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Barong (or 'Kris Dance'): A dance pantomine of a fantastic dragonlike holy animal, the Barong, in pitched battle against the machinations of a witch, Rangda. This is the most violent of Balinese dances and is often used as an exorcism. The open-air Sarong is held usually in the middle of the road. Rangda is Queen of the Layaks (witches), her sawdust-filled breasts sagging and her tongue lolling wickedly. She is the female principal, a ruthless child-eater and a black magic expert belonging to the 'left' side, The Night, bringing sickness and death. Rangda's mask is painted white with a horrible expression of round bulging eyes and tusks protruding from the mouth, with long hairy pieces of rope hanging down to the ground. A white cloth is her only weapon. She runs away but never dies. Some scholars say her origin is Shiva's wife Durga in her evil aspect. Rangda and Barong have a long-standing feud. Barong, a hairy, eerie, mythical lion, sides with human beings against Rangda to thwart her evil plans. Without him, humanity would be lost. He is The Day, the Light, The Sun, the Male Principal, the force that overcomes evil, the 'right' side. The huge and frightening Barong has a beard of human hair decorated with flowers, long hair, feathers and bells all over his body. Strength is concentrated in the beard. Manipulated by two men who take the Barong through comic yet very complex dance movements that make people laugh-but not too loud. At its conclusion, Rangda turns the humans' power against them and you see men trying to willfully impale themselves on sharp krises. After the dance is over and when they come out of the trance, there is no trace of injury, bruising or bleeding. |
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