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December 20, 2009
Posted by: balifinder.com
Categories: Bali Festival, Bali News Highlights, Hotels, Places of Interest, Ritual and Ceremony, Theme Ceremony
Tags: Affection, Bali News Highlights, Bali Special Getaway, Balinese Ceremony, Balinese Dance, balinese traditional music, Ceremony, Gianyar, Hindus Bali, Kuta, place to go, places, traditional music, Ubud
Movements of Sacred Beauty
Distance and time in dynamic motion of the universe, build a space for living things to move in pursuing natural movement. Inspiration of natural movement has given participation for the creation of art movements in the human world and poured into a form of popular dance. The art of dance is a form of real information that living things were artistically capitalized in their respective lives. Civilization has taught living things to create communication, either verbally or without words which must be understood by both parties by using non-verbal body movements only. In the art of dance, the dancers must be able to give dance meaning to the recipients, so the audience can interpret the story of the dance movement itself. The scope of the art of dance not only as an entertainment, but has a broad scope in terms of its implementation and usage. In some countries, a dance has been known before the existence of cultural civilization, but maybe only giving a meaning to the application of a religious life of mythology and for healing treatment, up to those reasons even now are still found in some countries and regions, the existence of dance that originated from ancient times are still preserved as one of the cultural heritage of ancestors.
Dance means a body movement in time with the music and used to show expression, social interaction, spiritual expression and an entertainment show. Expression of the body and face movements of dancers able to give meaning to a soul of dances. Expression in dance can also be used as a forum for public social interaction to a connoisseur of art. A dance can also display a particular spiritual expression which is really spiritually purified. Speaking of spiritual issues and dances, once again will be introduced how to see art and spiritual so unified in the blood and breath of life of the Balinese society. Cultural heritage from prehistoric times until it was introduced civilization in Bali by the newcomers seemed increasingly makes Bali so well known. Art and spiritual life of the Balinese people are not separated from the norms and the preservation of its entire cultural heritage. In addition to spatial layout, motion was always filled with the values of art and high culture and usually closely related to religion Hindu community in Bali, art and culture originated from God, dedicated and shall return to the glory of the Creator.
When relation between the spatial structure of all forms of religious art and culture is a sacred thing, and dance forms called “Tarian Wali” such as Berutuk dance, Rejang dance, Sang Hyang Dedari dance, Baris Gede dance. Dance usually using sacred infrastructure and Temple as a place to perform, at least the dancers who dancing must still virgin or must obtain prior purification procession known as “Pasupati”, this sacred procession could maintain vertical relation between human with the Creator, so the dance included in this “Tarian Wali” contain magical powers. Tarian Wali is sacred offerings of the dancers to God with the firm notes that the dance is not perform commercially. Unlike the other categories of Balinese dance, some dances are includes into “Bebali”, they are Gambuh, Topeng Pajegan, Wayang Wong. This dance is perform at Temple and could also be shown to the public outside of religious environment, of course, magic sense is still guarded. Dance intended as a show for the public area classified into dance called “Balih-balihan”, such as Legong dance, Parwa, Arja, Joged, and dances with modern choreography. Many kinds of Balinese dances classified in three categories and all of this dance is not easy for dancers to be able to master it and to hold the high proficiency level in the expression of magic and religy, body movements that has to be adjust to the pace and rhythm of music and soul of this art is not easy to learn and needs special training. Time and strata or levels must pass from an early age. One or two years is not the time required for a dancer to be able to understand every movement of Balinese dance in expressing the soul of the art and it is not an understable things in a short time, but it may take from an early age until reach ten years even more . Basic level, an intermediate (Madya) and full stratum (Purna) is the strata for a dancer to successfully assuming the power of art and culture of Balinese dance. The beauty of motion in the sacred task of maintaining the relationship with God and in the preservation of this cultural heritage is taken locally by various efforts including the existence of special schools where conservation and development of Balinese dances taking place, there are also many dance workshops which provides early instruction on how to master Balinese dance.
High dedication in keeping the arts and cultural heritage of Bali is expected to become the beauty and harmony in dynamic motion of Balinese people. Space and time in beauty of movement will bring you for joining the magical sense of art and culture in Balinese dance.
