This ritualistic dance-drama is performed during festivals and special ceremonies in Bali temples, writes Priti Agrawal Every morning, the loveable and shaggy half-canine, half-lion creature called ...

On a sweltering afternoon, two dozen young men gather in a garden in Sanur ' they have come together to practice their barong routine ahead of this weekend' s barong competition in Puaya village, ...

On Saturday, December 14, at 7pm, the community is invited to attend a magical gamelan music and dance performance event at Nusantara Arts. Since its inception, Nusantara Arts has become a cultural ...

PIKIRAN RAKYAT - Bali, an Indonesian island renowned for its natural beauty, is equally celebrated for its rich cultural heritage. At the heart of this tapestry lies the enigmatic figure of Barong, a ...

This captivating dance is a form of a play which represents an eternal fight between the good spirit and the evil spirit. Barong (a mythological animal) represents the good spirit, while Rangda (a ...

Like many Indonesians in Taiwan, this exhibition’s majestic, lion or panther-like Barong is a recent transplant. Arriving in 2014 from Bali, the colorful creature was commissioned by the Indonesian ...

There was joy and laughter in the yard of Fort Vastenburg, Surakarta, Central Java, in the afternoon of Oct. 6, with 30 reog (traditional masked dance) groups giving a remarkable performance at this ...

It’s a muggy afternoon in Bali and there’s marinated snapper grilling inside a bamboo shoot over an open flame. I’ve been invited to lunch at the home of a craftsman who lives in a rural village with ...

This ritualistic dance-drama is performed during festivals and special ceremonies in Bali temples, writes Priti Agrawal In fact, dances are so much a part of Balinese daily rituals that they have ...