The story is about two powerful Kingdoms, Sunda Kingdom was rule by King Tupeng and Upasunda Kingdom was rule by King Jauk. Their Kingdoms was in their Golden Age and they were showing of their power to concur the smaller Kingdom. The two kings were very powerful, and they will always find a way to get a better and higher power by meditating in the jungle. When they were in a deep meditation, the Gods found a way to cancel their meditation by sending a beatiful Goddess named Nilottama.
Nilottama seduces the two Kings until they were canceling their meditation and they were fighting for Nilottama. The two Kings uses all their power tried to kill each other. King Tupeng transformed in to a Barong and has to transformed again in to an Onying (bare chest men with a sword) and King Jauk transformed in to a Rangda which were the same power uses by King Tupeng and the power itself called RWA BHINEDA which mean Good or Bad are related, are one. If there are no white there will be no black and so the opposite. So none of them either win or loose. The End.
Frog Dance ------ Every Saturday : 08:00pm - 08.45pm
Many hundreds years ago there live a couple, without children, in a distant kingdom in java. Looking for fire wood in a near by forest, the wife quenched her thirst on a coconut shell filled with water and felt with child immediately after. Returning to the village they encountered a big frog at the way side.
Only a few days later the wife gave birth, not o a child but a frog. Having wished for a child for many years, the couple cared and love with princess, name daha. He asked his mother to arrange for his marriage to princess daha and by doing so, enraging the king daha's father.
The king, in his rage, ondered his minister to punish the frog's mother by death but declared that she would survived and believed to posses great magical power and the king approved of his daughter's marriage.
Her future husband, being ashamed of hiss frog like appearance retreated for prayers and meditation to mahameru mountain and succeeded due to his power of faith to be granted human form and changing into a handsome and strong boy. In his vision he was enlightened that in his former life he actually was the prince of janggala, and being of royal heritage, returned to many princess daha in a great ceremony, to the delight of the people of kahuripan kingdom.
Joged and Children Dance ------ Every Thursday : 08:00pm - 08.45pm
Tonight we, the Laka leke Joged dance group are glad to present a special dance performance for you. Joged is traditional Balinese dance which performed by young and beautiful Balinese dancer. Accompany by bamboo musical instruments, tonight we will perform it on an open air stage with the most romantic forest and rice field setting. Join us and dance the night away.
Unlike other dance performance which performed during temple festival, jogged is not a sacred dance is it a performance to entertain guest on special occasions such as wedding parties,
dinner parties and anniversary celebrations of youth associations.
This dance is most popular among members of youth associations, since the jogged dancer will pick a member of the audience to join her in a courting dance where jogged dancers flirt with each other in Balinese we call the chosen dance partner a “Ngibing” Once the dancer shakes your hand and presents you with a fresh flower, it means your turn of ngibing is over.
Program Performance
Bamboo gamelan Instrumental
Welcome Dance (Pendet Dance)
Baris Dance
Rabbit Dance
Butterfly Dance
Joged Dance
Thanks you very much for your kind attendance at tonight's performance. It is our earnest hope that together we can preserve Balinese culture and tradition.
Kecak Dance and Fire Dance ------ Every Monday : 08:00pm - 08.45pm
Tonight we the Laka Leke dance group, are glad to perform a special for you. The kecak and fire dance is a traditional Balinese dance perform by monkey chorus comprised of hundreds of men making “cak-cak-cak” sound in different tones. It is a magical dance, specially when perform ed as it is tonight on an open air stage on the edge of the mysterious Monkey Forest with it's ancient temple. The kecak dance is based on an episode in the great Indian epic poem the Ramayana, in which Rama's wife Shinta is kidnapped by Rahwana,
the evil king of Alengka (Sri Lanka) A powerful and wicked demon king, Rahwana wants Shinta to become his own wife and queen. Rama decides to send his most trusted general, the while monkey Hanoman, in search of Shinta.
Hanoman finds Shinta walking sadly in the garden of Rahwana's place, but she does not know if she can trust him, since she knows that Rahwana can transform himself into many different shapes, When Hanoman give her Rama's love ring, however, she smiles and sadness leaves her heart. In exchange, she gives Hanoman her hair ornament which Rama in turn will recognize. Suddenly Rahwana appears and becomes furious when he sees Hanoman, They fight fiercely and in the end Rahwana is defeated, Shinta returns home to Rama and they live happily ever after.
Thanks you very much for you kind attendance at tonight's performance it is our earnest hope that together we can preserve Balinese culture and traditional.
