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Uploaded by on Mar 18, 2011

Kecak Dance recorded by Indorama Productions 2010.
Location: Uluwatu Bali Indonesia on the stage near the holy monkey temple,
Time: Sunset.
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Kecak was originally a trance ritual accompanied by male chorus. German painter and musician Walter Spies became deeply interested in the ritual while living in Bali in the 1930s and worked to recreate it into a drama, based on the Hindu Ramayana and including dance, intended to be presented to Western tourist audiences. This transformation is an example of what James Clifford describes as part of the "modern art-culture system"[3] in which, "the West or the central power adopts, transforms, and consumes non-Western or peripheral cultural elements, while making 'art' which was once embedded in the culture as a whole, into a separate entity."[4] Spies worked with Wayan Limbak and Limbak popularized the dance by traveling throughout the world with Balinese performance groups. These travels have helped to make the Kecak famous throughout the world.

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De Kecak dans, in Europa bekend als de apendans, is de bekendste dans waarin Hanuman een grote rol speelt.
Deze dans vindt zijn oorsprong in de Sanghyang uitvoering, een rituele dans waarbij de dansers in een trance raken door zang en oproeping. Eenmaal in trance, dan is de Sanghyang als geest in het lichaam van de danser. De geest manipuleert die persoon en gebruikt hem om het maskerspel, het poppenspel of de dans uit te voeren. De bewegingen, gebaren en choreografie zijn erg stilistisch en aan rituelen gebonden.
De Kecak-groep bestaat uit mannen, gekleed in zwart-wit geblokte lendendoeken. Kenmerkend is het zingen van de klank 'tjak' in verschillende ritmes en tempo's door elkaar. Alleen de vocale klanken worden gebruikt als muziek. De groep zit in een cirkel en maakt met handen en armen deinende bewegingen.
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  • This is amazing!!!

  • Brings back wonderful memories of Bali 1979... Thank you very much for this upload!

  • @aryowailangitoyo97 JAI HANUMAN!

  • i was here!!! love this, today i am in belanda but i want to go back

  • hello, why did you write in my wall. and from where did you know me. By the way i am a dancer in kecak dance in uluwatu

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