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Trunajaya Dance is one of Bali's new dance creations, precisely from Buleleng Regency, North Bali. This dance art was originally created in 1915 by Pan Wandres in the form of Kebyar Legong, then refined by I Gede Manik.
Trunajaya dance or also Terunajaya describes the movements of young people who are growing up, very emotional where their behavior is always trying to attract women's hearts.
Although referred to as a depiction of a youth, this dance is categorized as a hard male dance which is generally danced by female dancers.
Trunajaya dance is an entertainment dance whose performance can be anywhere. Including in the temple yard, field, closed or open stage, or in places other than that.
Initially, this dance was a solo dance which also called “babancihan dance” because it presented characters between men and women. But along with its development, Trunajaya Dance is also performed by more than one dancer.
In terms of duration, this dance is very flexible, it can be short or long. The shortest dance duration generally ranges from 11 minutes from start to finish.
Historically, Trunajaya Dance is inseparable from the Kakebyaran Dance which is closely related to kebyar. It is called like that, because it is not only accompanied by Gamelan Gong Kebyar, but the movements are also very dynamic and breathe kebyar.
The Trunajaya dancers use subtle male make-up. Using yellow, red and blue eyeshadow stage makeup and using slightly high eyebrows from princess dance makeup. Another characteristic of the bebancihan dance is also seen in terms of costumes, dancers wear kamen or kancut in purple prada with diamond motifs. Worn like the use of bebancihan cloth in general, there is a remnant of kamen on the left which will later be used as a kancut, besides that the dancers also wear the typical udeng, garuda mungkur (on the back), one gold flower, ear flowers (red flowers and white flowers) as well as rumbing (earing) +
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Wayang Sapuh Leger is a ritual with a shadow puppet show that aims to cleanse or purify a person.
In Bali until now it is believed that children born in the wuku Wayang must perform a cleansing ceremony called Sapuh Leger. This is intended to avoid being chased by Kala and not being afflicted with disaster.
It is said that two sons of Bhatara Shiva or Bhatara Guru have the same otonan, which is both born at Wuku Wayang. They are both named Bhatara Kala and Sang Hyang Rare Kumara. Long before Rare Kumara was born, Lord Shiva had given permission to Bhatara Kala to catch or prey on creatures who have the same otonan as him.
Because his own brother had the same otonan, Bhatara Kala asked Lord Shiva for permission to eat Rare Kumara. However, Kala was asked to wait for his brother to grow up. Because Shiva was afraid of his son being eaten, Rare Kumara was cursed so that he never grew up.
After feeling that his brother has grown up, Kala meets Rare Kumara and intends to eat him. However, on the orders of Lord Shiva, Rare Kumara was asked to run towards the Kertanegara Kingdom.
Knowing his brother ran away, Kala chased after him. He smelled Rare Kumara's footprints and followed him and saw his little brother running. After hiding in several places, namely thick bamboo reeds, behind firewood, and a fireplace, Rare Kumara arrived at Kertanegara.
Kertanegara was attacked by Bhatara Kala, and Rare Kumara ran until late at night when he arrived at the puppet show. The puppeteer Rare Kumara was asked to hide in the gamelan gender resonator.
So hungry, Kala came to the puppet show and ate the offerings. Seeing this, the puppeteer reprimanded Kala to return the offerings he had eaten. Being cornered, Kala is in debt to the puppeteer and to the puppeteer, he casts a magical spell. The spell enables the dalang to free all living beings from defilements.
The dalang then offered offerings as a substitute for the child born to Tumpek Wayang, so that Rare Kumara was safe. Rare Kumara was brought back to heaven by Lord Shiva.
That is the brief story behind the implementation of Sapuh Leger on children born as Wuku Wayang. This story is taken from the Lontar Kidung Sapuh Leger.
Indonesian performer and puppet master (dalang) of Balinese wayang parwa shadow puppetry. I Wayan Wija was born in Sukawati (Gianyar, Bali), the village with the most puppeteers (dalang) per capita in Bali. Wija is the son of puppet master I Wayan Gombloh, with whom he studied from age eleven. At thirteen he gave his first performance.
Though a traditionally trained artist, Wija is also one of the most innovative performers. He created in l982 wayang tantri, a form of shadow puppet play that tells animal fables inset in a Sheherazade-like framework: Lady Tantri preserves her life by telling her stories to a misogynistic king. Wija popularized this little known story after a l980 presentation of it at the Bali arts academy and created new puppets with multiple joints allowing subtle, realistic movement. (Tigers scratch their haunches and deer leap with grace). In l997, the island-wide Bali Arts Festival featured a competition of Tantri wayang. Until now, Wayang Tantri is still very popular, because of its humorous story and the extraordinary ability of the puppeteer Wija in conveying the advice of Tantri stories.
Wija’s collaborative work with western artists includes experiments with Lee Breuer of Mabou Mimes (see United States of America) and Larry Reed of Shadowlight Theatre in San Francisco (with whom he created Wayang Listrik/Electric Shadows in l998, and other work using a large screen, projections, and a mixture of shadow dancers wearing mask-headdresses and puppets). With composer Evan Ziporyn of Boston, Wija created Shadow Bang (2001 and 2004). In 2011, he was artist in residence at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. I Wayan Wija collaborated with Australian composer Paul Grabowsky and director Nigel Jamieson on the concept for the production, The Theft of Sita (1998-2000), based on the Ramayana. These international puppet experiments have involved Wija’s students at ISI Denpasar (Institut Seni Indonesia, Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Denpasar Bali branch) where he sometimes teaches and insure his legacy of innovation is inherited by the coming generation of Balinese puppeteers.
Most of I Wayan Wija’s performances are solo wayang for traditional ceremonies, but this openness to extension of the Balinese tradition is an important hallmark of his work.
Wayang Wong is one of the classical Balinese theatre dances where all the dancers wear masks. Wayang Wong at Taman Pule Temple, Mas-Ubud village, takes on the Ramayana play with the main character Rama and an army of monkeys preparing to recapture his wife Dewi Sita.
Pura Taman Pule is a Temple in the village of Mas, Ubud in Bali. This mask dance is unique and is only performed here in this Temple. It is not performed outside of its grounds. A set of masks of the characters from the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics are kept in the Temple.No one can say for certain where these masks originated. There are no certain records of the mask carver or how they came to be in the safekeeping of the Temple. That information perhaps has been lost as a result of conflict or war in history. ..
The Sacred Wayang Wong of Pura Taman Pule is closely related to ceremonial rituals at the Temple. It is also considered ‘Pemuput Karya’. The dance indicates that the ceremony undertaken at the Temple is complete. Another such Dance is the Tari Topeng Sidakarya. +
