About Barong Dance

1. Barong mask is made from wood taken from haunted places such as tombs, and therefore sacred Barong is a very sacred by the Hindu community in Bali.

2. This dance performance is always preceded by the show opener, which is accompanied by gamelan.

3. There are several types of dance barong but are often staged for tourist consumption are the type of Barong Ket.


4. Barong Ket is a mix between a lion, tiger, cow or Boma. Barong body is decorated with carvings made ​​of leather, affixed to a sparkling mirror glass and fur made ​​from perasok (fiber from the leaves of a plant similar to pandanus), fibers or others of crow feathers.

5. Barong Dance should be carried out by two dancers called Saluk Interpreter / Interpreter Bapang, a dancer in the head and the other in the buttocks and tail. Keket Barong dance depicts the battle without end between virtue (dharma) and bad (adharma) which is an alloy that is always opposite (rwa bhineda).