HISTORY OF LEGONG DANCE; MEANING AND SYMBOLS OF BALI ISLAND IN THE 20 CENTURY

Journal Title: International Review of Humanities Studies - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 1

Abstract

Balinese dance is very interesting to be enjoyed because in addition to its dynamic movement also moves almost the whole body of the dancer especially the game of eye gleam, but more than that balinese dance in addition to the dazzling entertainment also has meaning and symbols that are often closely related to religion or Human social life every day. One of them is Legong Keraton dance a very interesting and meaningful classical dance and symbol of Bali island as aesthetic expression of human being which can be understood from the technique of dancers while it is also of course contextually related to the science of sociology and anthropology of this dance in meaning and is The symbol of the island of the gods.

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Rakhmayanti Novitasari Winata

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  • EP ID EP463843
  • DOI 10.7454/irhs.v3i1.31
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Rakhmayanti Novitasari Winata (2018). HISTORY OF LEGONG DANCE; MEANING AND SYMBOLS OF BALI ISLAND IN THE 20 CENTURY. International Review of Humanities Studies, 3(1), 1-9. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-463843