Kecak is a form of Balinese Hindu dance and music drama that was developed in the 1930s. Since its creation, it has been performed primarily by men, with the first women’s kecak group having started in 2006. The dance is based on the story of the Ramayana and is traditionally performed in temples and villages across Bali. One of those locations is Pura Uluwatu. To go into details of what the dance depicts is too much, it is better to click here and read all about it.
Tickets for the Kecak dance and entrance to the temple
You can get tickets everywhere, you can ask your driver to handle it but he will say you need to do this online and there are many options, one of them is Klook, the entrance ticket to the dance is US$ 8 (about IDR 130.000) and can be ordered via Klook, next to that you need to buy a entrance ticket to the temple, which is IDR 60.000 and you do this at the ticket counter.
The setting is beautiful at the end of the day, make sure you are earlier and you can also visit the Uluwatu temple itself, but be aware of the monkeys as they are everywhere.
There are 2 performances a day one starting at 6 pm, the setting is gorgeous with the sunset at the ocean and the duration of the performance is around one hour, the second performance is right after the first one at 7 pm and is set in a kind of theatre and by the time all the people have found their seat it is packed with an rough estimate of about 300 people.
Trance
Trance rituals often accompany certain sections of the Kecak dance, such as during the portrayal of the burning of Hanuman. Here, the dancer playing Hanuman is blessed by a priest and enters a trance state for the fire kicking dance which follows, the dancer does not feel any pain from the fire because he is in a state of trance.
An interesting spectacle which is not only serious but also contains a lot of humour and certainly worth to visit this performance.
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