Jegog Perfomance and Balinese Dance

No sooner they we arrived in this small Bali hill village this afternoon than we learned of a performance. We only had to walk about 500 yards to the center of town to find the dance center. Luckily being so close we got front row seats.



The traditional instruments are made of giant bamboo. The musician sits on top of this deep bass instrument to play it.



Here is the young dance troupe. They are all young men and women from the high school. The drummers, flute players, and Jegog players are men from the village.



This is the offerings to the gods dance.





This is the harvest dance.



This is the wild duck dance.



These are the new very large Surya Agung (Great Sun) Instruments. Built from giant bamboo 20 meters tall and 25 centimeters in diameter. The finished instrument is 13 feet wide by 11 feet tall and takes three people to play. They are performing a new age form of Jegog music. A few of us went on stage and danced to the deep vibrations of the music.



This is the water buffalo dance.