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The Best Sound of Bali (Part 1)

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Description
Track 1: Ramayana (10:42)
It is the new form of Ramayana called Sendratari (modern dance drama) which was first performed in 1965. The story is based on Ramayana accompanied by gamelan Gong Kebyar

Track 2: Kecak! Cak! (13:05)
Kecak (or モThe Monkey Chantヤ) is a chorus of men (and women, nowadays) chanting nonlexical syllables モcak, cak, cakナヤ. Some of the men perform a time-keeping melody and the majorities perform a variety of interlocking part. The story of this performance is usually based in Ramayana.

Track 3: Angklung (6:03)
Angklung is four tones gamelan in slendro scale. It is an ensemble made up of metalophones and various small gongs, used as ceremonial music.

Track 4: Barong (13:46)
There are many types of Barong Dance found in Bali nowadays. However, among them, the Barong Ket is the best known throughout the island, resembling a dragon or a lion. Barong Ketï¾’s performance is accompanied by Gamelan Bebarongan.

Track 5: Joged Bumbung (8:29)
The Joged genre is distinguished by a social dance feature. After the dancer has completed and extended her solo dance, men from the audience are invited by turn to come forward to dance together with the dancer. It is called Ngibing.

Track 6: Legong (7:18)
Legong is one of Balinese welcome dances to honor the guests in attendance at the performance. At the end of the dance, young women throw flower petals toward the audience. The costume is an elaborate new creation based on the simpler Rejang (one of Balinese dances) costume. Legong dance is accompanied by gamelan Gong Kebyar.

Track 7: Balaganjur (6:36)
Balaganjur is Balinese music that accompanies processions preceding marriages, burials, cremations, and other ceremonies. A balaganjur ensemble is made up of drums, various gongs, and cymbals. The repertoire is based on a piece called Gilak.
Traditionally

Bali has many kinds of music tradition as culture expression in their social activities that based on Hindus religion. The tradition varied through the medium called “tembang”, a vocal music, such as: sekar agung, sekar madia, sekar alit, and sekar rare, and so many kinds of percussion instrument such as kendang (drum), gangsa, gender (metalophone), rindik (xylophone), gong (suspended and a row of cattle gongs), cengceng (cymbals) set together as combination of the dramatic expression on the dance accompaniments. According to the Balinese historical story, in the period of King Dalem Waturenggong (1460-1550), the development of Balinese art and culture was in its golden era. There were more than twenty five kinds of barungan (ensemble) exist in Bali, each with its own tradition, repertoire, and social or religious context.

 
 
 
 
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