Barong Dance and Keris Dance

This is basically a story about the struggle between good and evil.Good is personified by the Barong Keket,a strange fun-loving creature in the shape of shaggy semi-lion.Evil is represented by Rangda,a witch.Ultimately,the two characters engage in battle, at which pont the Barong's keris-bearing followers rush in to attack Rangda.The witch,however use her magical powers to turn the keris knives in upon their owners,who fall into a trance and start trying to stab themselves.The Barong uses magic to protect his followers from the knives.In the end,The Barong triumphs and Rangda retreats to recuperate her strenght  for next encounter.All that remains is for a priest to help the keris dancers out of their trance,with the help of a little holy water.The Barong and Rangda dance is a very powerful performance and is not taken lightly by those involved.

The Dance start with music over tone
Followed by his friend the monkey,the tiger comes up. Three masked-dancers appear,representing men making palm wine in the forest,which child is killed by the tiger.the tree men get angry and attack the tiger.The tiger is helpedby the monkey.During the fight the nose of one the tree men is bitten off.

Act. 1 Two girl-dancers appear,representing the servants of the Rangda,looking for the servants of Dewi Kunti who are on their way to meet their Patih (Prime Minister)

Act. 2 Two servants of Dewi Kunti showing.One of the servants of the Rangda changes into a witch and enters both servants to make them angry.They meet their patih and go together to Dewi Kunti.

Act. 3 Dewi Kunti and her son Sadea come up.Dewi Kunti has promised the Rangda to sacrifice Sadewa.A witch appears and enters Dewi Kunti.She becomes angry and orders the Patih to bring Sadewa into the forest.the patih is also entered by a witch so he does noy have a pity on Sadewa.Sadewa is taken into a forest and tied up into a tree.

Act. 4 Unknown by Rangda,Siwa and God appears and gives sadewa immortality.The Rangda appears ready to kill Sadewa and eat him up but Sadewa is still alive.Rangda then surrenders and ask Sadewa to redeem herself,Sadewa agrees and kills the Rangda.Rangda goes into heaven.

Act. 5 One of the servants of the Rangda called kalika come up before Sadewa and asks him to redeem herself too,Sadewa refuses.Kalika get angry,and changes herself into an boar and fights Sadewa .The boar is defeated.The she changes herself into a bird  but is defeated again.At last she changes  herself into s rangda.Sadewa meditates and then he changes into a Barong.Still the Rangda seems to be too powerful and fight is undended.Followers of the barong appear and help him fight the Rangda