje voor mijn spreekbeurt

[kumarsa108]

@sethanimalayakum Actually it was Hinduism and Buddhism and the majority of Javanese are Kejawan Muslims who are deeply influence by Hindu-Buddhist and older beleif systems. Sufi Islam is a vaneer over the very complex and beautiful cultura-religous syncretism of these areas.

[masucita]

As Malaysian, west Indonesian, influenced by Arabic culture and adopt the Arab's religion, Islam. The Balinese adopt Hinduism. Its culture may influenced by India, SE Asia and China but it developed locally for centuries. A bronze age drum similar to Dong Son culture (Vietnam) dated back 500 BC found in Pejeng village, Gianyar, Bali. You wont find gamelan music, Pendet, Oleg, Legong Keraton in Indian cultures. You need to make distinction between 'religion' and 'culture' .

[kumarsa108]

@masucita actually religion and culture are intertwined, there would never have been this high level of cultural develoment from Arab influence. Hindusim enabled arts to flourish and this root came to Indonesia and the Indonesians developed and adpated it and made it thier own. It is Indonesian although Indian root, and you are right they development is indiginous to Indonesia.

[abottskatt]

yeah.. but the fact is Bali culture came from India rite?

[abottskatt]

Pendet is copied from Bharata Natyam classical dance.

Name changed, music changed & its costume. But EYE & MOVEMENT EXACTLY COPIED FROM Bharata Natyam dance. Bharata Natyam movement faster & more energy rather than Pendet movement is too slow.

More or less similar and claimed by Indon as theirs.

What a shame...

[masucita]

abottskatt buddy, you are a fool, embecile, idiot, mentally retarded. This is Oleg Tamulilingan dance, not Pendet. I love Balinese culture and dance.

[goblingrocks]

@masucita do you need to curse people when you disagree? such a lack of good manners. is this our behavior as "orang nusantara"? we should have more manners.

[rocknbluez]

Are you jealous?

[mrsnbross]

@abottskatt HAHAHA it was influenced because of the religion carried by merchants which helps spread their religion through dance to withstand the barriers of language. Then these dances emerges to the body of the local culture itself which is highly influenced by these merchants who are from India.

We didn't claim their dance as ours, unlike Malaysians who claimed batik as theirs.

[goblingrocks]

@mrsnbross apart from javanese and sundanese batik, yes, there are kelantanese batik which are made by kelantanese malays in malaysia, with different motifs and colors. i am a javanese who happen to be a malaysian citizen, and i can testify batik is not unique to indonesia. sami mawon, mas. asale manungso tunggal ras'e. so it is not surprising that different people have similar cultures.

[RCTOYOL]

Remember, we need each other as rightly put by gobling. We do have our own bad hats (case in point Nordin Mat Top) as do some of the millions (legal or otherwise) of Indon that gives their service to us. quite a number of ruthless Malings among the immigrants, robbing, killing, raping innocent Malaysians. Do we generalise and call your country Malingdonesia? Burning your flags? Throwing eggs at your embassy? Throwing tantrum. NOT THAT i KNOW OFF. So, think again before blabbering nonsense

[RCTOYOL]

So, that's what u call eh,Maling? How very shallow minded some people can be. I'm a Muslim Malaysian Malay of Minang decendant. We are the same. Brothers and sisters. Why sow the hatred seed when we are all the same? I think, IMHO jealousy, sensatioalism by some of your unethical mass media nay the main reason.

[Elaneban]

erm hello people. can we just enjoy the video!?

[gadisdesa2002]

soo great, the dance with it beautiful movement, costume, following by nice music, love it. and all of friend opinion is good , part of continuity of history.......but now..it is better ..just enjoy the the nice perfomance,....let's gooooooo

[faithfulgemi]

just for the sake of peace-just watch and enjoy the video,

[goblingrocks]

we javanese take a lot of influences from kutai, ayuthaya (thai), angkor (cambodia) as well. the sailendra family in java are descendants of the kambuja people from both angkor and cham dynasties in cambodia. we are all originally one and the same people.

[goblingrocks]

bali is a very interesting example of how hindu majapahit's heritage is preserved up till now. watching balinese culture evokes deep feeling in my heart and it makes me feel proud of my ancestors as we share the same roots. i am not going to condemn other people or other country like what pribumiprincesa is doing because i do not have the need to. if you persist in your hatred, take it elsewhere.

