Category: Photos

Legong Dharma Jati Teges Kangin Peliatan performance in Bali Art Festival.

Some of the photos from the grand cremation in Ubud on July 15, 2008 the procession was beautiful and crowded by thousands of people flooding the street , i got there when at 12 o’clock and waited there for about 2 hours under the sun but it’s worth it

The Ngelawang is a tradition that hail holy values to obtain protection, prosperity and health. After the Ngelawang performance people make an offering which contains some money (sesari, canang beras jinah). In pictures showing below the performance is completed with barong and keris dance, very beautiful and everybody is just so keen watching especially when the keris dance when the dancer that in trance try to impale themselves to the keris, but it seems that the keris can’t hurt them, some how this trance state protects them.

So here are some of the photos

Cak Peliatan is a simple and yet beautiful choreography , not like common Cak dance the troupe is not performing along with Rama and Sita epic dance instead it gives more intention in the battle of two monkey brother Sugriwa and Subali, many of the color photo shots has green flares on it so i turn them to black and white to disguise the flares. Most of the photos was shot with high ISO (1600) , i try to use the speed light but i don’t like the out come, it is less dramatic compare to natural torch lights, so here is some of the photos

Hi Kris why don’t we meet at Art center today ? Pak Ary sends me an invitation to take pictures of dance performance together, so i went there , showed up late about 5 minutes the Janger was already started, stood there for a moment i finally manage to approach the stage right be side Pak Ary,
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so what we have here, bos ? what? he replied my question almost unhear , our voice was beaten by the Balinese music played.

Nah…the stage is too red… put your speed light, otherwise the dancer’s face will turn red. yes the stage is not good , any way here are the photos taken by me, for more far better taken photos please visit Ary’s multiply