Witnessing Kecak Dance Uluwatu Performance

The Exotic Performance of Kecak Dance Uluwatu

Kecak dance uluwatu becomes one of art performance when you visited to this beautiful Bali island. Having holiday in Bali is not completer without visiting to beaches and watching kecak dance. What is kecak dance? What makes it look attractive? Here are some things making it to be the most favorite dance in Bali.

The History of Kecak Dance Uluwatu

Before knowing history of kecak dance uluwatu, it is better to explain the location and place of kecak dance uluwatu. It takes a performance location in one of favorite tourism destinations in beautiful Bali island, Uluwatu. Uluwatu Bali almost everyday has a number of visitors, both tourists from domestic and international so that it is the proper place for the dance performance place. It also saves historical values and things. The location of uluwatu is facing to the South sea and you can see temples on the tourism object. In this place, you will see many monkeys.

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Kecak was originally a trance ritual accompanied by male chorus. In the 1930s, Walter Spies, a German painter and musician, became deeply interested in the ritual while living in Bali. He adapted it as a drama, based on the Hindu Ramayana and including dance, intended for performance before Western tourist audiences.

The Package Tour of Kecak Dance Uluwatu

Because it takes high interest of tourists to visit to Uluwatu, almost all tourism agents provide a tourism package involving kecak dance. This is called Uluwatu tour. By taking this tour package, you will see the performance of kecak dance. The advantages of this dance depending on the other dances are being held every day. The tourists can see kecak dance and see sunset panorama because the performance stage is designed to make visitors look sunset. It is also close to Garuda Wisnu Kencana and Dreamland beach so that the tourists can see it after kecak dance. It is played by more than 50 dancers. The stage has been designed to be like an opera show performance. It takes Ramayana story with the main roles of Rama and Sinta. 

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The Most Favorite Balinese Dance

There are so many reasons why tourists should see kecak dance uluwatu. It is the show performance that is mostly watched by tourists in Bali. The tourists come to buy the ticket in order to watch the performance for every day. It is the only one of popular outdoor performance in Bali. The sunset view is very great and beautiful to see. The kecak dance is performed by professional dancers. It offers unforgettable art performance experience for tourists and visitors. This dance is regarded to be magical and exotic dance to call ghosts. It is full of ritual and Hinduism religious activities in this dance. The tourists should obey all rules before seeing this kecak dance. 

Travelling to the performance of Kecak Dance Uluwatu in your beautiful Bali island visit will give a new experience, a kind of spiritual experience, whatever your religion.

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