[goblingrocks]

i think we should stop all these nonsense about which culture belong to who. for all we know, we in nusantara borrows a lot from india, including our language and customs. i think india should claim more rights than both malaysia and indonesia in this matter. share respectfully what we have rather than fight with each other. i love indonesia as much as malaysia and singapore as i have my ancestors from all these countries. so stop all these hatred.

[goblingrocks]

indonesia, malaysia, singapore, philippines, brunei - all these countries' borders were defined by western colonials. our ancestors never treat us as different from each other. we are all nusantara. why be overzealous? pribumiprincesa, i am javanese just like you are, but am a malaysian citizen. there are a lot of javanese living in malaysia, singapore, suriname. aren't we all the same people?

[PribumiPrincesa]

dear mr.uploader..i was replying to goblingrocks...many thanks for helping us exploring indonesian culturals.

we now have conflict with malaysia as well known as mal;ingsia(the theft).

malingsia stole batik,keris n other culturals from indo and claimed as theirs

[CinKawa]

beautiful performance

[goblingrocks]

well, so what do we call ourselves? austronesians? we have thousands of closely related ethnicities. even anthropologists call us malayo-polynesians.

[rapemap]

@goblingsrocks:

The problem may lay not in the nation itself, but how those things are called Malay in Malaysia, even though they aren't. In Indonesia, ethnicity is important because on it lays the basic character of Indonesia: diversity.

What Indonesians want to remind is that "Please, recognise the ethnic owning the tradition. Dont generalize all as Malay." Even my Indonesian Malay friend could not believe, realizing javanese or ambonese traditions labelled as "malay" there.

[goblingrocks]

who cares? malaysian borders were drawn by the british, indonesian borders by the dutch. before these colonials came, we were one people. no one stole from anyone. if stealing was really involved, all south east asian countries stole cultures from india, china, and the middle east. and yes, bali, included.

[PribumiPrincesa]

how stupid ur. indonesia has 138 culturals n languages with more than 13000 islands. what belong to indonesia is not belong to malaysian. and what belong to malaysian is not belong to indonesia. every1 can perform everything from other country without claimed that those things belong to them

[fakeshadow89]

I'd say Malaysians and Indonesians are all the same by culture and descendant.. No one actually "STOLE" something from one another.. it's just that we never see each other clear enough..

[rizqferd]

that's not true...

[fakeshadow89]

urrghh.. why do you say so then? instead of telling me that i am wrong, how about correcting me..

[PribumiPrincesa]

lets say fuck malingsia

[rizqferd]

if you say that .. you bring us Indonesian in low level.. let them be...

[PribumiPrincesa]

we all know they are the maling..things getting worse because we let them do wahat they want

[PribumiPrincesa]

its not the same at all. indonesia has 138 culturals while every cultural has it owns language. i suggest you to learn the history of indonesia from the beginning,may be from the great HINDHU EMPIRE KINGDOM (MAJAPAHIT). or may be the other legendary hindhu empire be4 it,THERES SINGASARI,KANJURUHAN,AIR LANGGA AND KEDIRI.

[goblingrocks]

i do study the history of nusantara. it is my passion. do not forget the kingdoms of gangga negara, langkasuka, srivijaya, malayu, kutai, sulu, berunai. pahang, melaka, singgora, ligor, these are great nations in nusantara which are not based in java island.

[PribumiPrincesa]

sure i dont...i was just make it straight 2u about indon conflic with malingsia.

and we start the history from MAJAPAHIT KINGDOM. and theres no way for maling to stole our belonging.

[goblingrocks]

who is stealing who's belonging? when one ethnic group moves to another "modern" country, they bring with them their culture. i do not see any official claims from malaysia stating that any of its cultural heritage is exclusive to malaysia alone. we are well aware that all these are shared with similar ethnic groups around the world. this sounds like mass media politics to me, which pribumiprincesa is deceived into believing.

[goblingrocks]

why would indonesia have conflict with malaysia now? malaysia needs the manpower and indonesia needs the inflow of revenue. both are needed to grow each other's economies. fakeshadow89, i am not being defiant, i am living it in practice, my wife is indonesian, i am malaysian, we do not have any problems with both countries, in fact we love both. jakarta got bombed today, and i am equally sad as my wife is.

[goblingrocks]

pribumiprincesa, fakeshadow89, let's not allow hatred block your rationality. it is good to be proud of one's origin, but why use it to hate other people? majapahit was not perfect too. remember what gajah mada did to the sundanese in kidung sunda? (find out about this if you do not know). should all sunda people hate majapahit then? my reply is no, it is not rational to hate each other, it is not our fault that it had happened. why should indonesians and malaysians hate each other then?

