Kecak Dance

cak! cak! cak! based on the Ramayana Epic Prince Rama, his wife Sita and his brother Laksmana are exiled in middle of forest cak! cak! cak! Rama goes hunting a golden deer at the request of his wife who saw the strange animal and has asked Rama to catch it cak! cak! cak! while Rama is away Sita is kidnapped by Rahwana taken to Island Kingdom of Alengka cak! cak! cak! Rama allies himself with monkeys especially with Hanoman, white monkey they build a bridge and cross to island cak! cak! cak! war ensues tremendously until finally Rama defeats Rahwana and is again united with his faithful wife cak! cak! cak! most popular of all Balinese dances an element of the older Sang Hyang trance dance a male choir praying obsessively to souls of their ancestors cak! cak! cak! a chorus’ obsessive voice darkness looms over stage around flickering light, of an oil lamp chandelier sit in a circle, bare-breasted hundreds men cak! cak! cak! to rhythmic sound of their own voices, they start dancing to the sky, their hands raised in unison, their bodies shaking