Popular Welcome Dance in Bali

In every activities or event in Bali, such as opening ceremony, religion event, and many other, always perform a welcome dance before the main activities held. In Bali so many dances which popular as welcome dance. Later, dance with very popular as welcome dance is Sekar Jagat dance. This dance is including a special welcome dance type, because on that time Mrs. Swasti Wijaya Bandem, made this dance only performed for official overseas guests. This Sekar Jagat dance is popular used to open occasion attended by society of governmental official.

Sekar means flower, and Jagat means the world. Sekar Jagat means beautiful flowers adorn the world giving beautiful color to the world. This Sekar jagat dance usually danced by five persons, but there is also usually performed by three persons as long as uneven. Mrs. Swasti Wijaya Bandem that choreograph this dance is very shrewd with systematically movement composition, balanced each other between left and right movement.

Dance composition forming a circle is very beautiful if seen from above. Dancer costume is colorful make it more interesting, along with headdress from gold flower makes the dancer looks elegant and luxurious. Like as other welcoming dances, Sekar jagat dance, its dancer also bring a set of beautiful flowers, combine with hand movement make set of flowers alive. Tapih as layer of kamben still around, used kamben has unique feature fabric of Bali. Belt used on mostly classic dances has been modified become an instant angkin. Luxurious accessories such as bracelet, badong and pending makes it more elegant and luxurious.

Along with growth of modern era, Sekar jagat dance is a new creation dance created to add our knowledge in field of dance art. This Sekar jagat begin to amend so that become high class welcoming dance. This dance begin to be danced in various of official occasion held.

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