Rejang Dewa. In every temple ceremony (odalan) in temple of Banjar Kalah this Rejang Dewa dance by the children from Tunas Maragawi, and is usually accompanied by gemelan group of Banjar Kalah, Gurnita Sari. But in the odalan this time the musicians were also the children of Banjar Kalah. These young boys performed the gamelan accompaniment of Rejang Dewa. children rehearsal at Banjar Kalah The boys had been trained before the odalan, and almost every day they rehearsed and sometimes up to 4 hours. They rehearsed the instrumental Gilak and the gamelan accompaniment of Rejang Dewa dance. The gamelan teacher were I Made Putra Wijaya and Gareng Maha Laksana. They had been teaching the children earlier before. They taught a kind of Balinese marching band called “Baleganjur“. In the odalan at this time they would performing gamelan, about this plan f was given an opportunity in helping to train these children. Some model of interlocking parts of gamelan songs (kotekan) were simplified in order made it easy to learn and to master the song. general rehearsal of all children dancers and gamelan musicians This was the result ….. For some Rejang dancers from kindergarten and elementary school, this was their Read More