Bumbung Dance, Erotic Dance From Bali

On the Island of Bali who does not know the bumbung dance? Bumbung dance is a phenomenal dance and very well known by the people of Bali. This dance comes from the Village Kalopaksa, District Seririt, Buleleng District. Bumbung dance is quite phenomenal due to experience a shift in the meaning of dance contained in it. From a simple dance then became an erotic dance and even got a nickname of porn dance.



History of the beginning of the creation of this dance statue began dance performances by a group of farmers in the village Lokapaksa. Accompanied by a set of gamelan instruments made of bamboo or called "ting klik", they fill the spare time in the midst of exhaustion in the cultivation of rice fields by displaying a simple dance. Although working with a simple, in fact dance this bumbung able to entertain the farmers at that time.



Moving from Lokapaksa Village, this art then expanded to several other villages in Buleleng District as well as in other districts in Bali to form sekaa-sekaa or dance groups. The rapid development of sekaa or group of bumbung dance in Buleleng, resulting in the emergence of competition among sekaa or a very competitive group. This is what forces them to innovate in creating new creations from dance bumbung so that sekaa or their group can still exist and also in demand by the community.



Freedom in creating new innovations in this bumbung dance resulted in its development became uncontrolled and even out of the grip. The bumbung dance which in the past has a meaning as a social and populist dance, but now it has been damaged by the irresponsible elements and even by naked eye joget this bumbung looks very bad. Currently, the barn dance is no longer seen as a simple dance but has turned into an erotic porn dance.



The emergence of this new creation creations dance creates concern from the provincial and local governments. Together they both conduct guidance targeting sekaa or bumbung dance groups that exist throughout Bali, including in Buleleng Regency. This coaching is useful to awaken the artists to maintain the original grip of the art of dance bumbung. So the dance is appropriate ethics and norms of decency that exist in society.



In addition to the guidance concerning the original grip, the team of instructors also suggested to the village pakraman to participate to suggest to the community to perform dance bumbung in accordance with the original grip and also still upholds the value of politeness in the community. Even the team of supervisors also plan that in the village of pakraman include a ban in staging the art of porn dance.

Pandanus War, Bloody Tradition in Bali

Bali has a tremendous cultural treasure, one of Bali's unique indigenous culture of pandanus war tradition. The tradition of pandanus war is held every year in the village of Tenganan, Karangasem. This tradition is called Mekare-kare. In that tradition, the youth will wear Balinese traditional clothes and bare-chested.



This tradition begins with a tour of the village to ask for protection and safety in living this tradition. The main tool in the tradition of war pandan is shield or shield. They are usually made of rattan or bamboo and pandan leaves. The tradition of war is done by a pair of youth. This paired youth will be the opponent and will compete with how to whip the pandan leaves on the body of his opponent.

The young men who treated traditional herbs

In this game, there is someone as the referee in leading the game. The match will end if one of the participants wins, surrenders or the referee considers the match is enough. Pandanus leaves used in the match is a leaf that is still thorny so that participants can bleed. Youth who have finished competing will be treated with traditional ingredients such as using grated turmeric and coconut oil.



When the event is over, all communities and participants will eat the food that has been provided together. From here it is very visible kinship and togetherness is very thick and tight.