February through April 2007
| We arrived in Bali on Thursday morning, March 15th. We were greeted by a partly cloudy sky and a rather warm and muggy conditions. The sun was peeking through the clouds while we were having breakfast and soon we were on a tender proceeding ashore. We passed some interesting looking fishing craft, a cross between canoe and catamaran, then walked up a gang plank to the pier proper where a welcome committee was positioned to greet us ashore. | |||
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| A view of the shore from our tender boat | There were some pretty local girls greeting us (later we saw then performing for us on the ship) | A "band" -- which also performed for us later. | |
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| Our tour guide. He told us his name but it was so long that we couldn't remember it two minutes later. He told us just to call him Soo. | Our first stop was to see the Barong and Kris dance. It was as much a play as a dance and it represented the eternal fight between good and evil spirits. | As we walked from the bus to the outdoor theater, we got our first taste of the local peddlers. (More on the peddlers later). |
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| Our tour guide was very helpful. | Entrance | Our accommodations | And the musicians |
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After looking at the "stage" for over 30 minutes the play
began with the tiger which kills a child. The tiger is then attacked
and nearly killed
by some angry men, but the tiger is helped by a monkey. At left
the monkey feeds the wounded tiger.
In the next acts (below) there was some more dancing and acting, most of we could not understand since the performnance was conducted in Balinese (?). |
