Have you ever seen “Barong Landung”? Barong Landung is a pair giant human puppet almost three meters high, one figure is a man in black face, and the other is a beautiful princess in white face. Balinese Hinduism believes that the Barong Landung is the replica of king Jaya Pangus and his wife Kang Cing Wie from China. This year, the Chinese New Year was on February 10, 2013, also coincided with the Balinese new moon Bali, Tilem Kaulu. As part of the celebration of this Chinese New Year, we performed dance in the story about Chinese and Balinese culture acculturation, in Nusa Dua, Bali. All dancers This performance was also a program of classical Balinese art conservation by Sekaa Gong Semara Pegulingan Dharma Purwa Jati Teges Kanginan, Peliatan, under the leadership of Douglas Myers. In this program Douglas Myers collaborated with maestro I Made Djimat, a director and a dancer, to create a dance “The Story of Barong Landung.” In this performance (mayumi inouye) danced as Kang Cing Wie. “The Story of Barong Landung,” tells the story of King Sri Jaya Pangus with queen Kang Cing Wie, who came from the land of China. After a long marriage they Read More