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The Power Of Balinese Classical Dances

Legong Dance A beautiful and graceful dance by very young girl. I ts involves two girl dancing in mirror image of each other. Costume are very rich, and the dance contains very subtle eye, hand foot movement. The Legong is often performed in restaurant and hotels. B ut the most famous performances are those by The Peliatan group of Ubud Bali. (tari legong .jpg) The Mask Dance. The most common form is Topeng Tua (Old Mask), where solo performer dons the mask of very old man, and through his physical movement portrays the thoughts, emotions and feeling of the character. In order variants, a troupe may portray a number of different characters. Because of the technical demands of the dance the performers can not use facial expression to convey wide variety of meanings and must use their bodies, the Topeng Dances are not commonly held for tourist, but are performed as part of other cultural events such as the Bali Arts Festival and other special occasions. *tari topeng tua.jpg Barong And Ra

Balinese Clasical Paintings

Paintings Is One Of The Most Famouse Balinese Art Form Before foreign painters came to Bali in the 1920 and 1930s, paintings were rigidly one dimensional, but western influence brought a flowering of representational art, often of typical village scenes, flowers or animal. Examples of both classical mostly calendars and of the Penestanan and Pengosekan representational style are found in many shops that offer painting. There are many art studios around Ubud and in the villages of Batuan, Bedulu, Kamasan and Kerambitan, there is such an explosion of interest in Balinese art that visitors may find it difficult to find work of true quality. If you are just looking something charming to remind you of your visit to Bali , you’ll find it in one of the hundred of tourist shops which sell paintings. However if you want to find work of real talent, then the up market galleries found in Ubud and in the shopping malls attached to 5 star hotels would be a good place to start. Galleries include

Principle Concept of Balinese Architecture

Asta Kosala-Kosali Is The Basically Principle Concept For Balinese Architecture . The Balinese people believe that all their daily life active is connecting to the Yadnya and all the religious ceremonial which is implementation their sacrifice or Bakthi to the god Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa (the balinese Hindu god), they belive if they don’t do the ceremonial so they will take the karma pahala. Karma phala is result that what we have done in the pass goodness and badness, basically the Hindu concept is commences to its follower to make good behavior respect, help and loving each other, (well I thing all the religious in the world has good purpose) which base on Trikaya Parisuda which consist of manacika good thinking, wacika good speaking, kayika good behavior this all concept are implementation in symbol in daily Balinese activity. Asta Kosala-Kosali is basically principle role for Balinese people to build house, commonly before build the there are some ritual that done in the land

Balinese Drinks

Tuak Tuak is made by cutting the undeveloped flower of either the coconut or the sugar palm tree. You then collect the sugary liquid that exudes into a bamboo container and ferment it. Fermented palm tree juice is drunk all over tropical Asia, Africa and America . It is the "toddy" of English colonialists and is drunk in the innumerable small warungs all over the island. It has about the same alcoholic content as beer. Brem Brem, pronounced "brum", is rice wine. It can be bought commercially, but ours is home made. Like arak, it is used in almost all ceremonies. It is a pleasant drink and can be drunk neat, over ice or mixed with arak. It is sweet and is made from glutinous rice or sticky rice (as it is also called). The rice is cooked for hours. Yeast is added. It is then allowed to ferment for three days, whereupon the brem drains into a pan. There are commercial factories, but the taste is not so good. It is not exported. Arak Bali Arak is distilled tuak. It has

Electric Guitar Have a Long Way

If you think you know the electric guitar, think again! Today's guitars are varied in style, size, and capability and are used by all kinds of musicians The electric guitar uses 'pick-ups' to convert vibration from its strings into electrical current that is amplified to produce sound. Today's electric guitars can produce an electronic sound or a sound that is more acoustic in tone and timber. The hollow body electric guitar can be an archtop with a full sound box or it can have a thin body. While steel guitars are electric, they are not really considered 'electric guitars' by most musicians. Musicians use electric guitars to play everything from rock and roll to country, pop, blues, jazz, and rap. Today's classical composers and orchestrators even include electric guitars among their instruments of choice. The electric guitar was originally designed in the 1930s by the Electro String Instrument Corporation. That electric guitar was made out of solid

Padi

PADI was originally one of the campus bands in Airlangga University (Unair), Surabaya. The band consists of Andi Fadly Arifuddin (Fadly, vocalist), Satriyo Yudhi Wahono (Piyu, guitarist), Ari Tri Sosianto (Ari, guitarist), Rindra Risyanto Noor (Rindra, bassist), and Surendro Prasetyo (Yoyok, drummer). Padi They were called SODA before eventually dubbed as PADI. The band first performed at a gig at Unair’s Faculty of Law, October 1996, and formally known as PADI in April 8, 1997. Yoyok, the drummer, proposed the name PADI, Indonesian for “rice”. It was not only inspired by the philosophy of rice, which bows even further down when ripen, a symbol for modesty. But also by the fact that it is Indonesian staple food that everybody could enjoy. From peasants, little kids, to the executives. Though PADI’s name is often associated with something “boorish”, being the food for the poor, PADI has a very down-to-earth sense. In their perspective, PADI is also the symbol for prosperity Each member

Recording Sound for Film

Film sound recording contrasts in some ways with TV production techniques. Whereas TV studio sound recording is typically done with in-house equipment, it's much more common for recording sound for features to be done initially on separate recorders from the camera to get a better sound. Also, sound is routinely taken to professional recording studios to be reworked. For both film and TV sound recording, microphones, mixing boards, and DAT recorders are important equipment that should be understood by producers and sound engineers. For both film and TV sound recording, microphones, mixing boards, and DAT recorders are important equipment that should be understood by producers and sound engineers. Many sound engineers prefer the use of external dynamic shotgun mics. These are mics at the end of a long boom which can make a big difference in the final sound quality to be edited; for instance, ambient equipment sounds are diminished considerably. Some people choose wireless microphone