[fakeshadow89]

Do you have any idea what ethnicity do i belong to? i know your actual point here; very well interpreted. but please, the way you apply your statement about the difference between us all is amazingly shallow yet narrow. feel free to reply again. no hard feelings, but i know who and what we are in the past, you are historically correct, but defiant when it comes to the truth. History can be diverted, whilst truth can never be. i dont even trust my country's own history!

[goblingrocks]

fakeshadow89, please explain why do you think i am being narrow and shallow here. my viewpoints stated earlier has shaped the way me and my family tolerantly view the whole issue. there is no issue of stealing nor claiming sole exclusive rights on our culture. i think the issue is being politicized by mass media in indonesia. i never seen any claims from malaysians that any of the cultures we embrace and practice now is exclusive.

[Surottam]

Is she the same dancer form "Balinese Dancers Ubud Bali"? They are so amazing.

[goblingrocks]

i am half javanese and half thai, malaysian by modern citizenship. my wife is javanese, indonesian by modern citizenship. for all we care, we are the same people, with the same affinity for srivijaya, sailendra, majapahit.

[fakeshadow89]

i am really amazed by the Indonesian Culture.. I love the traditionally addictive tunes, the dance..such as this.. so relaxing..surreal..yet, mysterious.. Love your culture.. : )

[devadasi1]

at 0:15 she looks like Durga-Ma! I have been in India studying classical dance for three years... and Ive been all over Southeast Asia observing Thai Fawn_lep dancers and Cambodian Apsaras. these Balinese dancers are like the missing link between Indian classical and southeast Asian classical. She has elements that look like Odissi and Bharatanatyam.... but also has Thai/ Cambodian movements. I leave for three weeks in Bali in a few days! psyche!

[ayikalyscha1]

fabouloussa....amazing ,she s the one

[hbburgar]

I like all kind of dance.They have their own

grace movement resemblance each individual culture.

So we must differenciate with one another.

[savannchy]

I agree there's a lot of resemblance in these cultures. I'm Cambodian and I see how they all have something in common.

[LuvvyDuck]

Yes, she IS pretty, and so is that music. Thanks for uploading. :)

[dontforfeit]

see it in Bali !!!!

[Mohi]

Oh the message below is for Kuruvee...lol

[gizmobaba]

she looks like a hindu goddess

[KhmerSerey1]

so exotic and beautiful ;)

[kuruvee]

Whatever said and done, hinduism and buddhism are greatest religion, see the influence it made in Asia and South East Asia, but some nation like Malaysia are just ignoring these facts, forgetting their past, very unfortunate, I am Indonesian just proud of my country's Hindu past although I am a Muslim, we share almost same culture with Thai, Laos, Cambodia and South India. Just love ancient culture

[Mohi]

Yeah, ironic aye,why the Malaysian school history textbook emphasize so much on the Islamic empire of Malacca while neglect the Hindu or Buddhist empire legacy ? Another thing to add, why do Indonesia and Malaysia history doesn't record or tell us stories about our pre-hindu or Buddhistlegacy as great seafarers who travelled by outrigger canoes and skillful non-instrumental navigators ??

where is that record of our history as Austronesians?

[igeordie]

The Majapahit Empire reached the Philippines.

Much of the culture and language found in Java and Bali is shared. But little is mentioned of this fact.

Instead, schools focus on the colonization by Spain and then the United States.

Strange to me, since the culture of the Majapahit is much more elegant and grand.

[miguelsirusibin]

she looks indian

[AvatarKyoshi2]

Her hair reminds me of my Cambodian friend's hair. I know this lady's hair is an extension, but she is pretty!

[KhmerSerey1]

I love her long beautiful black hair alot,she doesen't look like anything from this planet,her beauty is out of this world ;)

[mafoi66]

this is the scariest art i've ever seen

[JapHasNoDignity]

Very nice dance !!

[erwe32]

so sweet and pretty dancer

[snow316]

i been to Bali..yeah watched such dance b4

[stevendiaz010392]

Wow, her hair is so long! This video is great! ;D

[annadwi]

Usually the hair is not original! its an extension

[euromessage]

Yes it is an extension. But she dances well and the music is great. Ten old men was playing traditional instruments. I think the girls at this place in Bali are pupils at a dance school. But they did a great job. Erik