Two Balinese dancers in Barong costume
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- 1986
- Location
- Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use
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- Traditional performing arts in Bali: Photographs and text illustrate traditional performance in Bali, including music, theater, and dance. (Page 4)
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Two Balinese dancers emerge from a gate in an elaborate Barong costume.
Many Balinese dramas involve contests between the evil witch Rangda and her foe, Barong, a mythological creature who looks somewhat like a gilded and furry lion. Two men are needed to enliven the four-legged Barong costume. The Barong costume is considered sacred and thus is stored in the village temple.