November 29, 2009
Posted by: balifinder.com
Categories: Bali Event, Bali News Highlights, Places of Interest, Ritual and Ceremony, Theme Ceremony
Tags: Bali, Bali News Highlights, Bali Special Getaway, Hindus Bali, place to go, places, Spiritual
Meru Tumpang, the Sacred Architecture
Enjoying Bali, known as an attractive tourist places. Nature, culture and architectural beauty of the building, seemed not to be out to uncover and sung as a song of beauty of the Gods and Goddesses. Where ever stepping Bali, seemed needed a million years to leave and erase the memory of Bali itself. However effort in trying to forget calmness moment of this tiny island, but Bali with all its contents can pull all your memory for a real tangible return to the land of Bali. Understanding of culture and religion is comprehension that protected in Bali. When you are around on this island, of course, you’ll find so many sacred buildings in which certainly known by the name of the Temple. Almost in every house will find the location used as the worship of God. So many question will occurred from you as a tourist on holiday in Bali, refer to the meaning presented by the beauty of the area and what the symbolic meaning inherent of the power of their own religious temple building. The sacred building which will be reviewed on this article is “Meru” or “Meru Tumpang”. Roof of Meru building looks gradually leveling so that’s why Meru so called as Meru Tumpang. “Meru” comes from the word “Me” which means Mother & “Ru” which means Father, so that Meru has a meaning as human ancestors. In addition Meru also as the symbol of Mount Mahameru as the place of God in the universe, this is characterized by a leveling roof. Meru as a sacred building usually has a roof with 11 levels that represents the eleven layers of the universe, they are: Sekala, Niskala, Cunya, Taya, Nirbana, Moksa, Suksmataya, Turnyanta, Ghoryanta, Acintyataya, Cayen. In Hindu belief that ten of the universe has a soul of the sacred letter (sa, ba, ta, a, i, na, ma, si, wa, ya) and is located in the ten directions of the universe, then ten of them are united by a sacred letter which is provide of the most sacred symbol of God “Om” or “Omkara”, which is appointed by the top level of the roof Meru itself. “Meru Tumpang Sebelas” can be found in the complex of Penataran Agung Besakih Temple. Meru Tumpang Sebelas in this area is the place to build vertical relationship between human with God in the context of balancing the spiritual strength and human spirit itself. While beside Meru Tumpang Sebelas, located Meru Tumpang Sembilan which has a meaning of eight sacred letters soul in denoting the eight layers of nature and united as well by the sacred characters of God “Om” on which emphasizing by level 9 of the roof. Meru Tumpang Sembilan give a meaning to the building on how a human build horizontal relationship with the surrounding, in order to balancing the harmony of people activity and nature. Both forms of “Meru Tumpang” located at Penataran Agung Besakih Temple could be as a mirror of human’s introspection in every process of self balancing verticaly and horizontaly. Balance layer of universe symbolized by the building of Meru was also afford a breath of harmony life on the island of Bali, so the sensation of a comfort moment during the holidays can be interpreted as a lifetime of comfort that will keep you looking to visit Bali again and again. Are you going to dismiss a holiness touch of Meru architecture?
October 29, 2009
Posted by: balifinder.com
Categories: Bali Event, Bali News Highlights, Places of Interest, Ritual and Ceremony, Theme Ceremony
Tags: Affection, Balinese Ceremony, Balinese Dance, Compassion, Hindus Bali, Love, place to go, places
Kama Jaya and Ratih, All Together in Sang Hyang Semara’s
Throughout the history of human civilization, along with the age of the universe in achieving modernization, Love is being well known for all the creatures on the planet earth. Universally meaning for all human beings, even Love could transforming the simplest desire into the deepest feeling of resignation. Love might be a form of reason for all occurrences which sometimes could not describe logically or mathematically. If Love placed as a word with its limited meaning, then she will said as a tenderly deep feeling of caring somebody or something. But none of those strands word could be boundaries to prison Love. Every place in this world has different way and manner to express love and affection. Love sometimes could answer to many questions which ended with one main reason; what reason would you imagine when you do something, what is your reason pointed when you start dislike something, or when you are stuck in a thinking to re-find the cause of reasons why you decided to release something, then Love in the form of power could forced you doing something, Love against something provoke you to understand every detail of it then you might be able to find out the things you don’t like and raise boredom and hate, and love will bring you to learn on how to release something you’d really like. Those are a deep speculation about love because she can not be limited and confined in a special sense.
One day on February known as day to reflected Love and affection meaning, that day called Valentine’s Day, as said before that every part in this green planet has time to written Love power. Bali as a unique civilization with many history and culture of the Hinduism since ancient times has the day to reflect love and affection as well. According to a source, Wuku Saniscara Kliwon Krulut or commonly referred to as Tumpek Krulut is used as a ceremony of Taksu. In this case, Taksu is a person or object that could cause a pleasure of others nearby, and from this joyful affection could raise Love. God with the form as Sang Hyang Semara Jaya and Sang Hyang Semara Ratih in Balinese Hindu communities is as a symbolic worship used in ceremonies such as marriage, manhood, or potong gigi. Symbols of Sang Hyang Semara Jaya and Ratih are always a facilities and infrastructure in providing a sense of affection through all the ritual; it is more about vertically connection between humans and The Creator and horizontally dealings among humans. Sang Hyang Semara Jaya and Ratih is a symbol of God’s fusion deploying to every human being and able to give the history of the love and affection formation between humans. Dance procession called Oleg Tambulilingan is a form love of art that has managed to describe the form of how Sang Hyang Semara Jaya and Sang Hyang Semara Ratih meet each other in every soul of man and a woman. Originally, Oleg Tambulilingan only perform by woman dancer but later in their development then add male dancer to give more meaning to the reunification of Sang Hyang Semara Jaya and Sang Hyang Semara Ratih.
These realism of Love in culture and social life has lead Bali as a small island filled with glorious cultural heritage of his ancestors and proving that Love and Compassion in the realm of cultural preservation reiterated that Love couldn’t be limited only by having understanding of the words itself but rather about Love limitless.
