Lovina - 50th anniversary
Lovina Festival 2003, celebrating 50 years of Lovina.
The following text and pictures give you an impression what was shown at the Lovina Festival.
Sangyang Penyalin is another type of traditional game
where the players fight using a stick and protectors (tamiang). In the
village of Pancasari, this game is performed in relation with temple
festival activity. Upo performing this game, local people expect rain to
come sooner, especially when the dry season is longer then normal.
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Balinese dance on Lovina Beach
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Joged Dance |
Joged is popular entertainment where dancers are
inviting audience to dance. The female dancer will ask a male from the
audience. Invited male dancers from the audience can look at the beauty of
the dancer but they cannot touch any parts of the dancer’s body or face,
although the dancer looks persuading. Touching or holding the dancer on the
stage shows that you are a rude person. Only the lucky ones from the
audience are invited to dance on the stage. If you are invited to dance by
the dancer, you are supposed to dance, otherwise disappointing the dancers.
You are invited to dance whenever you are touched or pointed using the fan
held by the dancer. Soon after arriving on the stage you are given a belt
made of cotton. Accompanying the dancer on stage for 1-3 minutes is
considered perfect. |
| Wayang Wong is one type of classical drama, a
traditional performance exists in Tejakula as well in Banyuatis Village in
North Bali. In such a performance the artists wear masks signifying the
characters of the Ramayana story. With the topic of the epos, this play is
usually performed in the village, in particular on Galungan day, one of the
biggest holidays in Bali. The purpose of the performance is to provide some
information to the local Balinese about some aspects of Hindu religious
teaching. More then fifty artists are involved. In both villages,
financially all members of the villages are expected to contribute to all
village religious activities. If any of the village members are slected to
be the dancers of the performance, he or she is free from the duty mentioned
above. The one that you see in this Lovina Festival is the popular type of
Wayang Wong. The sacred one can be seen only during the remple festival of
the two villages. |
Industry from North Bali at the festival |
Lovina Festival Performers
Text copied with permission from the brochure Lovina Festival
2003
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