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KIND BALI DANCE

functioning as an Offering to the gods. According to Balinese tradition Pendet dancers should be unmarried women because they bear holy offerings for the gods. The women dancing the Pendet Dance and bearing the offerings are called mendet. There is also a man who joins the dance, who brings dupa, called ngelanon to the place for burning incense. The gamelan orchestra accompanying the Pendet Dance is the gamelan palegongan, gamelan semar pagulingan or gamelen; gong kebyar. The Pendet Dance is a collective dance which can be performed by six, eight or more dancers.

GABOR DANCE. The Gabor Dance is a dance for women which is a variation of the Pendet Dance. The Gabor Dance is a sacrificial dance performed by two woman dancers who themselves offerings. The Gabor dancers fan themselves while dancing and the rhythm is more dynamic than that of the Pendet Dance. The accompanying gamelan is similar to the gamelan of the Pendet Dance.

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REJANG DANCE. The Rejang Dance is a collective women's dance. It is a sacrificial dance in which the offerings to the God are the dancers themselves. The Rejang dancers must be girls who are still pure, often even little girls six years of age. The dancers are led by a pemangku (temple-priest) who dances foremost. Behind him is a row of Rejang dancers, holding a piece of thread which is held by the pemangku and passed on backwards. Sometimes they use fans, sometimes not. The rhythm of the Rejang Dance is very slow and the movements so simple that any girl can dance then. The dance is performed at day time in the pura. The accompanying gamelan is usually the gamelan selonding,

OLEG DANCE. The Oleg Dance Ls, also a temple dance for women. Like the Gabor Dance, it is a sacrificial dance in which the dancer herself is the offering for the gods.