Today we are heading to north east Bali! First stop, the driver brought us to watch Barong dance! Surprisingly it was IDR 80,000 per person.
at its entrance into the state, a baby girl starts screaming and kicking and cried her lung out =.=
Barong Dance is a play about Barong, the ancient creature, symbol of goodness and Rangda, the ancient creature which symbolize Evil.
barong side elevation
barong's backside!
At the starts, it shows Barong, a lion like creature (something like Chinese Lion in Lion dance) playing by itself in the jungle, and then a monkey come and play with him.
The story was divided into few chapter (we was given the script at the entrance). It was about Rangda manipulated a Goddess called Dewi Kunti and made her agrees to sacrifice her son, Sadewa.
the bodyguards of Sadewa
the bodyguards of Sadewa are..helpless...
jreng jreng..mr. Shiva came to rescue!
But little did Rangda know- Shiva came to bless the captured Sadewa with the give of immortality. No matter how Rangda tried, he couldn’t killed Sadewa. In the end, he give up and instead asked for Sadewa help to free him so that he could goes to heaven. Sadewa agrees and so Rangda went to heaven.
mr. Rangda. dont you just think of Bleach characters seeing the white mask and long nails?
And then came another former follower of Rangda, named Kalika, asked for Sadewa to send her to Heaven too. But Sadewa refused and so she turns herself into Babi Hutan and attacked Sadewa. Not giving up, after defeated as Babi Hutan, she turns into Bird, but still Sadewa overpowered her. At last she turns herself into Rangda, and her power overwhelmed Sadewa so He turns himself into Barong.
Because of their equal power, the fight goes on and on and to be believed, still going on.
That is one of the core beliefs in Bali Hinduism that everything is about balance. Not only to favor the good or bright side, but also the dark side. This is part of why there’s offerings laid on the floor every morning by Balinese, as offerings to those on the below. And also this is shown in the black-white checkered cloth motif, that mostly could be found wrapped around statute at the temple, the black and white is almost similar to the meaning of ying and yang. All about balance.
The uncle driver told me sometimes there’s yellow as well, in that case these three colors are to symbolize Bhrama, Visnu, Shiva. (err..i forgotten whose color is which hehehe)
After the 45min play, we went to have lunch at the famous Babi Guling ibu oka at ubud. It was repeated all over the places in internet blogs and travel guide so I was curious.
Oh my, the meat is truly tender, but if it is to compare with Manado babi putar, this one falls behind. The skin was hard as rock, and the side dish somewhat taste abit off.
spotted! abused chicks :( there's neon green and yellow too~
The Ubud road is full with sculptures shops, what a feast for the eye!
The driver bring us to Monkey forest, and we were greeted by lots monkeys around the entrance.
Monkey eating food, monkey running here and there, monkey tried to open someone’s backpack, and also! Monkey making love! Hahahahaha seriously!
Afterwards, we went to Pura Gunung Kawi. There’s a spring in the compoound, and the pools water was so clear like crystal. (okay..bit greenish coz all the algae around it)
And then heavy rains poured down but we were already safe inside the car- off to next spot! Thanks God!
And then we arrived at viewing point for Mount Batur and Batur lake. It was still raining and the view was closed by mist and cloud. It is something like Cameron highland’s Boh tea café, but older version. We ordered tea and waited. The wind was cold and refreshing. Finally the sky cleared up! Nice view!
mount and lake batur, just nice after the rain. such a cool weather!
spotted! fruit stalls on the road! bah..they are expensive.. =.=
And finally at last, dad wanted to visit Buddhist temple for praying for the next day would be the new year.
*** Babi Guling ibu Oka, branch 2. ubud.
so singlish!
where else can you find a dry, nice smelled, clean, with tissue and clean water and soap - toilet in the middle of the jungle if it is not singapore? halleluya!
spotted! two lazy ladies hehehe
juwita's sexey back
guess what it is! (yellow circle ala gossip magazine style hahahha)
my last saturday was well spent! finally after a year promise, we manage to go to pulau ubin for cycling! such a brilliant sunny day! nice cycling session indeed :) oh btw, the jalan durian didnt sell any durian at all and is zero durian smell!
