22,398,908 members doing good!

checking login information

login / join to earn credits for good causes

Follow @Care2

22 million members making a difference

People > Photos > Gallery: Randy Paynter > Album: Indonesian photos > Balinese Legong Dancers (Indonesia)
Balinese Legong Dancers (Indonesia)

powered by Care2.com • Care2 Home • E-cards & Fun • Shopping • Healthy Living • News Network • Petitions • Click to Donate

Date: 12/17/00

Tags:

bali dance dancers flowers girls indonesia temple

Two young dancers in the temple Puri Ubud, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. The girls are part of a dance troupe performing the classic and most graceful of Balinese dances, the Legong. The dance dramatizes the story of a young maiden who is taken captive by a king until she is rescued by her brother. It is a great privilege for a girl, usually no older than 12 or 13, to be chosen for this role, which requires extraordinary grace, concentration and body control. The dance is usually accompanied by a 20 to 30 person orchestra, or gamelan. The gamelon instruments include large and small gongs, xylophones, drums and frequently a zither-like instrument called a celempung. The girls are wearing identical gold-leaf brocade dresses and crowns adorned with frangipani flowers.